Exclusive 5 people shot at baseball field in Alexandria, VA

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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    PtldPlatypus, Jun 14, 2017
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    People are fucking crazy over politics. Mental
     
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    Let's be real here too. These guys were targeted because they were republican and honestly media is partly to blame for this, for pushing these ideas of the "alt right" and nonsense. I have no side in this shit fest of political parties but it seems to me the left is more violent than the right between antifas bullshit and what happened this morning.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I believe that is likely the case as well (occam's razor), but I think it's irresponsible to declaratively state the motivation of the shooter based solely on speculation.

    If that does in fact turn out to be the case, however, I wonder if this becomes a jumping off point for this kind of targeting to become a hate crime. I mean, unlike rallies where violence occurs, these guys weren't actually protesting or even stating anything; they were (ostensibly) targeted simply "being republicans". Crimes based on ontology are generally prosecuted more harshly, but political affiliation isn't currently a protected class.
     
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    Godamn liberals always using domestic terrorist tactics....

    Kidding, nutjobs are everywhere man.

    I don't want to hear about this dude's politics for fucks sake he's just as nuts as an abortion clinic shooter.

    Fuckin nuts. The end
     
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    Might be a bit irresponsible but I'm getting the same vibe I did when dude killed 5 officers in Dallas. It's all political. This society we are currently in is just nuts man, Kathy griffin holding up trumps head, it's kinda cool to be violent towards people you don't agree with these days I noticed. It's fucked, I think we have so many people who walk around with mental disorders that aren't diagnosed. That's how extreme people are on both sides. It's weird. Really fucking weird and it's terrifying for the future of this country, youth, all that.
     
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    Also have already seen people sharing "prayers for victims of gun violence"--because the fact of the weapon of choice is apparently more important than the reason behind the violence.
     
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    And also let me say I don't believe the shooter did this because he was influenced or whatever, I worded it wrong earlier. People make their own decisions, you can't blame anything for that. I do think it is wrong to mislead people in media which could cause certain outrage given that the information is false just to push a narrative. It's why I avoid all mainstream media these days, too much bias and false information. What happened today was a mental disorder issue. Anybody who wants to inflict harm on somebody for different views has something wrong with them
     
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    My first thoughts were that it's surprising there aren't more of these attacks against republicans. There's organized violence on campuses and in their town hall meetings. People read rasta's twitter feeds. The media has been gleefully promoting all this. It's not surprising someone gets #triggered and snaps.
     
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    Of course those are your first thoughts. Because, if we know anything about the people on "my twitter feeds," they're armed to the teeth NRA-nuts.
     
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    Well, if the weapon of choice was a few choice words, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't've made the news.
     
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    All it took was one. Congrats.
     
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    The amazing thing about this is it's almost certain not to change anybody's mind about anything. Except maybe politicians' minds about going out in public.
     
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    One of the people on my Twitter Feed? Ooh, I bet it was Andy Richter. You can see the rage in that guy.
     
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    Couldn't have been politically motivated. No way. Time for liberals to talk to us like children and tell us how these things just happen sometimes and its a mystery as to why. But if there was a role reversal it would be racially/politically motivated beyond the shadow of a doubt and any conservatives should be ashamed of themselves.
     
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    Who's denying it's politically motivated?
     
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    All it took was one who reads the kinds of tweets you post here. It's not surprised to see that people are foaming at the mouth batshit crazy.

    Congrats.
     
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    So it's not the second amendment that's the problem, it's the first? Got it. Good libertarian argument.

    Anyway, they'll be able to ask whether it was Michael Ian Black or Michelle Wolf that really set him off, because this is the guy:

    GOP baseball practice shooter identified as 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson
     
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    Are you REALLY saying that I am personally responsible for someone getting shot and snarkily implying that I should relish that? Because that's amazing even for you. So... congrats back at you for outdoing yourself.
     
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    You're a cheerleader for what looks like the cause. No, you're not personally responsible, but you contribute to the sense that these kinds of things are bound to happen. Like I said, I'm surprised it's only been on a few far left leaning campuses so far. Sore losers so butthurt they're stirring up and cheering on hate.
     
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