In case you were preoccupied with the Mars landing or busy expressing grief over NBC’s finite coverage of the Olympics, there’s been a severe tragedy on American soil once again. Yes, while Bob Costas was reading some interesting tweets from our athletes and asking the gymnasts about their Bieberfever, many innocent citizens were once again prey to a deranged shooter in yet another mass murder. Just days after the Colorado shooting at a Dark Knight Rises premiere screening, a peaceful Sikh gurdwara was infiltrated by a non-member, who proceeded to open fire on the occupants of the temple. A total of six members were killed, others injured, including the police officer that took down the son of a bitch.
Now the details about this fuckstick keep trickling in. First, we learned he was a bald guy with a 9/11 tattoo. Perfect. That led many to believe that the shooting wasn’t a random act of insanity, but indeed a misdirected hate crime. Sikhs have been victim to numerous attacks post-9/11, because racists can’t tell them apart from Muslims. So the cops are investigating the matter as “domestic terrorism.”
This morning we also learned that the suspect was an army vet, discharged in 1998 for “patterns of misconduct.” So this shitfuck was already an asshole before 9/11, which has caused many uneducated middle-Americans to have a general disliking to brown skin.
But now we have a little bit more info to add to this charming portrait: the alleged shooter, Wade Michael Page, age 40, was a member of the neo-Nazi band End Apathy based out of Northern Carolina, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Jesus Christ. Here’s their fucking Myspace page. Needless to say, his band sucks ass. Sounds like when sitcoms try to put a metal/punk band in an episode. You should try to remember your Myspace log-in and leave nasty comments. Just a suggestion.
The band’s ass shit has been around since 2005, released on Label 56, who were informed in an interview with Page that he has been part of the White Power scene since 2000. I guess they were cool with that.
Now readers, don’t be as reactionary as Page, going and assuming that all shitty bands are murderers. But skinheads in hardcore bands who have been dishonorably discharged from the army and own a plethora of semiautomatic weapons may have some predispositions that lead them to wrongfully attack one of the most peaceful and inclusive religions practiced in America.