Is there a coincidence that this is also where all the rich defense contractors live? Could such a horrific disregard of the value of human life be a product of growing up in an environment where the people you look up to so obviously do not value it?

@gommunisd It's worth remembering when the 2nd Wave KKK rose up in the 20s they were disproportionately middle class.

@NostromoSerg The Nazi base of support in Germany (as well as every other fascist movement) ALWAYS came primarily from the middle class, especially the bourgeoisie and petit bourgeoisie

@CesarFCL The difference is that most of those crimes in poor areas are crimes of opportunity, or crimes that you get money from; not just senseless slaughtering based on intense racial hatred

@CesarFCL @gommunisd doesn’t matter if he was mentally ill. there are plenty of mentally ill people who aren’t nazis and who don’t murder people because they don’t share views. Racism is racism no matter what.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd i’m not arguing that he isn’t mentally ill, i’m saying that mental illness isn’t an excuse for being a nazi.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd no, it isn’t. especially since his apparent mental illness causes him to go on murderous rampages and slaughter innocent people— if this sounds somewhat familiar, there’s a very similar story where a nazi killed innocent people. You can read it in any text book, under “Holocaust”

@CesarFCL @gommunisd i don’t think he was mentally ill. i think he was a racist, white male who didn’t get his way. unfortunately there are a lot of instances of people like that doing the exact same thing this 17 neo nazi did

@CesarFCL @gommunisd i never said/thought that about you. but, if you’re arguing mental illness as a viable excuse for racism/murder, then who is to say Hitler wasn’t mentally ill? or any of his party members or soldiers? it doesn’t excuse it and should never be an excuse.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd Relatively peaceful? i had to go back to check the article to make sure he was in AMERICA. where black ppl are gunned down by police almost everyday. where there were actual KKK rallies in 2017. where our President @realDonaldTrump is a massive racist.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd That 17 year old had a million of adult examples. He’s also 17 which is one year away from legal adulthood in the US, and he can/should be tried as an adult. he is fully responsible for his actions.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd you can’t be sure about him or any nazi. just as you aren’t sure with the 17 year old. don’t jump to his defense with mental illness, it’s insulting to the victims and anyone who does have a mental illness and isn’t a racist murderer.

@CesarFCL @gommunisd @realDonaldTrump i have not, you’re right. and if you have, i have deep sorrows for you. But it absolutely does lead sane people to commit crimes, because they see the examples in media of people getting away with blatant racist crimes, and that leads them to assume they can get away w it too

@CesarFCL @laurencummins22 @gommunisd The only thing I can say that in the case that he’s mentally ill he shouldn’t have been able to outright buy a gun

. @gommunisd In Trump's America nothing is surprising.

@gommunisd How is NOVA the base support? As a resident of NoVA everyone I know doesn’t not support anything of this type.

@gommunisd @BGSESAY Northern Virginia voted over 88% for Democrats. So idk what you're getting at tbh

@gommunisd @MartinWithGaga WTF!!!!!!!!!!

@gommunisd It's not a surprise if you've ever lived in Reston. Spent 5 years in that shithole. I got stories.

@gommunisd I hope he's in custody and gets aong sentence. I hope his parole officers parents are healthy little fetuses!