Two - no, three - perps. The White guys are said (by some) to be "patriots."
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In past crimes, some White perpetrators get favorable press and get-out-of-jail-free passes, but the current MAGA perps are getting royal treatment.
1- The Drumpf-Musk suicide guy is especially being played off as what a "patriot" he was. 19 years of military time of the mostly intense kind. Only a few months short of full pension, hmmm. Dysfunctional upbringing, severe interactional problems. Can't compare situations of those who get help with those who don't. I suspect a common military phenomenon - guys finding structure and rewards that make them think they're really special and know stuff better than the average bear - extrapolating specific success in well-defined tasks to a universal scope. Above all, in the MAGA narrative: White-hyper/toxic masculine-commanding-competent and "loving" Drumpf, hence "patriotic." His blow-up event is being implied to be "personal" and somehow noble for maybe choosing the car brand for not hurting others (pure speculation, so far), and he himself claimed special insight to give the country "a wake up call." Like the self-immolating monks protesting Vietnam? Why not sticking it out a few months for that pension and wonderful benefits for treatment?
2- The Isis man. Again, a significant amount of military time, possibility of rough adjustment back to civilian life, personal problems, all contributing to work falling apart (from secure military income to impoverishment) . Like the other one, instead of dealing with the personal part, telescoping it to a grander cause. Like how the military experience gave a bigger life than the outside. But there is no "patriotism" imagined here, justifiably so.
3- Guess who. T'other White guy. This one, despite what History will say in a body of studies that might rival the rise and fall of the Third Reich, has a substantial narrative in his favor for now. No need to dive into what we know of his nefariousness (again). Incredibly, besides the adulation of his zombies who say he was sent by a god and is the savior of the country, he literally gets rewarded with the ultimate worldly power and the status of being above the law.