Time to profile white men? - Salon.com

OThomson · 2012-12-17T15:28:33+00:00

What the fuck did i just read?

Erebus77 · 2012-12-17T22:32:57+00:00

Indeed, unlike other demographic [sic], white guys as a group are never thought to be an acceptable topic for any kind of critical discussion whatsoever, even when there is ample reason to open up such a discussion.

Are you kidding me!? White men, as a group, are criticized and demonized for every social ill under the sun. In fact, any attempt to praise white men for anything, regardless of how insignificant, is met with apoplectic rage and accusations of misogyny and racism.

MRB2012 · 2012-12-17T22:12:03+00:00

Profiling white men won't do any good. When white guys snap and shoot people, they don't tell anyone beforehand or work in large groups. Profiling as a crime prevention strategy is based on the idea that we can catch a criminal in the planning phase and prevent him from causing harm. We can deal with drug dealers or terrorists groups by infiltrating them with undercover agents. You can't catch a man whose plans only exist in his head until he opens fire. There's also the fact that white males aren't really overrepresented among mass shooters. Most people in America are white. It is not surprising that most of the mass shooters are.

Boss_Monkey · 2012-12-17T16:16:03+00:00

I wonder if they will follow that rabbit down the hole? If one were to appropriately profile, in this case, single motherhood could not escape judgement.

PierceHarlan · 2012-12-17T16:23:46+00:00

Here's a piece about a writer who apparently believes "white masculinity" really does need to be scrutinized: http://www.cotwa.info/2012/12/writer-says-newtown-atrocity-is-tied-to.html

scanspeak · 2012-12-18T10:55:33+00:00

I would love to know what privilege any of the white mass shooters had during their lives. Or is it more likely that they were oppressed, hated and their cries for help ignored and that finally led them to snap?

Title	Time to profile white men? - Salon.com
Author	AnotherUser256
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Date	December 17, 2012 3:24 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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