The Las Vegas shooting, which took place on Sunday, has Americans in their feels. Perhaps because Trump dubbed the shooter “sick” and “demented” instead of a terrorist (The shooter was Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retired Accountant and multi-millionaire, who put an end to 59 people’s lives that fateful Sunday.). Perhaps also because Washington Post, a popular American newspaper decided to paint Mr Paddock in colourful light, a courtesy the American media usually wouldn’t extend to Blacks.

Here’s how Twitter took it:

white privilege is committing the largest shooting in American history and being fondly memorialized as a country music fan pic.twitter.com/RQpTsc63jn

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017

I'm not sure what else to say other than the fact that this is the same discussion we've had dozens of times — the same facts, rebuttals

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017

The same cloying "thoughts and prayers" from the same terrorists that inflate our military budget. It's so tiring and I'm so sorry

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017

But I genuinely believe that change is coming as long as we work proactively to keep pushing for actual legislation that empowers voters

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017

to everybody calling me a race-baiter:
1. lol
2. only white terrorists get this treatment, get lost losers pic.twitter.com/hwxr6PfAs2

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017

Reactions:

Maybe they were just showing the contrast of a person who lived a quiet life and committed the largest mass shooting of all time??

— Josh Miller (@Joshhh_Millleer) October 2, 2017

Maybe they always do this for white terrorists and never for Black victims? Go ahead. Do your search. And learn.

— Bed, Bath and Beyonce (@JamesForbes17) October 2, 2017

but I get what you are saying. If he wasn't white they'd be spinning this in another way. And thats not right.

— REQUIEM MY WRECKERS! (@ladyofwreck) October 3, 2017

It's telling how much more interested the media is in humanizing white mass shooters than they are black murder victims.

— Glenn Loury 2.0 Darker, Gayer, Different (@justabloodygame) October 2, 2017

Yeah. The day after 9/11, nobody was talking about how bin Laden liked to grow sunflowers or something.

— Leonard C Suskin (@Czhorat) October 2, 2017

@DanFriedman81 @ChadVsTheWorld Remember this photo and info on Bin Laden? https://t.co/EzaQAdG8wJ Interesting to know more about monsters. pic.twitter.com/li58lXH8EY

— Josh McCormack (@joshmccormack) October 2, 2017

The fucking gall to put "democracy dies in darkness" and then post this headline has me about ready to snap my monitor in half

— ???? ? @ CA (@druidpup) October 2, 2017

Imagine Washington Post running an op-ed on 9/12/2001 where they say bin Laden enjoyed soccer, poetry and economics before turning to terror

— ash (@ash10is) October 2, 2017

It's fucking disgusting

— Ace (@AMillennialDog) October 2, 2017