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Post by respect77 on Aug 5, 2019 12:04:02 GMT
I think the personal motives of the shooters aside, it's pretty clear that the number of mass shootings in the USA has a lot to do with their lax gun control laws. Of course, no politician touches that, much less a Republican like Trump.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 12:51:08 GMT
This reminds me of the Orlando shooting. My memory may be a bit fuzzy - but the media was more than happy to report that it was a homophobic attack - that was the narrative they went with. However, they avoided reporting the fact that he may have had sexual confusion himself. That goes against their narrative. I believe that was glossed over. That bit was reported, in the UK at least. Although have to say, not massively integral to the reason? Yes - possibly not intergal to the reason for the shooting. I was touching on media narratives and how they report on incidents, which includes the irrelevant personal details of, for example, a shooter, is very much dependent on their own agendas/narratives.
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Post by TonyR on Aug 5, 2019 15:52:25 GMT
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Post by TonyR on Aug 6, 2019 11:55:27 GMT
Perfect.
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Post by respect77 on Aug 6, 2019 14:24:27 GMT
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Post by respect77 on Aug 6, 2019 15:15:39 GMT
Now some news from the depths of a right populist autocracy:
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Post by jaywonder on Aug 7, 2019 4:58:27 GMT
This reminds me of the Orlando shooting. My memory may be a bit fuzzy - but the media was more than happy to report that it was a homophobic attack - that was the narrative they went with. However, they avoided reporting the fact that he may have had sexual confusion himself. That goes against their narrative. I believe that was glossed over. It was VERY much talked about, and how he was a frequent visitor to the club. That was the big "WHAT?!" as the story was being reported
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Post by jaywonder on Aug 7, 2019 4:59:14 GMT
I think the personal motives of the shooters aside, it's pretty clear that the number of mass shootings in the USA has a lot to do with their lax gun control laws. Of course, no politician touches that, much less a Republican like Trump. NRA has a lot of power here. A lot of politicians are bought and paid for
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Post by pg13 on Aug 7, 2019 11:16:06 GMT
I have to say that it's not like guns and firearm deaths isn't an issue in Europe. For example, the Republic of Ireland has a gun homicide rate that's almost SIX times higher than England and Wales combined.
That's insane.
Shifting to a different area of concern, more people die of drugs overdoses in Scotland than anywhere in Europe and the United States of America.
Again, that's insane.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 11:23:19 GMT
This reminds me of the Orlando shooting. My memory may be a bit fuzzy - but the media was more than happy to report that it was a homophobic attack - that was the narrative they went with. However, they avoided reporting the fact that he may have had sexual confusion himself. That goes against their narrative. I believe that was glossed over. It was VERY much talked about, and how he was a frequent visitor to the club. That was the big "WHAT?!" as the story was being reported My point was vague. I've refreshed my memory a little on the reports - the narrative was that it was a homophobic attack and the attacker experienced internalised homophobia. Example: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36534693Now that i remember more details I have more questions for the media. Internalised homophobia is the accepted narrative to rationalise the attack but is that true? Is that narrative correct? Why was he not just a LGBT person who carried out a terrorist attack on a gay club he frequented because he was radicalised, for example? Why was the headline not "LGBT terrorist"?. Is it a fact he was gay? Is it a fact that he experienced internalised homphobia? Is it a fact he carried out the attack because he was homophobic? I am not suggesting that was not the case but here is what we do know: His father claimed he harboured strong anti-gay views. He was on a dating app for gay men. He visited a gay club several times. He carried out an attack on a gay club. I can see why this homophobic attack/internalised homophobia narrative works with the information we have on record but to me it is too presumptuous. I question narratives and the media all the time now - that is all LOL.
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Post by respect77 on Aug 8, 2019 3:42:13 GMT
Leftists must want Trump reelected so bad. SMH.
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Post by respect77 on Aug 9, 2019 6:10:17 GMT
Leftists must want Trump reelected so bad. SMH.
I haven't read all replies, but from what I saw people just clowned her, not threatened her. What a drama queen.
Then she starts talking about completely unrelated topics (Weinstein and Epstein), as if that had anything to do with her tweet and the responses to it.
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Post by respect77 on Aug 12, 2019 3:10:11 GMT
This in the news a couple of months ago, but I came across some videos and interviews about it yesterday on YT.
Here is a short intro to it from Wikipedia:
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Post by pg13 on Aug 12, 2019 7:47:30 GMT
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Post by respect77 on Aug 19, 2019 14:46:55 GMT
Milking cows is sexual assault, apparently.
Woke media faces more lay offs and collapse - Good. LOL.
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