Sheriff just didn’t need to open his mouth to speculate. He’s not a shrink; let the experts figure out his motivating reasons.
Yet if he said this was motivated by anti-asian bigotry he would be considered the voice of God.
You can see us try to ignore it. Mental illness is often wrongly diagnosed and a go-to scapegoat to make us feel better. "Something must be wrong with them, they aren't like me", but you need to reconcile with the fact that racism is not a "bug" in our white-dominated society, it is the only conclusion to it. It is human and we can't keep pretending we are that removed from it ourselves.
The fuck that means?
You are like the guy who killed 8 people. Just because you only killed two don't walk around thinking your shit doesn't stink.
If the "news" thread was asians spouting off and making spurious claims I would say that's just a healthy reaction to such a shooting. But it's full of the usual, "I'm the MOST saddened by this!" drama crowd claiming he's going to not even be charged, he'll be pardoned, he'll live like a king in prison.
This guy. Yeah, I'm sure all the prison gangs are going to be courting him. He'll be in protective custody after two weeks.