After listening to the entire #SeaTac recording, a humble prediction (of which I'm certain): 1) Many will express sadness and comment on the good-natured disposition of the guy; 2) Those observations will be castigated as examples of white privilege, racism, and hypocrisy.
The unfortunate and bizarre actions and demise of this obviously-troubled young man will become yet another social justice bone to fight over. @donlemon will ask, "What would they be saying if this was a Muslim - or someone with a foreign accent, or a person of color?"
@brianstelter will talk about it on his Sunday show. He'll note the empathy of the Twitterverse, the lack of emergency statements/tweets from Trump and the WH, and ask how much different this would be if the man wasn't white. If he wasn't shot down, he (and others) will ask why.
I don't know right now whether or not he was shot down, ran out of fuel, or drove it into the ground/sea. I would hope that the F-16(?) pilots communicated with him, warned him off of populated areas, steered him over water, and either fired or held fire based on his obedience.
Either way, I imagine this sad affair will become social justice fodder, because that's what we do now. Hope I'm wrong, but doubt it.
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