Inside the data that debunks the ‘Great Replacement’ theory

He spoke with great certainty, and yet none exists.

Even within the racist, trope-filled universe of anger and bigotry into which the alleged Buffalo shooter had stepped, the handrails of hate on which he relied, do not survive scrutiny.

Even judged by its own white suprematist underpinning, the so-called “Great Replacement” theory that led an 18-year-old man from Conklin, New York, to drive two hours to Buffalo, and allegedly open fire inside a supermarket where he hoped to target people of colour and where 10 people lost their lives, does not stand up.