Anti-Asian racism in Georgia

Sunny said:
Geez, will the insanity in this country never stop? Some (White) guy, described as a "devout Christian" grabs his guns (but oh no, let's not blame the guns!) and rides around to three different "spas" shooting Asian women and one man, killing 8 people, but claiming that race had nothing to do with it. He had a sex addiction and was "trying to cure it?"

Admittedly, these "spas" may have been less than exalted establishments, but the news article says they were all operating under perfectly legal regulations. And even if they weren't, that's supposed to be a way to fix them, or get rid of his own addiction? Pretty thin excuse for what is obviously racism.

Following this latest horror story, many Asians have come forward talking about the amount of hatred that has been directed at them, especially in the last year. They have done nothing wrong, most of them are model citizens, yet the poison of hatred has managed to infect people's minds against them. They are denied service in restaurants, are told to "go back" to where they came from (even if they were born here), one woman reported having a bottle thrown at her as she was putting her baby in a car seat. And now, apparently some people think it's all right to kill them.
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Where to begin?

* He is “a devout Christian" yet the Sixth Commandment states “Thou shalt not kill.”
* grabs his gun (but oh no, let's not blame the guns!). Would a knife have done the job? I doubt it so yes let’s blame the gun.
* He shoots 8 people dead. Some Christian!
* He claims it was his way of curing his sex addiction. Now he’s got a homicide addiction.

So, if curing sexual behaviour is accomplished by eliminating sex outlets what might be the way to cure gun violence?

In this century I can think of no other nation that suffers more than the U.S. with regards to racial inequality/hatred/violence. I have the solution but political philosophy isn’t allowed here.
 

SetWave said:
Yes. Disgusting. Terrible. Horrible. Yet, something crossed my mind and I'm wondering. Was it really racially motivated as in the attacks in San Francisco and other cities? I suggest that perhaps this lunatic was trying to fight his deranged sexual proclivities by attacking the establishments that provided the services he craved. He sought relief from his guilt in blaming them. Unfortunately they are most often staffed and/or managed/owned by Asian women.
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Yes, I think this is correct. It's too easy to immediately view his actions are racially-motivated, but it's more likely to be purely personal. Many people blame the innocent for something which is entirely their own responsibility.
 
SetWave said:
Yes. Disgusting. Terrible. Horrible. Yet, something crossed my mind and I'm wondering. Was it really racially motivated as in the attacks in San Francisco and other cities? I suggest that perhaps this lunatic was trying to fight his deranged sexual proclivities by attacking the establishments that provided the services he craved. He sought relief from his guilt in blaming them. Unfortunately they are most often staffed and/or managed/owned by Asian women.
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The man obviously targeted the establishments he HIMSELF frequented so yes his rampage was racially motivated. He chose them, nobody else did it for him.
 
Why did the media promote the incident as being anti-Asian in nature? Is it because of COVID-19? Perhaps him targeting Asian establishments because they were more accessible to him than other businesses of these types and had nothing to do racism?

Are Asians being mistreated because of racial differences? I’m aware of various nationalities able to find work for less pay, but spas and nails businesses operate differently from laborers.

I believe the media has its own agenda by instilling the murders as racially motivated, even though it was mentioned the perpetrator was sexually disturbed.
 
I hope the information officer, Baker, gets fired very soon, along with his racist t-shirt. (If the story about him is true.) Being placed on desk duty doesn't sound sufficient to me.

And here I was beginning to think that Georgia was a shining light for the rest of the South! :confused:
 
I say; Knock off the propaganda and tell it like it is;
The guy (color & sex doesn't matter) was a possible, mental wack job who lost it and, allegedly, went around killing (possible prostitutes and maybe others) in several alleged Asian massage parlors.
Tragic, I agree; but the key facts don't change (murder happened, the alleged perp was likely less than sane (its for the courts to determine)... nothing to get particularly up set about there.
Leave the judgement to the courts. Presumption of innocence is his right; proof of guilt should not be difficult; sentencing will likely result.

Insanity happens and there is no way to keep it from happening.

Enjoy!
 
No matter how many different reasons why, be it Racism, Ethnic Cleansing, White Supremacy, The Ku Klux Klan Doctrine, The Aryan Construct, drunk, high on dope, temporary insanity, bad hair day, etc, etc, etc, Henry Lee Lucas can only be executed once for the wonton bloody execution of James Byrd Jr. As if 6 life terms wasn't enough.

Texas State Governor George W. Bush Jr. on Mr. Lucas's 1998 stay of execution.
 
USA perpetuates hate, poverty and violence. There is substantial income inequality and the gap widens annually. This country is one of the most violent in the world when it comes to gun deaths. There will be outrage, followed by "thoughts and prayers" until the next rampage.
 
While at the state police barracks this morning, I was reading some of the reports that came in from APD and the FBI. The reports were a little confusing because a few of the details kind of contradicted one another.

Robert Long, the shooter did have a sexual addiction and was being treated for it. According to the FBI report, he was voluntarily institutionalized last year in rehab for this issue. The shooter claims that he was not racially motivated to shoot only Asians, but because he had frequented these places is why he had chosen them. He blamed the places for inflaming his addiction.
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
USA perpetuates hate, poverty and violence. There is substantial income inequality and the gap widens annually. This country is one of the most violent in the world when it comes to gun deaths. There will be outrage, followed by "thoughts and prayers" until the next rampage.
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Actually, the NEWS MEDIA perpetuates hate, as well as the internet hysterics (see thread title).
 
Rosemarie said:
Yes, I do wonder at the role of the media in all this. I don't know about America but here in Britain the news channels are very biased, but at last people seem to be waking up to the fact, and boycotting those which try to manipulate the public.
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Unfortunately, if we boycott the manipulating media there'd be no news outlet left to watch. They are ALL biased one way or another.
 
C'est Moi said:
Unfortunately, if we boycott the manipulating media there'd be no news outlet left to watch. They are ALL biased one way or another.
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Here, we have a news channel based in the Middle East. Not only do they report events from all over the world, but they have a more unbiased view.
The BBC seems to forget that there are other countries in the world beside Britain.
 
Pepper said:
That can only happen if there is a will to do so. There is no will to do so.
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The will is there by all except corrupt politicians and the rich who are making the problem worse day by day. That is to say, it is only a handful of Americans who are responsible for the problems of the nation. So I don't agree with you about there being "no will". It's just that it's the ones in power who decide.
 
If it's been so damn bad, why is it only making the news now? The media just loves this stuff so they crank it up.
 
Apparently THE final trigger pun intended is his parents evicted him, kicked him out what ever. Which might explain his plans to go to Florida.

Some reports having him as actually planning to take himself out but he couldn't do that. For someone who has impulse control issues there was no impulse to kill himself? Too bad.

Also they said he was in rehab for 6 months. 6 months of therapy, sessions with a counselor or shrink etc and no one picked up his issues that might explode one day in a fit of rage.
 
 
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