On Sunday, the New York Times Editorial Board published a
lengthy column about about the dangers of white nationalism after two devastating mass shootings in
El Paso and
Dayton, the former of which was explicitly motivated by white nationalism. The editorial dreamed up an alternate future where the attacks were perpetrated by Muslims, and made the easy conclusion that yeah, Republicans would be having a field day if that were the case.
It also included this breathtaking proposition:
Those who sympathize with the white nationalist ideology but who deplore the violence should work closely with law enforcement to see that fellow travelers who may be prone to violence do not have access to firearms like semiautomatic assault-style weapons that are massively destructive.
What... the fukk? The point of this graf, which somehow made it past edits, is that explicit Nazis should... self police? Like, this is the brain genius editors of the most powerful newspaper in the country saying the violent extremists who advocate for a white nation-state should uh... narc on their buddies for owning guns. This is utterly insane!
