As predictable as the sun rising in the East

 National Review writer Jim Geraghty from 5+ years ago: 

Narrative journalism: (P)reconceived storylines that fit a particular agenda or political or ideological view, almost always progressive.

When word came out Monday that an active shooter was on the loose in Boulder, CO, many anti-gunners and other proggie factions assumed it was some white pro-Trump gun zealot wreaking havoc. And of course the obligatory calls for gun control from leftist elected officials went into hyperdrive. 

On Tuesday, the shooter was identified. 

As usual, the media and other leftist groups will seamlessly pivot from generalizing a spree killer when the assumption he's a white guy to pleas for tamping down overzealousness once the shooter is identified as a leftist and/or a minority.

If the shooter is a white supremacist, the event is an indictment of all white people and America. If the shooter is an Islamist, it is a completely individual act that has nothing to do with ideology.

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) March 23, 2021

Ah, but the "principled" calls for gun control will remain.

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