What gave us Donald Trump is what gave us Dylann Roof.

[CousinIT]

On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump took the stage at his eponymous tower in New York City and announced his bid for the White House. His message was clear. “The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everyone else's problems,” Trump said.

A day later, in South Carolina, 21-year-old Dylann Roof walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, where members were holding Bible study. Using a .45-caliber Glock handgun and eight magazines of ammunition, Roof shot and killed nine people, including the pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator. Before he arrived at the church, Roof posted a manifesto on his website, a racist tirade that expressed his motives. His message was also clear. “Integration has done nothing but bring Whites down to level of brute animals,” wrote Roof.

Indeed, when read together, Trump’s announcement and Roof’s manifesto offer a duet in racial grievance.

“When Mexico sends its people,” Trump said, “they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/12/what_gave_us_donald_trump_is_what_gave_us_dylann_roof.html

[Initech]

1. The 800 pound gorilla in the room: White supremacism

Nobody wants to talk about it, and it's a problem that is not just crippling the US but the world at large. Dylann Roof is a white supremacist. And white supremacy enablers like Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopolous, Breitbart, Prison Planet, Fox News, etc are only contributing to the problem. The world is a melting pot no matter what country you live in, and one race is not superior to the others. If we could get past white supremacy bullshit I think this world would be better off.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

3. That tribal BS as embodied by the RW has caused unspeakable acts of hatred, it's

shocking that we have not evolved past that.

[Loge23]

2. "He could get the death penalty"

So said the news broadcaster this evening.
...or a spot in trumps cabinet.