Liberal Writer: Donations To Hockey Team Crash Victims Are High Because Of White Privilege
Matt Vespa|Posted: Apr 12, 2018 1:40 PM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...sh-victims-are-high-because-of-white-n2470230
What In The Fresh Hell Is This? Actually, no—who the hell thinks like this. First, here’s some backstory to this awful tragedy. On April 6, the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos, a Junior League Hockey team, and a truck crashed in Armley, Saskatchewan. Sixteen people were killed (via NYT):
A GoFundMe page that was established to take donations reached $4 million in two days (via USA Today):
Well, the victims were mostly white and male, so this is somehow problematic. For one Quebec-based writer, who described herself as a writer, activist, and a “happy socialist,” the enormity of the donations and the speed in which they were collected was a sign of white privilege. Thanks to our friends at Twitchy for catching this bout of absolute insanity. Nora Loreto tweeted, “I'm trying to not get cynical about what is a totally devastating tragedy but the maleness, the youthfulness and the whiteness of the victims are, of course, playing a significant role.”
So, in other words, I’m not trying to be cynical and terrible, but allow me to act that way because I just need to push a total garbage talking point from the progressive cesspool. People died. Families are shattered, but let’s talk about white privilege?
Oh it gets better. She follows up by saying, “I don't want less for the families and survivors of this tragedy. I want justice and more for so many other grieving parents and communities.”
So, because she’s advocating for other grieving families, it’s okay to act insensitive in this case because…[insert whatever liberal talking point here that exempts bad behavior]. I’m advocating for more justice for all, so let me spit in the faces of these families because the victims were young, male, and white.
These people, progressives, don’t care about your pain or loss; they care about the narrative. They care about the action item that needs to be accomplished. They care about the agenda that needs to be disseminated. They will make you care. There’s not Switzerland in their debates, all much choose a side. And after all of this, not all of the victims are male. The 16th fatality was the trainer, 25-year-old Dayna Brons, who succumbed to her injuries yesterday. So, we can all admit and agree that this was a terrible rabbit hole to go down? First, it’s not true. Second, this tragedy has sent shockwaves through Canada. It’s just an abjectly stupid hot take to throw out there.
Even in tragedies where politics is absent, the Left makes it political. And therefore, they poison what should be a moment for unity and grief. Instead, we get ‘hey, I’m sorry your kid is dead, but there are other dead kids too.’ What an a**hole remark to make.
Matt Vespa|Posted: Apr 12, 2018 1:40 PM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...sh-victims-are-high-because-of-white-n2470230
What In The Fresh Hell Is This? Actually, no—who the hell thinks like this. First, here’s some backstory to this awful tragedy. On April 6, the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos, a Junior League Hockey team, and a truck crashed in Armley, Saskatchewan. Sixteen people were killed (via NYT):
A GoFundMe page that was established to take donations reached $4 million in two days (via USA Today):
Well, the victims were mostly white and male, so this is somehow problematic. For one Quebec-based writer, who described herself as a writer, activist, and a “happy socialist,” the enormity of the donations and the speed in which they were collected was a sign of white privilege. Thanks to our friends at Twitchy for catching this bout of absolute insanity. Nora Loreto tweeted, “I'm trying to not get cynical about what is a totally devastating tragedy but the maleness, the youthfulness and the whiteness of the victims are, of course, playing a significant role.”
So, in other words, I’m not trying to be cynical and terrible, but allow me to act that way because I just need to push a total garbage talking point from the progressive cesspool. People died. Families are shattered, but let’s talk about white privilege?
Oh it gets better. She follows up by saying, “I don't want less for the families and survivors of this tragedy. I want justice and more for so many other grieving parents and communities.”
So, because she’s advocating for other grieving families, it’s okay to act insensitive in this case because…[insert whatever liberal talking point here that exempts bad behavior]. I’m advocating for more justice for all, so let me spit in the faces of these families because the victims were young, male, and white.
These people, progressives, don’t care about your pain or loss; they care about the narrative. They care about the action item that needs to be accomplished. They care about the agenda that needs to be disseminated. They will make you care. There’s not Switzerland in their debates, all much choose a side. And after all of this, not all of the victims are male. The 16th fatality was the trainer, 25-year-old Dayna Brons, who succumbed to her injuries yesterday. So, we can all admit and agree that this was a terrible rabbit hole to go down? First, it’s not true. Second, this tragedy has sent shockwaves through Canada. It’s just an abjectly stupid hot take to throw out there.
Even in tragedies where politics is absent, the Left makes it political. And therefore, they poison what should be a moment for unity and grief. Instead, we get ‘hey, I’m sorry your kid is dead, but there are other dead kids too.’ What an a**hole remark to make.