Dylann Roof did not kill the nine Christians because a Confederate flag flies at the state capitol.
Dylann Roof did not kill the nine Christians because SC gun laws are too lax.
Dylann Roof did not kill the nine Christians because white people haven’t “dialogued” about race enough.
Dylann Roof did not kill the nine Christians because the Tea Party has somehow taken over talk radio and turned it against the perceived-disadvantaged of society.
Dylann Roof killed the nine Christians because he gave in to the temptations of evil—perhaps softened to the temptations by drugs, perhaps by parental abuse, those are questions for investigators to answer—but in any case, it is because of his own evil, and nothing else.
Every other hypothesis is laughable Barbra Streisand, and should be loudly called out for what it is.
Exactly right. Good post. Hopefully some with the ink or microphone or camera will take that and run with it.
The Confederate flag could have been removed and he still would have hated blacks.
Additional laws could have been added to the books and he still would have hated blacks.
Racial dialogue could have disappeared and he still would have hated blacks.
He is who he is. He was driven by his own hatred and his own demons and nothing else. Blaming the flag or the AME church or politicians on both sides trying to make political hay off this isn't going to change that.