Last night in Las Vegas was a night of horror for hundreds of people. Sixty-four-year old Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor on concertgoers from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, killing 50 and injuring over 400. Country singer Jason Aldean was on stage when the gunfire began. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility, and that Paddock had converted to Islam months ago. Yet, U.S. authorities are pushing back on this claim saying that there is no evidence to suggest that this act was connected to radical Islamic terrorism. Yet, Drexel University professor George Ciccariello had a different take: this is all about the white supremacist patriarchy. He also lamented how this debate won’t occur, or will be drowned out, because liberals will dominate the news cycle calling for more gun control. He also said that it was pure delusion to think that new gun laws would stop anyone with the mindset of gunning down and killing 50 people. He also said this is a byproduct of white entitlement. I’m not going to get into this debate. I don’t think anyone who isn’t an academic elitist would get into this. This is a time to mourn, pray, and gather what information is coming through the wires, not debate about this so-called white supremacist patriarchic system.
It's the white supremacist patriarchy, stupid.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
But liberals will drown out all discourse with a deafening chorus screeching "gun control."
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
To believe that someone who would shoot down 50 people wouldn't circumvent any gun law you pass is the height of delusion.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
But liberal escapism means talking about easy questions and proposing easy non-solutions rather than talking about who kills and why.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
White people and men are told that they are entitled to everything. This is what happens when they don't get what they want.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
The narrative of white victimization has been gradually built over the past 40 years.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
It is the spinal column of Trumpism, and most extreme form is the white genocide myth.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
Yesterday was a morbid symptom of what happens when those who believe they deserve to own the world also think it is being stolen from them.
— George Ciccariello (@ciccmaher) October 2, 2017
If this name sounds familiar, Ciccariello was the professor who was sickened that a passenger gave up their first class seat for a U.S. soldier.
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