An 88-year old by the name of James Von Brunn allegedly walked into DC’s National Holocaust Museum in Washington this week, mowing down a security guard. Are leftists going to feel the Holocaust Museum shooter's pain and find ways to blame ourselves for this act of terrorism like they do when the “usual suspects” do such things? I bet not.
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In the left’s view, this guy doesn’t have any boxes to tick off in the “victim” column. He’s white, male, and hence “privileged”. That’s how they see it. How do I know this? Because I’ve been called “privileged” enough times by leftists who don’t know a single thing about me beyond my skin color.
Not to say that Von Brunn has any excuses for his alleged actions. What I’m saying is that the non-white terrorists don’t, either. Every terrorist apparently has a giant axe to grind – one which the left is always happy to retrieve for them the second it’s misplaced, if they pick the right cause. The Unabomber hated technology. (Nice try) Bin Laden hates American foreign policy. (Good one!) Von Brunn had a vicious, longtime hate-on for the Jews. (Not very PC!)
As a public relations strategist, if I were forced at gunpoint to take this whack job on as a client, I would play the "lack of affordable mental health care for the aged/veterans" card (Von Brunn served in the military). And it would work. At the very least, it would make leftists feel conflicted about labeling him a terrorist.
For the time being, at least, he doesn’t have any leftist pet causes working in his favor. And because the various mainstream media outlets don’t have to tiptoe around the touchy race issue with Von Brunn, it’s now finally safe to talk tough on terrorism!
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