Conservative Men Want the Right to Kill Without Consequence
But no one else
One good thing to come out of the trump years was the way white conservative privilege was outed beyond any reasonable doubt. During the January 6 insurrection, for example, there’s police radio coverage in which police talk about keeping an eye on armed insurrectionists — but not neutralizing or arresting them.
We all know that had the protestors been armed liberals attacking the Capitol building and threatening members of Congress, they’d have been mown down in a hail of police bullets. Even conservatives can’t deny that — at least, not with any credibility.
Lately, it seems as if white conservatives are reveling in rubbing the right to get away with murder in all our faces. It’s at least more honest than the ridiculous denial, but it’s also so very, very ugly and disturbing.
Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white man who shot teenager Ralph Yarl in the head for knocking on his door, and his lawyer, plan to try to use “Castle Doctrine” in his defense, as Castle Doctrine is the right to use deadly force to protect one’s home and life. In practice though, Castle Doctrine, and it’s cousin, Stand Your Ground, has been shown to be a defense that often works in white men’s favor, though no one else’s.
