Why no freakout?

As someone who remembers the post-9/11 oughts pretty well, it is really remarkable how little reaction the string of mass killings by rightwing radicals has prompted in the media and among politicians. If something like this happened in, say 2006, and the gunman had an Arabic name there would be a national freakout, demands that every Muslim American condemn the killing, and politicians would be proposing some new legislation or regulation to expand the ability to search or surveil Muslims without probably cause.

There has been a rash of rightwing violence in America over the last year, with most met with minimal coverage and a collective yawn.

(via Atrios)