[jbarciauskas]

There is no credible threat against white people as a group. Those who say this generally do so as a way to raise awareness of the very real threats posed by white supremacists, not as a real threat. Taken in context, the distinction is easy to make.

[Inconel]

As a non-white person who is wholly unsympathetic to the ideas espoused by white supremacists, partly out of reasons of self preservation, making statements such as "kill all whites" doesn't seem like a particularly good method of raising awareness of the dangers posed by hateful and bigoted ideologies. Then again I don't spend much time on Twitter so maybe such statements are able to lead to constructive dialogue there.

[jbarciauskas]

I think we can argue tactics in good faith, while understanding that there is not actually a credible movement to eliminate white people. On the flip side, there are active and organized white supremacist groups advocating for the elimination of any number of minorities.

[Inconel]

I'm in agreement that there isn't a credible movement to eliminate white people, but I still feel that if companies, and social media sites in particular, are going to have guidelines around acceptable speech on their platforms, they should probably be applied equally regardless of what groups they may target.

[jnbiche]

Oh, come on. As today's horrible event demonstrated, all it takes is one single unbalanced individual with a semi-automatic weapon, and the members of any group -- white, black, Asian, Latino, Jewish, Muslim -- are at risk.

And writing about killing members of any group only services to rile up and incite those people among us who are predisposed to violence. And those people are of every color and nationality that exists.

[SwellJoe]

Why is there always an "all lives matter" person?

[jnbiche]

For the record I support BLM.

[SwellJoe]

That's cool, and while I was dismissive, I was making a valid point, I thought (the audience disagrees with me, judging by my downvotes).

The point I was trying to make was that the tragedy you're referencing targeted people because they were Jewish. Saying, "oh, but white people have to be fearful, too" dismisses the hate that drove this despicable act of terror, and it hides the purpose of it. Terrorist actions are meant to scare specific people, and white folks (by the terrorist's definition, which doesn't include Jews) aren't who this terrorist wanted to scare. He wanted to remind Jewish people of what he views as their proper place...running scared. He also had a history of white supremacist posts throughout his twitter and gab history. This was a racially motivated crime, don't downplay that by saying white people could be a target, too.

While we (white folks) could be the target of hate crimes, in the US today, we are not. Jewish folks, black and brown folks of all sorts, LGBTQ folks, are the target of hate crimes, and in growing numbers.

[aldoushuxley001]

Your comment gives some incredible insight into the mental gymnastic people are capable of in order to justify their own violence & intimidation.