White male privilege responsible for shooting, professor argues

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So, what's the cause of all the shootings?

White male privilege? My guess is no.

Video games? LOL @ this 14 or 15 year old scapegoat for teenage violence...Millions of us play FPS games and don't go on shooting sprees.

Gun culture? Possibly.

America's glorification of violence? Possibly.

Easy access to guns? Maybe.

Mental illness? Likely.

Maybe a combo of two or more of these, but I'm pretty sure white male privilege and especially video games aren't the cause.

Typical leftist college professor nonsense. They blame everything on that laughable concept of "White privilege".

It's amazing that such things can be published nowadays.

I don't get it. If we're so privileged, why do some of us feel the need to go on shooting sprees?

Typical leftist college professor nonsense. They blame everything on that laughable concept of "White privilege".

It's amazing that such things can be published nowadays.

Tezcatlipoca666

I don't get it. If we're so privileged, why do some of us feel the need to go on shooting sprees?

airshocker

Dat comment section. "the professor is Jewish "Hugo Schwyzer". Jews have a virulent hatred against white people and western civilization. so his comments are not surprising." "FYI if you kiss your gay partner in a mosque the Flintstones will saw both of your heads off." "They see the country THEY built with blood, sweat, and tears and see it being ripped away through government extortion. They simply see modern day white labor used to promote a forced suicidal agenda" Ironically this guy actually agrees with what the professor is saying. Like I don't really agree with what the professor is saying but man oh man those comments. Terrible.Ace6301

They aren't really agreeing. Let's take France as an example. It's perfectly reasonable for Frenchmen to feel angry about losing their country to foreigners. Any people on the face of the earth will become pissed off when they witness their major cities begin to resemble foreign cities and when they are constantly blamed for all the ills that may affect non-native citizens. That plus their culture, French culture, is debased so that it becomes equal status with those cultures imported for afar, for the sake of multiculturalism or something. There is something perversely wrong about this kind of transformation. Being angry about it is natural. Unfortunately in the West we aren't even allowed to be angry.

The "professor" is claiming that losing "White privilege" is what is causing shootings by White males. The authors of those angry, and unfortunately often stupid, comments are merely angry about the transformation of their society. They aren't psychotic murderers. They don't mourn the loss of some mythical "privilege" but rather of their countries and their right to exist as a unique and exclusive society dominant in their homeland.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Dat comment section. "the professor is Jewish "Hugo Schwyzer". Jews have a virulent hatred against white people and western civilization. so his comments are not surprising." "FYI if you kiss your gay partner in a mosque the Flintstones will saw both of your heads off." "They see the country THEY built with blood, sweat, and tears and see it being ripped away through government extortion. They simply see modern day white labor used to promote a forced suicidal agenda" Ironically this guy actually agrees with what the professor is saying. Like I don't really agree with what the professor is saying but man oh man those comments. Terrible.Tezcatlipoca666

They aren't really agreeing. Let's take France as an example. It's perfectly reasonable for Frenchmen to feel angry about losing their country to foreigners. Any people on the face of the earth will become pissed off when they witness their major cities begin to resemble foreign cities and when they are constantly blamed for all the ills that may affect non-native citizens. That plus their culture, French culture, is debased so that it becomes equal status with those cultures imported for afar, for the sake of multiculturalism or something. There is something perversely wrong about this kind of transformation. Being angry about it is natural. Unfortunately in the West we aren't even allowed to be angry.

The "professor" is claiming that losing "White privilege" is what is causing shootings by White males. The authors of those angry, and unfortunately often stupid, comments are merely angry about the transformation of their society. They aren't psychotic murderers. They don't mourn the loss of some mythical "privilege" but rather of their countries and their right to exist as a unique and exclusive society.

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Dat comment section. "the professor is Jewish "Hugo Schwyzer". Jews have a virulent hatred against white people and western civilization. so his comments are not surprising." "FYI if you kiss your gay partner in a mosque the Flintstones will saw both of your heads off." "They see the country THEY built with blood, sweat, and tears and see it being ripped away through government extortion. They simply see modern day white labor used to promote a forced suicidal agenda" Ironically this guy actually agrees with what the professor is saying. Like I don't really agree with what the professor is saying but man oh man those comments. Terrible.Ace6301

They aren't really agreeing. Let's take France as an example. It's perfectly reasonable for Frenchmen to feel angry about losing their country to foreigners. Any people on the face of the earth will become pissed off when they witness their major cities begin to resemble foreign cities and when they are constantly blamed for all the ills that may affect non-native citizens. That plus their culture, French culture, is debased so that it becomes equal status with those cultures imported for afar, for the sake of multiculturalism or something. There is something perversely wrong about this kind of transformation. Being angry about it is natural. Unfortunately in the West we aren't even allowed to be angry.

The "professor" is claiming that losing "White privilege" is what is causing shootings by White males. The authors of those angry, and unfortunately often stupid, comments are merely angry about the transformation of their society. They aren't psychotic murderers. They don't mourn the loss of some mythical "privilege" but rather of their countries and their right to exist as a unique and exclusive society.

In the U.S.A. the Mexican immigration problem is a great example. Look at how California was transformed.

Perhaps a more obvious slight to Whites is affirmative action. I'm not American but I can clearly see that something is wrong when affirmative action places White males at the bottom of the heap for employment and promotion as well as college acceptance consideration. Something is wrong when the DoJ can sue a business for not hiring enough minorities. Something is wrong when White students aren't allowed to form student unions based on race but everyone else can.

American Whites have just as many good reasons to be pissed as Frenchmen, if not more!. Note how even this has nothing to do with a loss of privilege but rather has to do with feeling disposable. Like you don't matter anymore because of [insert past crime here].

The shooters were mentally ill individuals and the professor is dead wrong. I don't see how disgrunted, and slightly idiotic comments support the professor in any way.

lol, privileges.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

I don't get it. If we're so privileged, why do some of us feel the need to go on shooting sprees?

gamerguru100

I don't know man... What's the one thing white guys in trailer parks are known more for than their racism? Wife-beating. Hence their trademark garment of choice when being lazy and drinking bear is the wifebeater.

So while the non-insane poor whites sit in their trailer and make racists remarks and beat their spouse, the crazy ones go on shooting sprees; if they weren't crazy they would just be racist and beat their spouse. I think the professor is on to something in regards to white males being scared intolerant of female and minority power.

Just saying.

So what was the VTech shooter's reasoning then?

Did he have a distant white uncle?

So what was the VTech shooter's reasoning then?

Did he have a distant white uncle?

DaJuicyMan

There have been about 60 mass murder shootings in the last 30 years. 44 of them where done by white males.

While i think the author is wrong in his reasoning, it is atleast worth asking why are the majority of these mass murderers white males typically in suburban areas.

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

So what was the VTech shooter's reasoning then?

Did he have a distant white uncle?

XaosII

There have been about 60 mass murder shootings in the last 30 years. 44 of them where done by white males.

While i think the author is wrong in his reasoning, it is atleast worth asking why are the majority of these mass murderers white males typically in suburban areas.

because there are more white males than any other group? :/ not that fvcking hard to figure out22Toothpicks

There was only 1 woman out of the 60 shootings. By your logic, nearly half of them should have been women. I mean, there are more women than just 1 out of 60, right?

Theres a severe over representation of white males relative to actual population.

[QUOTE="22Toothpicks"] because there are more white males than any other group? :/ not that fvcking hard to figure outXaosII

There was only 1 woman out of the 60 shootings. By your logic, nearly half of them should have been women. I mean, there are more women than just 1 out of 60, right?

Theres a severe over representation of white males relative to actual population.

That only demonstrates a severe over representation of males compared to females rather than any racial based over representation. 44 out of 60 is 73% and very close to the percentage of the white population over the last 30 years. I think it was 80% in 1980 and is about 66% now. Those statistics show white males are not much more likely to commit this crime percentage wise than males of other races.

He's basically saying white men don't expect to have it hard & when times get tough they can't handle it,just look at mass shootings and suicide rates among them Bucked20

Long Island Railroad shooter wasnt white. Virgina Tech shooter wasnt white. DC sniper shooter wasnt white. Young and frustrated young males seem to be the predominant shooters. There have been more white shooters than nonwhite, but we live in a country where there are more white males than nonwhite. Statistically, if you control for population differences, there may be a higher percentage of these shootings conducted by white males than others, but still I dont think his proposed theory is valid.

No...just no.

If they were privileged they'd have other people do the shootings lol

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

So what was the VTech shooter's reasoning then?

Did he have a distant white uncle?

XaosII

There have been about 60 mass murder shootings in the last 30 years. 44 of them where done by white males.

While i think the author is wrong in his reasoning, it is atleast worth asking why are the majority of these mass murderers white males typically in suburban areas.

Although some privileged people do tend to respond negatively when they see that their privilege is being threatened, I find it extremely hard to believe that it is this backlash that actually prompts some white men to kill so many people. At the very least, it's only one factor of many. Schwyzer has a very poor understanding of social privilege. Why he doesn't consider the possibility that there are other factors like socioeconomic factors is beyond me

And I think it makes way more sense to say that the masculinization of violence is a factor. Men in this culture are socialized to be more aggressive and assertive than women (in addition to possibly having a slight biological tendency towards aggression due to extra testosterone). That doesn't mean that all men raised in this culture are potential mass murderers or malevolent in some other way, though. Clearly most men and boys aren't dangerous. It just means that they are statistically more likely to become mass murderers simply because violence is seen as masculine.

So this dude makes no sense. Oh, and in addition to being an idiot, Schwyzer is an abusive douchebag as well. It's funny how he talks all about how violence against women is bad and then he abuses his own girlfriend.

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"Video games? LOL @ this 14 or 15 year old scapegoat for teenage violence...Millions of us play FPS games and don't go on shooting sprees.Chickity_China

lol, privileges.

coolbeans90

Weird that a history professor from Pasadena City College doesn't have a better grasp of the various nuanced psychological factors that would lead to someone to commit mass murder.

[QUOTE="22Toothpicks"] because there are more white males than any other group? :/ not that fvcking hard to figure outXaosII

There was only 1 woman out of the 60 shootings. By your logic, nearly half of them should have been women. I mean, there are more women than just 1 out of 60, right?

Theres a severe over representation of white males relative to actual population.

....wtf?Lotus-Edge

He's basically saying white men don't expect to have it hard & when times get tough they can't handle it,just look at mass shootings and suicide rates among them Bucked20

[QUOTE="Bucked20"]He's basically saying white men don't expect to have it hard & when times get tough they can't handle it,just look at mass shootings and suicide rates among them ghoklebutter

Ok I read the link.

Here are my observations with no proof whatsoever :

1. White people hold no loyalty to each other and will casually throw each other under the bus.

2. White male elites decided on multiculturalism, for their own benefit and enrichment, more taxes to loot, more wealth to plunder from the masses.

3. They did this knowing that it would throw lower class white males in difficult situations socially and economically, they didn't care, they did it anyway.

4. As a result, lower class white males are isolated, marginalized, and generally suicidal.

5. White elites use this to play off minorities against lower class white males ie you get half the population to fight other other half, so they're not focused on you. Keep their focus on terrorism, WMD, gun control, abortion, gay rights, etc while you continue building oil pipelines and looting the system. Eventually escape to a nice house in Bavaria while the USA slides down the side of a cliff.

[QUOTE="22Toothpicks"] because there are more white males than any other group? :/ not that fvcking hard to figure outXaosII

There was only 1 woman out of the 60 shootings. By your logic, nearly half of them should have been women. I mean, there are more women than just 1 out of 60, right?

Theres a severe over representation of white males relative to actual population.

I blame the way mass murderers are portrayed by the media.

White male elitesZombieKiller7

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]White male elitescheese_game619

[QUOTE="DaJuicyMan"]

So what was the VTech shooter's reasoning then?

Did he have a distant white uncle?

XaosII

There have been about 60 mass murder shootings in the last 30 years. 44 of them where done by white males.

While i think the author is wrong in his reasoning, it is atleast worth asking why are the majority of these mass murderers white males typically in suburban areas.

Have you not heard of south chicago or gary indiana? LA, new york, etc. I hear gunshots outside my neighborhood weekly, and I dont live in white suburbia.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

I don't get it. If we're so privileged, why do some of us feel the need to go on shooting sprees?

gamerguru100

Ah makes sense. So if I go on a killing spree then kill myself, then I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine MWAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

Thanks professor!

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]White male elitescheese_game619

There are women and minorities in there.

Hillary, Obama, Palin.

You don't get a chance at high office unless you're part of "the club."

>History Professor
>Teaches at a community college
>Blames White male privilege for shootings

Yeah, if you don't think this guy is just trying to get his 15 minutes of fame you probably failed out of community college.

There are women and minorities in there.ZombieKiller7

Typical leftist college professor nonsense. They blame everything on that laughable concept of "White privilege".

It's amazing that such things can be published nowadays.

Tezcatlipoca666

They try to fight racism by being racist, I'm sure it happens in the U.S to but on a smaller scale. It also happens in the private sector here as well because of forced government pressure, I remember my boss talking about it. Far Leftists think the soloution is to hire one race/gender over another in a way to combat this "supposed" racist society. When in reality what we need to be doing is looking at everybody as human and equal and giving everybody a fair go.

We need to stop grouping people up into these categories and defining them. The reason gun violence exists has nothing to do with video games or race, it largely has to do with mental illness and society in general, some people cant take the pressure and snap, some people have crappy parents and are shut ins who go crazy. Race and Videos games are not the cause here, and neither in my opinion are guns themselves.

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

Typical leftist college professor nonsense. They blame everything on that laughable concept of "White privilege".

It's amazing that such things can be published nowadays.

LLYNCES

They try to fight racism by being racist, I'm sure it happens in the U.S to but on a smaller scale. It also happens in the private sector here as well because of forced government pressure, I remember my boss talking about it. Far Leftists think the soloution is to hire one race/gender over another in a way to combat this "supposed" racist society. When in reality what we need to be doing is looking at everybody as human and equal and giving everybody a fair go.

We need to stop grouping people up into these categories and defining them. The reason gun violence exists has nothing to do with video games or race, it largely has to do with mental illness and society in general, some people cant take the pressure and snap, some people have crappy parents and are shut ins who go crazy. Race and Videos games are not the cause here, and neither in my opinion are guns themselves.