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People saying that the Allen, Texas mass shooter couldn’t have been a white supremacist because he has a Hispanic surname haven’t been paying attention.
@georgetakei See also: Enrique Tarrio.
@TomShafShafer @georgetakei
Came here to say that. Convicted Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio identifiés as Afro Cuban.
@Barbramon1 @TomShafShafer @georgetakei There are plenty of people with Spanish names who are white supremacists. Tarrio of course isn't one of them, he's a completely different category of violent criminal. (Turns out there's more than one flavor of political violence, who knew.)
@Barbramon1 @TomShafShafer @georgetakei But SPLC says weird things like that with poor evidence regularly. I think the most you can say about Proud Boys is that indeed there are white supremacists/antisemites in the group. (Notably McInnes, the founder!)
Anyway: this is splitting hairs a bit. If someone is attacking you violently or committing other criminal acts maybe the most important question isn't "hmm, is this person a white supremacist?"
But, it does matter in some contexts to get these questions right, so I note all available evidence suggests Tarrio (and PB officially) are not white supremacist.
@ech @TomShafShafer @georgetakei Must agree to disagree on this one. Thanks.🌞
@ech @TomShafShafer @georgetakei
Proud Boys are defined by Southern Poverty Law Center as white nationalists. Tarrio, as a former leader of Proud Boys, is a white supremacist A "different flavor", but a white supremacist all the same.
Living in a US city that is 75% Hispanic I am very familiar with prejudice and bigotry that infect some parts of th that culture.