Is Barack Obama Responsible For The Dallas Anti-Cop Terror Attack? --- no ... a mentally ill US veteran is responsible.
On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 2:21:43 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.dailywire.com/news/7312/barack-obama-responsible-dallas-anti-cop-terror-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=071116-news-title&utm_campaign=lead > > > Is Barack Obama Responsible For The Dallas Anti-Cop Terror Attack? > > AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais > > By: > > Ben Shapiro <http://www.dailywire.com/authors/ben-shapiro> > > July 8, 2016 > > On Thursday, President Obama reacted to the cell-phone-captured footage of > the police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile by > suggesting that such killings were “not isolated incidents.” Instead, he > said, “They are symptomatic of challenges within our criminal justice > system, the racial disparities that appear across the system year after > year, and the resulting lack of trust that exists between law enforcement > and too many of the communities they serve.” > > In effect, Obama said – just as he’s been saying for years – that what he > believes are extrajudicial murders of black men by police officers are the > result of systemic racism, reflected in disproportionate arrest and > imprisonment statistics. > > Then, on Thursday night, anti-white racist snipers began firing on white > police officers in Dallas. When the smoke had cleared, five officers were > dead and another seven were wounded, some grievously. > > This raises an obvious question: what sort of responsibility does > President Obama bear for the massacre? > > This isn’t the first time such questions have been raised about leftist > anti-cop rhetoric. After the death of Eric Garner in New York City in 2014, > New York Mayor Bill De Blasio echoed Obama’s message: “We are dealing with > centuries of racism that brought us to this day.” Obama promptly called De > Blasio to thank him. De Blasio bragged that he had met Obama at the White > House, and said that he had told his son, who is black, “about the dangers > he may face” from police. Days later, two police officers in New York City > were murdered in cold blood by a black criminal who pledged to put “wings > on pigs” on social media. The NYPD turned their backs on De Blasio when he > attended the funeral for one of the officers. > > Yet the media today – and President Obama himself – blame lack of gun > control for Dallas, or claim that motives are unclear. They certainly > distance the Black Lives Matter movement from the shootings, even as the > Democratic > National Committee > <http://www.dailywire.com/news/7298/dnc-dallas-killers-are-part-black-lives-matter-robert-kraychik> > > released a statement essentially lumping together BLM with the anti-cop > terrorist attack: “while most protesters have made their voices heard > peacefully, tonight’s shooting of officers in Dallas is unacceptable and a > reminder that the time to address these tensions and find common ground is > long overdue.” > > So, what is the relationship between anti-cop rhetoric and the racist > murder of cops? > > First off, let’s point out the obvious double standard from the left: when > a white racist, Dylann Storm Roof, shot up a Charleston black church, the > left immediately blamed a widespread culture of racism, and insisted that > states across the country tear down Confederate war memorials and stop > sponsoring the Confederate flag at state capitols. When non-black cops > shoot black suspects, the left insists – without a shred of evidence – that > such killings are endemic among police officers, and that the entire system > is racist. When anti-Donald Trump protesters riot against Trump supporters, > the left blame Trump’s rhetoric. When a nutcase shoots up an area near a > Planned Parenthood, the left blames the pro-life movement. When another > nutcase shoots Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the left blames Sarah Palin’s > Congressional targets map. But when obvious anti-white racists murder white > cops, the left suggests that gun control is the issue; when obvious Islamic > terrorists murder gay people in a nightclub in Orlando, the problem is > white Christians who don’t support same-sex marriage and Republicans who > defend gun rights. > > In other words, for the left, rhetoric can only connect with murder when > it’s rhetoric they don’t like. If they *do *like the rhetoric -- or at > least if they want to defend the people responsible for the rhetoric > -- then the actual motivation for murder will be [omitted]. > > But now let’s tackle the real question: when is rhetoric responsible for > violence? Rhetoric is responsible for violence when it *calls for > violence*. Radical Islam calls for jihad. Protesters chanting “pigs in a > blanket, fry ‘em like bacon” calls for violence against cops. Barack Obama > didn’t call for violence against cops. > > That said, he did do three things that are particularly despicable: > > 1. He denied that murder charges require evidence; > > 2. He denied that charges of racism require evidence; > > 3. He ignored the actual cause of anti-cop violence. > > Obama didn’t cause the Orlando shooting attack, but his failure to label > it Islamic jihadism surely stopped America from fighting it properly. Obama > didn’t cause the Dallas shootings, but his attempts to turn the > conversation toward gun control or police brutality are just another way to > avoid a real conversation about anti-white racism. > > So no, of course Obama isn’t responsible for the Dallas shootings. But > he’s surely responsible for cultivating a racially polarized culture, > ignoring the real causes of anti-cop violence, and leaving cops out in the > cold to fend for themselves. > > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcTh1cDMzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjgyNjM2NTI-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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