"Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American" is an actual headline of an actual column written by someone at Salon.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) April 17, 2013
Typical David Sirota nonsense. This is why we think the left is NUTS http://t.co/ds6zkbKgIa
— Pentecost Toad (@ToadonaWire) April 17, 2013
Salon contributor and perpetual race-baiter David Sirota has an amazing gift: he can write and publish something so outrageous that it temporarily takes the heat off of the actual Boston Marathon bomber, whoever that may be. His latest trick? Cutting and pasting his “white male privilege” boilerplate text into an article hoping that the Boston Marathon bomber is white, male and American. Why? You’re welcome to read the whole piece, but here’s a sample to test the strength of your gag reflex.
If recent history is any guide, if the bomber ends up being a white anti-government extremist, white privilege will likely mean the attack is portrayed as just an isolated incident — one that has no bearing on any larger policy debates. Put another way, white privilege will work to not only insulate whites from collective blame, but also to insulate the political debate from any fallout from the attack.
Speaking of being insulated from fallout, why does Salon keep publishing Sirota? White privilege? It’s certainly not the fan mail.
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This is so beyond insane in so many ways–> "Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American" http://t.co/LaT1Ib2uho via @Salon
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) April 17, 2013
A ridiculous post about race in the aftermath of an attack. Yes, it's David Sirota: http://t.co/bsiqfXwhFn
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 16, 2013
Do I have to condemn this Sirota piece or is it sufficient to give it side-eye? http://t.co/aHRs7biDaJ
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 17, 2013
I'll just go ahead and condemn it to be on the safe side. This is asinine bullshit. http://t.co/aHRs7biDaJ
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 17, 2013
http://twitter.com/joshgreenman/statuses/324318582626455552
https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/324002477018075138
I have a dream that one day terrorists will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Cc @davidsirota
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 17, 2013
The best thing about Salon’s obsession with race is how pasty-white their writing staff is.
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 17, 2013
Funniest part of the @davidsirota piece: he writes of "white privilege" as if @salon is the Jet magazine of the political world
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 17, 2013
@RBPundit Chris Matthews hangs out at @Salon when he wants to feel ethnic.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) April 17, 2013
Let's Hope The Bomber Looks Like Our Entire Staff. #SalonHeadlines
— eric (@eriContrarian) April 17, 2013
Salon writer confesses to Boston bombing http://t.co/UmTL4afftA
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 17, 2013
When you say "white privilege," all I hear is "white guilt."
— Razor (@hale_razor) April 17, 2013
David Sirota's years of oral gratification practice with chimpanzees has given him some kind of brain rotting disease. #KruiserFeelings
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) April 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/JamesDDetroit/status/324326729458020352
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/statuses/324324279003017216
Let's Hope The Bomber Is Ann Romney's Horse. #SalonHeadlines
— eric (@eriContrarian) April 17, 2013
#SalonHeadlines. I'm David Sirota and I'm sorry I'm white and privileged. I'll make up for it by being a liberal jackass.
— Great Plains Girl ?? (@HeartlandRaised) April 17, 2013
My "hope' was that it was an accidental gas explosion, not an ethnic profile. But then again, I'm not a complete and utter imbecile.
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) April 17, 2013
Congrats to @davidsirota for having both the most callous article on Boston & the absolute D-baggiest avatar ever. http://t.co/vgozNfoBec
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 17, 2013
Hi @davidsirota. weren't the last five white male bombers that managed to get convicted all members of left wing Occupy?
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 17, 2013
Why yes, yes they were.
@DavidLimbaugh @Salon liberals have been salivating at the prospect that there could be political gains from this tragedy. Sad, but reality
— Chris (@BrickMcBain) April 17, 2013
I hope the next writer fired from @salon is a white male
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 17, 2013
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