I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
Maybe The Epoch Times and Ben Shapiro haven't discussed this social phenomenon of white panic or concern about replacement of whites as the majority in any meaningful way. It is a popular concern among the white nationalists that vote republican.
One could easily relate the current conservative CRT hysteria to white panic, for example.
White panic is a phenomenon that goes at least as far back as the post-reconstruction era in the former Confederacy with Jim Crow, KKK, poll taxes and other voting restrictions.
It escalated markedly after passage of voting and civil rights laws. Most confederate memorials and the elevation of the confederate battle flag date to the Republican “southern strategy” that flipped the south to the Republican Party.
It exploded again with the election of Obama, aeb the normalization of racist discourse in the public square while denying the existence of racism (except for anti-white sentiment, of course). It hasn’t helped that the last census turned up four minority majority states already with the prediction that it will apply to the nation as a whole before too long.
And I’m not including the attempted genocide of indigenous people that goes all the way back to the beginning of the European invasion.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why white supremacists might feel threatened.
I think "white panic" is a bit strong of a word but I do definitely think that even today we are seeing a "white reaction" among certain people to things like the affirmative action, the Obama election, CRT and the border.
Understandably, the white majority don't see themselves doing anything wrong and become defensive when it's discussed.
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But its most recent invocation came with Obama’s election, when long-simmering concerns about what might happen if the mechanisms of state power fell into the hands of a Black person erupted into public view. In many prominent circles, undermining Obama’s policy ambitions became inseparable from casting his presidency as payback for white misdeeds, and thus something white people should be afraid of.
“You put your kids on the school bus, you expect safety, but in Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up, with the black kids cheering ‘Yeah, right on, right on, right on,’” said Rush Limbaugh in 2009. “And of course everybody says the white kid deserved it — he was born a racist, he’s white.” This was a fantasy, but a typical one. It’s easy to forget how common such musings were among the organs of right-wing politics and media. As Ta-Nehisi Coates documented in his 2012 essay “Fear of a Black President,” figures from Glenn Beck to Representative Steve King often warned of a new era defined by white subordination. It didn’t come to pass, but it fit with a bigger sense that something had been lost when the first Black president got elected.
I hadn't heard of this. It sounds like it's been wildly debunked.
However, it's not too far-fetched to think it could happen. Well, maybe the liter box part is. But, It wasn't that long ago that boys using the girls bathroom or a man winning a national championship in women's collegiate swimming would have been considered crazy.
I was disappointed to see that the person I voted for governor has evidently repeating this claim. I guess that is a down side to voting weeks in advance.
There is a Tik Tok of a girl that is acting like a cat hissing at someone. She seems to be at her desk acting independently. Apparently kids acting like cats and dogs is a thing. It doesn't seem to be that the schools are teaching or even encouraging it.
Wonder why people have a problem with this? Why is it a political issue?
The more we have a problem with it, the more likely kids are to do it.
Apparently a superintendent in Michigan was appalled that he/she had to even debunk the idea that there was a litter box in their bathroom. I mean really it's such an outrageous idea. People actually believe that schools would put a litter box in the bathroom and think that would be okay. Really?
Be more concerned that kids have to have armed guards and go through shooting drills than them acting like cats. Just sayin'
There is a viral Tik Tok of a girl that is acting like a cat hissing at someone. She seems to be at her desk acting independently. Apparently kids acting like cats and dogs is a thing. It doesn't seem to be that the schools are teaching or even encouraging it.
Wonder why people have a problem with this? Why is it a political issue?
The more we have a problem with it, the more likely kids are to do it.
Also it's no surprise that someone would like about there being a litter box in the bathroom and that it would go viral as truth.
Be more concerned that kids have to have armed guards and go through shooting drills than them acting like cats. Just sayin'
If the school is tolerating a kid acting like a cat in the classroom, that is a problem. Just like talking, passing notes, playing with your cell phone. Just because a kid might want to do it more if it's not allowed, doesn't mean it should be put up with.
All the students deserve a environment in which they can learn. I would imagine this behavior would distract from that for both the one acting out, and her classmates.
School is also a place where kids learn to act as a functioning member of society. Do you think acting like a cat is going to help that student do that?
My brother was a middle and high school teacher. There is no way he would have put up with that behavior in his classroom.
It's a political issue because this is example of how liberals tend to want to capitulate to a individuals rediculous behavior so that we don't hurt their feelings or so that they can feel good about themselves. Often at the expense of everyone else. Your attitude about this being an example.
Being concerned about this doesnt mean that one isn't concerned about school safety.
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10 minutes ago, Tweety said:
There is a viral Tik Tok of a girl that is acting like a cat hissing at someone. She seems to be at her desk acting independently. Apparently kids acting like cats and dogs is a thing. It doesn't seem to be that the schools are teaching or even encouraging it.
Wonder why people have a problem with this? Why is it a political issue?
The more we have a problem with it, the more likely kids are to do it.
Also it's no surprise that someone would like about there being a litter box in the bathroom and that it would go viral as truth.
Be more concerned that kids have to have armed guards and go through shooting drills than them acting like cats. Just sayin'
Because the right wing pundits or commentators have made it a problem for conservatives and they have associated it with politics to deepen the divide and increase the animus.
If the school is tolerating a kid acting like a cat in the classroom, that is a problem. Just like talking, passing notes, playing with your cell phone. Just because a kid might want to do it more if it's not allowed, doesn't mean it should be put up with.
All the students deserve a environment in which they can learn. I would imagine this behavior would distract from that for both the one acting out, and her classmates.
School is also a place where kids learn to act as a functioning member of society. Do you think acting like a cat is going to help that student do that?
My brother was a middle and high school teacher. There is no way he would have put up with that behavior in his classroom.
It's a political issue because this is example of how liberals tend to want to capitulate to a individuals rediculous behavior so that we don't hurt their feelings or so that they can feel good about themselves. Often at the expense of everyone else. Your attitude about this being an example.
Being concerned about this doesnt mean that one isn't concerned about school safety.
I get it. When put that way, behavior of kids disrupting class is and always has been an issue. The video captures a moment in time, not what the teacher may or may not have done about if they were aware.
And no I don't have a problem with kids acting like cats anymore than I do of the trend towards scraggly hair for boys. But of course not if it's disruptive in class.
That politicians are repeating a falsehood wrong seems to be where we cab agree.
He shouldn't have to defend himself. But, nicely done.
The cancel culture crowd can suck it.
“I understand Governor DeSantis is a very polarizing figure. But I grew up in a country where if a governor ask [sic] you if they can come and raise awareness to help victims of a natural disaster you help,” Bryan wrote to his more than 9 million followers."
He shouldn't have to defend himself. But, nicely done.
The cancel culture crowd can suck it.
“I understand Governor DeSantis is a very polarizing figure. But I grew up in a country where if a governor ask [sic] you if they can come and raise awareness to help victims of a natural disaster you help,” Bryan wrote to his more than 9 million followers."
The "cancel culture" has free speech and can express their opinions about Governor DeSantis and Luke Bryan can they not? I grew up in a country where people can do this. You don't have to like it.
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13 minutes ago, Beerman said:
He shouldn't have to defend himself. But, nicely done.
The cancel culture crowd can suck it.
“I understand Governor DeSantis is a very polarizing figure. But I grew up in a country where if a governor ask [sic] you if they can come and raise awareness to help victims of a natural disaster you help,” Bryan wrote to his more than 9 million followers."
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White panic is a phenomenon that goes at least as far back as the post-reconstruction era in the former Confederacy with Jim Crow, KKK, poll taxes and other voting restrictions.
It escalated markedly after passage of voting and civil rights laws. Most confederate memorials and the elevation of the confederate battle flag date to the Republican “southern strategy” that flipped the south to the Republican Party.
It exploded again with the election of Obama, aeb the normalization of racist discourse in the public square while denying the existence of racism (except for anti-white sentiment, of course). It hasn’t helped that the last census turned up four minority majority states already with the prediction that it will apply to the nation as a whole before too long.
And I’m not including the attempted genocide of indigenous people that goes all the way back to the beginning of the European invasion.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why white supremacists might feel threatened.