As these statements began to roll out, make sure you peep which one of your representatives actually calls this what it is: an act of violent, White nationalism and domestic terrorism.
This is a ' senseless tragedy', this is a targeted, intentional act of white violence that we see regularly in this country. We are no stranger to angry white men with guns. This happens all the time, and will continue to happen all the time.
Most of our federal delegation has been in power since I was in elementary school – if they wanted to enact gun laws, they would, but they likely never will because institution of government benefits from this type of sanctioned violence.
We see it with the Nazi marches in the push for Maine to become a white ethno-state. We see it with policing and public safety. We see it with the criminalization of homelessness and racist, xenophobic rhetoric towards our marginalized groups. We see this type of angry, violent, whiteness every single day.
I'm so exhausted by the need to identify. "He lost his job" "he was getting a divorce" "he had issues with mental health" etc ec etc.
The motive is he's white, he has a gun, and he can enact terror and violence on innocent people because the world has awarded him the privilege to do so.
