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Argument continues whether white marathon bomber would be put to death were he white

Posted at 12:28 am on May 17, 2015 by Twitchy Staff | View Comments
@tr00ist Timothy McVeigh says hi.
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Benjamin Ghazi (@BillySullivan7) May 15, 2015
If there’s one thing we learned from the media Saturday about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s sentencing to the death penalty, it’s that Slate contributor Seth Stevenson spends longer than 14-and-a-half hours online to shop for a single pair of pants. And if there’s one thing we learned from Twitter, Tsarnaev either is or isn’t white, and that had a lot to do with the jury’s decision.
I'm about 99% sure that Tsarnev wouldn't be murdered by the state if he was white.
— linkin marx ♥☭ (@tr00ist) May 15, 2015
Except he is white. RT @tr00ist I'm about 99% sure that Tsarnaev wouldn't be murdered by the state if he was white.
— Susan (@shoshido) May 15, 2015
The fight over whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is white goes all the way back to April 2013, when Salon contributor David Sirota expressed his hope that the bomber would be found to be a white American. After the Tsarnaev brothers were fingered, the fretting over their skin color continued. Salon editor at large Joan Walsh wrote that they “are quite literally Caucasian, as in from the Caucuses …. And ethnically in this country, we count Americans of Russian descent, as well as Chechens, as white.” Her analysis was echoed by The Daily Beast’s Peter Beinart, who wrote that “the Tsarnaevs hail from the Caucasus, and are therefore, literally, ‘Caucasian.’ You can’t get whiter than that.”
That’s pretty white. So what’s this business about the chances of Tsarnaev not being “murdered by the state if he was white”?
@tr00ist Timothy McVeigh, white man, killed 168 people. Executed. Jack Alderman, white man, killed 1 person. Executed.
— Jason (@BayAreaFan2) May 15, 2015
@EdgeOfEurope No, no, he’s not white because he’s a Muslim from the Caucasus. If he wasn’t Muslim, then he’d be white. @tr00ist
— jerry gaffikin (@Jerry148) May 15, 2015
@mesut_sanchez @ahmedinato in the very least he's ethnic. Certainly not what white supremacists would consider white.
— linkin marx ♥☭ (@tr00ist) May 15, 2015
What the hell color do you think he is? He's white, Derpy. #FryJahar @tr00ist https://t.co/uaMvSjJqsX
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) May 15, 2015
@Pablo_1791 Lmao well considering he has brown skin, dark eyes and hair… If I saw him on the street I wouldn't describe him as white
— linkin marx ♥☭ (@tr00ist) May 15, 2015
.@LawSelfDefense @tr00ist Jar Jar tsarnev is LITERALLY Caucasian LOOK at a map.
— Sven J Olafson (@sven10077) May 15, 2015
.@LawSelfDefense @tr00ist The only way he could be MORE white is to get a job @voxdotcom.
— Sven J Olafson (@sven10077) May 15, 2015
@LawSelfDefense @tr00ist If he isn't White, what the hell is he?
— ✪USAFMEDIC21✪ (@USAFMEDIC21) May 15, 2015
— Wreckx-N-Effect (@ChavinDontExist) May 15, 2015
@goodtimewillie @tr00ist Caucasian doesn't mean white. White is Caucasian, Arab is Caucasian. Caucasian is a race. White is a description.
— Wreckx-N-Effect (@ChavinDontExist) May 15, 2015
@USAFMEDIC21 @LawSelfDefense I'd just say Brown/ethnic
— linkin marx ♥☭ (@tr00ist) May 15, 2015
U.S.=world's NUMBER ONE terrorist, or can u not read what I wrote, maybe? MT @TripKrant: @tr00ist @Payitforward87 Tsarnaev is a terrorist.
— Toby (@TRobert7) May 16, 2015
schooling this wretched WM from boston lmfao what is up w middle-aged WM on twitter OPINING THE MOST & KNOWING THE LEAST? yall r SO foolish
— Toby (@TRobert7) May 16, 2015
What is up with all of these white men on Twitter and their opinions anyway?
as yall reminded me, it aint just on twitter tho lolllllllllllllll White male privilege be havin them look so SO clueless & demented!
— Toby (@TRobert7) May 16, 2015
@TRobert7 I know!! Why?! Things I want WM opinions on: Nothing. Ever.
— #NotYourPocahontas (@suepurbly) May 16, 2015
@TRobert7 I cannot be bothered when a WP starts talking. Like stahp. Your voices have been heard long enough. Have a seat.Have all the seats
— #NotYourPocahontas (@suepurbly) May 16, 2015
White people: immune from execution and unable to stop talking.
.@tr00ist @ComradeArthur Tsarnev is white, dipshit.
— John Rivers (@JohnRiversToo) May 16, 2015
@tr00ist @ComradeArthur Pretty sure he's literally Caucasian, but, whatever, right?
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) May 16, 2015
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