Oh shit , big if true <| sep |> i want to kiss you ! <| sep |> I ' m bothered by the way the media is so desperate to contrive a silver lining for this storyWith the shootings , Roof intended to boost racial tensions , according to federal officials . Instead , the shooting left the nation aghast that worshippers were slaughtered in a house of God and touched off questions about lone wolf shooters , race relations and the nature of forgiveness . South Carolina lawmakers answered by ridding its statehouse grounds of the Confederate flag . I think the latest election shows that race relations have not improved in this country , and that the hatred and violence of people like Dylan Roof have not caused us to come together and create a united front against bigotry and hatred . In many ways , terrorists and Roof and Bin Laden have succeeded over the past couple of decades in their short term goal create a climate of chaos , paranoia , and hatred that divides , radicalizes , and destabilizes . I don ' t think that they will succeed in their long term goals , which include silly flights of fancy like kill or expel all nonwhites from the US and establish a single allMuslim caliphate that will stretch from Morocco to Indonesia , but they ' ve been wildly successful in achieving their short term goals .