Joyce Fegan: Why are we so unafraid of the white terrorist?

If we ever needed a clearer depiction of white supremacy and white privilege then Tuesday’s events in Washington painted it for us in the most emphatic way possible

Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by US Capitol police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol building this week in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

If thousands of Black Lives Matter activists stormed the US Capitol armed with lead pipes, guns, chemical irritants and other weapons — what would the police reaction have been? And what would our reaction have been? What would we have called them?

If thousands of religious terrorists had stormed the building in the same manner what would the police reaction have been? And what would our reaction have been?