Hate to ask this..

[busterbrown]

but racist america is so hoping that gunmen are of color..

Anyone know the status?

Horrible question..I realize..
but important..

[Cali_Democrat]

1. No information on that yet. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

2. I think the right is hoping it's a black person or a Muslim...

And tbh, many on the left are probably hoping it's a white person.

Both for different reasons. I think the left wants it to be a white person to deflect from the hate other minority groups have received in response to these types of acts and the right wants it to be a black person or a Muslim to reinforce their hatred.

[GaYellowDawg]

6. I think this is spot on.

It's currently believed to be a group of 4 people. I wonder how people would react if it was 2 white people and 2 black people?

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Unity! lol

[AntiBank]

19. at that point CIA

[GreatGazoo]

24. yes. the RW is predictable now

If shooters are caucasian then they will say this is 'Obama's false flag to grab guns.'

[rusty quoin]

10. I think the left hopes it is not Muslims to slow down the violence.

The right hopes its Muslims to increase the violence.

The right here are agreeing with ISIS. There is a need for more violence.

[Marr]

16. No, they both have identical reasons.

Both want their narratives validated.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Do you think liberals do it out of hate of whites?

Because I'm pretty sure the right is hoping for it due to their hatred of blacks and Muslims.

[seabeyond]

29. No. We do not want the black lives lost to be dismissed or excused away. There is an issue?

[Ace Rothstein]

3. And there are racist posters here hoping the shooters are white.

[Rex]

4. What if it is a mixed group of folks? We should wait and see what Dallas PD discovers.

Fuck the RWing morons and their gun fetish.

[roamer65]

5. It may be a mix.

From the apocalyptic talk of the one shooter, I am suspecting some sort of religious cult.

Just like the Toyko subway Ricin attack.

[busterbrown]

8. oh boy...

horrible situation...horrible post i created but...

[herding cats]

9. I missed the presser - diaper change and feeding time per the local dictator

What apocalyptic talk, please?

[roamer65]

12. The shooter barricaded up in the parking garage...is screaming 'the end is near"...

...apocalyptic talk and bombs are everywhere downtown.

[grossproffit]

13. ...For law enforcement officers. Not the world.

[roamer65]

15. K...the info is coming pretty quickly and is not always accurate.

[herding cats]

14. Thank you!

I'm playing catch up currently. No tv in here and I was busy with other things.

I appreciate your help.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. I kept waiting for them to say or for a reporter to ask about the shooters' race. Didn't happen.

[busterbrown]

18. Watching the Tour De France..with wife..

Please let us know.. Trying to keep occupied.. Love this event though..

[sarisataka]

20. And another segment

has equally fervent hope that the shooters are white.

Overlooked is the fact that persons are killing cops for being cops. That is not any more acceptable than cops shooting people for being black.

Sadly the two killings that triggered the protest are all but forgotten...

[seabeyond]

30. No one is overlooking cops being killed for cops. The lives lost matter. Horrible situation all

around.

[LanternWaste]

43. I imagine the other segment is hoping that to better avoid sweeping blame rather than to assign it.

I imagine the other segment is hoping that to better avoid the consistent and sweeping blame rather than to assign it. I don't however, assign the same motives or the sincerity to anyone hoping the shooters are black.

[sarisataka]

45. IMO whoever

Has done this is a vicious group of killers who represent no one besides themselves. Whomever they claim to support is likely as revolted by the killings as the general population.

Whether the perpetrators are white, black or any other color, they have made an awful situation worse. The brunt of the fallout will disproportionately fall on the black community.

As for assigning sweeping blame. A quick perusal of internet site reveals that some already are saying 'even if the shooters are x they are part if a false flag, hired by y' Blamers will blame according to their prejudice.

[SheilaT]

21. What gunmen? Where?

As odd as this might sound to you, not everyone is watching MSM 24/7.

[leftynyc]

34. On this, you don't have to be

watching TV. I found out from a LBN post to my phone. But to catch up:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/us/philando-castile-alton-sterling-protests/

[busterbrown]

23. Thanks for your suggestion..

but whats right for you is not necessarily right for me..

[Proud Public Servant]

26. Here's a safe prediction

If they are black, they will treated as representatives of all black Americans.

If they are Muslim, they will be treated as representative of all Muslims.

If they are white, they will be "an isolated group of malcontents."

[roamer65]

27. Very true. N/t

[seabeyond]

28. Horrible question. I have been hunting the information too before going to work.

There is a reason, we all know what it is. They know, and they are not giving it out on newsfeed from what I see.

[msanthrope]

31. Helter Skelter. That's what one of my clients said to me this morning. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Hey SB. The mayor of Dallas was just on TV and Joe and Mika

tried to get the info on the shooters out of him and he wouldn't bite. I agree with you -- there is a reason they are keeping quiet.

Now, the only reason in my mind to keep quiet is if they are black. Because this could incite the crazy right wingnuts in TX and elsewhere. If the whole thing was totally unrelated and the suspects were not black - there would be no reason to keep that a secret.

The last thing the mayor said was, warning everyone, including the news to "choose their words carefully"

[seabeyond]

37. Interesting. Thanks. The only liberal in the office, and not ever talking politics, these

people are gonna come after me at work. Better to know.

I can see them not saying if white, but more likely, not talking, leads one to think they do not want the escalation with the rw nuts here in this state. I agree.

Knowing they are not saying anything matters too.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. Well, on the other hand....there may be an outside chance they are right wing

nuts -- to discredit BLM?

Sorry you are alone at work. thought you lived somewhere like Maine?? I am used to it - stuck in TX

[seabeyond]

40. In grocery store, Fox headline. Wanted to kill white cops. Nt

[seabeyond]

41. I am a Californian stuck in Texas. The panhandle at that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. oh shit....it's coming back to me now. I live 20 miles

from Dimson's brush clearing ranch.

When I moved here and was going to the laundromat, they said, oh no, don't do that, water's not hot enough to get their germs out. Being from CT I was aghast.

think we need a forum for "those stuck in red states"

[Bucky]

32. It's a horrible question, but a good one. The answer is "it doesn't matter"

Whoever organized the mass murder of police in Dallas wants violence to break out between police and the black community. In that regard, they are the enemy of both the police and Black Lives Matter, which is an anti-violence movement.

The key signature demand of BLM is improved relations between the police and black America. Yesterday's ambush was the very definition of a false flag attack.

[egduj]

33. What ethnicity are you hoping for?

[WinkyDink]

35. What if they are? Is "racist America" bothered by murderous White cops?

[Lancero]

39. Sad reflection of humanity...

When both sides hope that the shooter is of a certain skin color.

One side can argue that their hope is for a desire to have a counterbalance, but it doesn't change the fact that each side has a 'preferred' skin color for a tragedy like this.

[busterbrown]

42. Well Stated..

Great way to end thread...