White “Freedoms” are Passes for White Pathologies
By now, you’ve heard of the shooting that occurred outside a Tennessee courthouse.
Here’s the basics:
Dalton Eatherly, a live stream host who goes by the name “Chud the Builder” and is known throughout the Nashville area and the internet as someone who purposely antagonizes black people to provoke negative reactions for entertainment, pushed up on a black man and ended up in a shootout.
The brotha punched Chud in the face, and Chud retaliated by shooting the man and accidently shot himself in the process. He was arrested and is now facing attempted murder charges.
Chud’s whole schtick is about racially insulting random black people he sees on the street. He wants to anger them enough so that they’ll say or do something as a reaction. And he carried around a gun in case shit hits the fan.
Why does he do it? Well, he considers himself a “free speech patriot”.
White people in America love to believe that they live in a society of freedom. They believe they have the right to say or do whatever they want.
Read that again.
White people believe that they live in a society of freedom.
They, and only they.
History has shown that only white Americans, specifically white American males, had rights and privileges over everyone else, especially Black people. That laid the foundation of the mindset that the white male must not only be the zenith of mankind and must be the head of all sectors of society, but he must control everything and everyone. Therefore, he deserves to do whatever he wants. And if anyone defies his rule, consequences must be enforced.
But then, Black people rebelled, and that angered white people. Or more precisely, that scared white people. So, they did what they could to make sure that black people is never on par with them socially, economically and politically.
White supremacy’s best mental trick is to convince white people that they’re superior, but is under constant threat by those they believe are inferior. White racists have also deluded themselves to be the victims of theorized conspiracies they drummed up that suggest there are supposed plots to erase them from existence.
It’s why black-on-white crimes are perpetually on the minds of white racists.
But, if you are a superior being, why fear those you think are inferior to you?
This kind of thinking doesn’t make sense, but strangely, it’s undoubted.
Whiteness is powered by the irrational fears of nonwhites.
A Black person with free will, a love for self and their people and a drive to achieve and advance scares the shit out of white people. They don’t wonder why. They don’t do any self-examinations. And they certainly don’t look to that Black person as a role model if that Black person is aware, or woke, free of the ideals and mindset of whiteness.
Instead, white people go on the offensive. Their racial jealousies, grievances and fury are turned on like a switch.
They assault Black people verbally and physically and would even murder them outright.
They bond together, form hate groups and terrorize, attack and kill Black people and their communities.
They run for office to turn their hate and fear into policies that lead to oppression.
They join the police to enforce their rage on Black people.
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They troll and bully Black people on the internet and in real life.
They establish or turn to media outlets that would falsely blame Black people for the ills of society, especially crime.
They invent harmful stereotypes and false statistics to justify their disdain.
And they use God, Jesus and the Bible as covers.
This has been the norm in white America against Black communities for generations ever since their ancestors deceived themselves while crafting white supremacy. It has become a series of pathologies, including the pathology of denial, that has sustained itself with each passing year, adapting as time moves forward. And white America, which still has the largest share of political and economic power, ultimately believes it to be the norm.
Largely, white America refused to treat itself of the sickness their ancestors created, and that’s how we got to where we are today.
White America believes that freedom is a right and privilege only they deserve, and anyone else exercising the same freedom is considered a threat.
With the case of Chud the Builder, he used his “freedom” to fuck around and found out the hard way. His violent belief of free speech ultimately got his ass shot, because he thought he was also free of responsibility and accountability.
Dalton was unemployed. His baby’s mother changed their child’s name out of embarrassment for his actions. His family kicked him out. And is currently facing other legal issues like skipping out on paying a check at a restaurant and disorderly conduct.
Dalton, instead of learning and becoming a better human being, decided to turn his and white America’s pathological condescension for Black people into an internet series beloved by his audience.
They all share the same racist mindframe.
Dalton believed he was free to pick fights with Black folks and get away with it, because society has allowed and encouraged the assault of Black lives for centuries.
He didn’t want to confront his own problems, flaws and issues, and it lost him his family, got him in trouble and almost killed him.
With the state of politics strengthening white privilege to a pre-1950’s level, it will be telling to see what kind of punishment Chud will face, assuming he will face any.
But to his fans, Chud is a culture warrior who did nothing wrong. To them, he was merely exercising his freedom. It’s the black people he targeted that’s in the wrong.
Whenever a white person says something heinous or malicious to a black person, you can always count on another white person to scream “free speech” on cue every time. There is virtually no holding that white person accountable for their actions.
None!
Bottom line: most white people won’t do better.
I guess when you’re crazy enough to think you’re a supreme life form, there’s no room for improvement.
White people have convinced themselves they not only don’t have to change or grow, but to do so betrays who they are and their people. Loving, respecting and supporting Black people as human beings in any way is frowned upon. It is considered an act of a race traitor.
They tell themselves that they are never the problem. Someone else is. Other people, particularly Black people.
To white folks, Black people are largely responsible for this nation’s crime. Therefore, to be racist against them is their fault.
No amount of truths or facts are enough to change their minds. The fantasy is more vital than the reality.
And it’s why in the year 2026, racism is not only still around, but is super charged. White supremacists are in every branch of government, and life has been noticably harder for Black folks since 2025. They have the power and permission courtesy of white America to abuse their freedoms even if it tanks the very nation they claim to love.
In the end, most white people want to maintain their freedoms at the cost of their and everyone else’s humanity and souls. They want to continue being mentally, emotionally, spiritually and morally sick so they can continue being pieces of shit without consequences.
That is the real freedom they desire.
