Racist Jacksonville shooter wore Rhodesian army patch, a symbol of white supremacy, law enforcement sources say
Racist Jacksonville shooter wore Rhodesian army patch, a symbol of white supremacy, law enforcement sources say
References to Rhodesia, the white minority-ruled African territory now known as Zimbabwe, have been made by the 2015 Charleston church shooter and segregationist lawmakers.
The white gunman who killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend wore a Rhodesian army patch on his tactical vest, law enforcement sources say, a reference that has been used before during white supremacist attacks.
The patch — representing Rhodesia, a former white minority-ruled territory in southern Africa in the 1960s and ’70s that would become Zimbabwe — is yet another symbol of how the shooter, Ryan Palmeter, was racist and was influenced by racist ideology, investigators say.
Why do these twats love to idolize failed States?
losers love losers
Because they’re failures. Birds of a feather or whatever dumb trope they live by.
Because they have some fairly disgusting fantasies about what their life would be like if they no longer had to compete for minimum wage jobs with anyone else apart from other poorly educated white men.
They live in one? Kinda /s but only a little
56 white supremacist groups in Florida. Not a surprise. The feds need to sweep all of Central Florida because that place is a Nazi nest.
I'm afraid all we can do is a hurricane.
Unfortunately the hurricane is aiming a bit high for that, but they'll get Jacksonville at least
Am I the only one who can't keep track of all the symbols that these fuckwads have co-opted to use for their own bullshit identity?
That's the point. To hide in plain sight.
Even if you don't understand exactly what it's supposed to be, you can usually tell by context. Everything they do is overly militrolistic and absurd, and generally has the subtlety of a brick to the face.
The first time I saw a Rhodesian flag was on Dylan Roof's jacket. I've learned a lot since then, but that's all I really needed to know.
"These immigrants are colonising the natives, we must protect EVROPA"
"Yass, white immigrants colonising African natives! Rhodesians never die!"
The way they see it, to be white is 'civilised' and to be black is 'uncivilised'. That's why the first instance is considered bad and the second is considered good. See also: Ron DeSantis and 'positive' outcomes of slavery.
Seems like it would be far easier for white supremacists to just expatriate to Rhodesia.