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Professor: Texas church murders rooted in 'powerfully dangerous' male 'whiteness'

So a madman with a lengthy history of mental instability and violence strolls into church in Texas and begins blasting away, killing 26 and injuring scores more, and a Drexel University professor finds the cause of the mayhem and madness was — “whiteness.”

Is that a disease or something? A new psychological disorder?

Moreover — is it contagious? Should Americans grab their children and run?

According to online Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher — maybe.

He told Democracy Now! in a recent interview that there is an “institutional apparatus” that simply “encourages” white males to “feel as though they’re on the losing side of history,” — the “victims,” so to speak.

And it’s that victimhood mentality, he went on, Campus Reform noted, that leads many to lash out violently.

“You know,” Ciccariello-Maher argued, Campus Reform reported, “[President Donald] Trump makes hay out of the fact that white men, in particular, feel as though they’re the victims of this society, despite being in absolute control of it.” And this is something that is powerfully dangerous, and it’s why we’re not seeing only the rise in violent attacks, more generally, and the rise of far-right movements, but we’re certainly seeing, you know, clearly, sort of some very serious incidents of mass violence, as well.”

If this sounds familiar it’s because we’ve heard from this racist before.

Yes, clearly — well, clearly sort of, that is. Meaning: Kind of but not really.

Don’t let the wishy-washy wordage get in the way of the message, though. Read on. He’s not quite done.

“Whiteness is never seen as a cause, in and of itself, of these kinds of massacres,” he said.

But apparently, they should.

“Whiteness,” Ciccariello-Maher said, “is a structure of privilege and it’s a structure of power and a structure that, when it feels threatened, you know, lashes out. [Whiteness] is powerfully dangerous.”

Powerfully dangerous. Indeed. In fairness, Ciccariello-Maher also said mental illness couldn’t be completely disregarded as a mitigating factor in mass shootings, like the one at the Texas church. But it’s whiteness that’s the more powerful danger, he suggested.

This is the same guy who recently tweeted “all I want for Christmas is white genocide,” Campus Reform reported. And he’s now exiled from the physical Drexel campus, for unspecified reasons. But he’s still teaching online.

Need more be said?

The only takeaway here seems to be this: Parents, don’t send your kids to Drexel University. It’s not worth the chance of exposure to the lunatic fringe among the teaching staff.

http://www.gopusa.com/professo...rous-male-whiteness/

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 If "White" George is so evil, why doesn't he off himself, or maybe he's some type of
off white breed... 
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giftedamateur posted:

I don't think he's still associated with the university is he?

Drexel University in Philadelphia has placed associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher on leave due to security threats ever since he blamed “Trumpism” and the “narrative of white victimization” for the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1.

Mr. Ciccariello-Maher came under fire last week after he fired off a series of tweets criticizing white men less than 24 hours after Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring 489 others who were attending a country music festival.

“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,” Mr. Ciccariello-Maher wrote. “It is the spinal column of Trumpism, and most extreme form is the white genocide myth. The narrative of white victimization has been gradually built over the past 40 years. White people and men are told that they are entitled to everything. This is what happens when they don’t get what they want.”

 

Drexel University initially tried to distance itself from the instructor’s comments, saying his opinions do not represent the university’s views. However, the school issued a statement on Tuesday saying he had been placed on leave after numerous threats were made against him and the campus community, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Mr. Ciccariello-Maher said news reports on his tweets by websites like Breitbart News, The Daily Caller and Fox News have led to threats. In an op-ed published Tuesday by The Washington Post, titled “Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom,” Mr. Ciccariello-Maher said he had become the target of a smear campaign by conservative media.

https://www.washingtontimes.co...-prof-placed-leave-/

 

Kraven posted:
giftedamateur posted:

I don't think he's still associated with the university is he?

Drexel University in Philadelphia has placed associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher on leave due to security threats ever since he blamed “Trumpism” and the “narrative of white victimization” for the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1.

Mr. Ciccariello-Maher came under fire last week after he fired off a series of tweets criticizing white men less than 24 hours after Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring 489 others who were attending a country music festival.

“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,” Mr. Ciccariello-Maher wrote. “It is the spinal column of Trumpism, and most extreme form is the white genocide myth. The narrative of white victimization has been gradually built over the past 40 years. White people and men are told that they are entitled to everything. This is what happens when they don’t get what they want.”

 

Drexel University initially tried to distance itself from the instructor’s comments, saying his opinions do not represent the university’s views. However, the school issued a statement on Tuesday saying he had been placed on leave after numerous threats were made against him and the campus community, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Mr. Ciccariello-Maher said news reports on his tweets by websites like Breitbart News, The Daily Caller and Fox News have led to threats. In an op-ed published Tuesday by The Washington Post, titled “Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom,” Mr. Ciccariello-Maher said he had become the target of a smear campaign by conservative media.

https://www.washingtontimes.co...-prof-placed-leave-/

 

OK, I thought they'd cut ties with him.

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