I don't think there's any question social media cranks things up, but I always look at it as something that speeds up the inevitable rather than creating a new problem.
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chill. put him on ignore if it bugs you that much
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That's not a surprise. The whole racist conspiracy isn't just about black people. It's about "globalist Jews" intentionally importing anybody that's not white to destroy the white race. This guy explicitly went to the zip code near him with the most black people, but that's probably more like a byproduct that there just aren't massive Latino communities or other immigrant groups near him like there is in Texas. For instance. El Paso is like 85% Latino. I doubt that exists near him.
The gays thing is weird. Would have to melt some more of my brain reading the thing to see if it just appears as part of memes calling everyone "fags" etc.
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There's an interesting cycle that seems to only occur from left-leaning members. They show up insult everybody. Then their allies beg them to stop so that they don't get banned. They get righteous about it feeling like they're being held down because they're not allowed to call everyone names unsolicited. And then eventually will blame the site as being a safe haven for right-wingers that hates left wingers.
Mirroring national politics in the United States, it appears the right wing simply knows how to play the game better.
It's unfortunate. I continue to try to save the left-wing members from themselves. So hopefully you'll heed the history lesson and cut it out. If you don't have the self control put somebody on ignore. Otherwise grow up and stop spazzing.
Stupidity cannot be created nor destroyed. First law of idiocy
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I disagree.
Movements take a critical mass to happen. Social media creates that critical mass where it probably would have a chance to fizzle out under its own weight of idiocy or others having a chance to muster counter movements. The natural discourse is disrupted at such speed that the validity of an idea is no longer the most important part of a movements success.
Historically idiots that think JFK Jr is still alive helping Donald Trump wouldn't be able to find other idiots that think JFK Jr is still alive helping Donald Trump. Now they can. And they can foment a movement only because social media creates both simultaneous communication and echo chamber.
Nowhere in that article does the author acknowledge the existence of essentially identical manifestos by other killers who echo the same rhetoric and link to the same sites. Their are multiple examples to choose from, but he goes for the Unabomber - a killer who was caught over a quarter century ago, and whose crimes bear absolutely no resemblance to this spate of mass shootings, other then the existence of a manifesto? Why talk about Kaczinski, but not so much as mention Crusius or Earnest or Roof or Breivik?
Why Tucker Carlson Should Want the Buffalo Manifesto Made Public
I found on nearly every page of the manifesto evidence of profound moral deformity.www.theatlantic.com
"Reading this manifesto is unlikely to convert anyone to its cause. The experience would be uncomfortable and unpleasant for anyone but a hardened, violent racist."
Could say exactly the same about Tarrant's manifesto (titled "The Great Replacement"). Ask the Buffalo shooter if that document's incoherent ramblings (1/4 of the Buffalo killer's manifesto was a direct copy and paste) could "convert anyone to its cause." Here's what he says:
Tarrant’s live-streamed attack, Gendron’s document states, “started everything you see here.”
“Brenton started my real research into the problems with immigration and foreigners in our White lands, without his live-stream I would likely have no idea about the real problems the West is facing,” it continues.
So much for "unlikely to convert anyone to its cause", eh?
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"Our white lands"?
What the hell is that?
That's like eastern Europe, right?
Or is that referring to the poles?
Or Hoth?
What the hell is that?
That's like eastern Europe, right?
Or is that referring to the poles?
Or Hoth?
America has a history of it happening from long before the internet let alone 4chan. There certainly might be an increase of frequency, but I disagree that it's the cause.
Buffalo supermarket gunman indicted on terror, hate charge
The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket has been indicted by a grand jury on a state domestic terrorism and hate crime charge that would carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
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What a moron. Was the big bad in the news cycles for what? 48 hours? And then a week later, a genuine psychopath pops off and does something WAY worse, and now this guy and his 10 victims are forgotten. But he's still in maximum security prison with every black guy in the place wanting a piece of his ass, and that's every day of the rest of his life no matter how long he lives. He could be in maximum security for the next 60 years.Buffalo supermarket gunman indicted on terror, hate charge
The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket has been indicted by a grand jury on a state domestic terrorism and hate crime charge that would carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Bet he's currently trying desperately to convince himself that it was all worth it because the 8chan crowd spent last week making a bunch of stupid memes praising him.
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This sort of thing sickens me so I don't go into the details.Buffalo supermarket gunman indicted on terror, hate charge
The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket has been indicted by a grand jury on a state domestic terrorism and hate crime charge that would carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
I hadn't known it was a racial attack.
Would have thought the news would be screaming about that
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They did. Barricading yourself in a classroom full of elementary school students and killing them one by one is probably the only way to change that news cycle.
These guys just need to become Amish. They have the highest rate of children in the US. You want to fight the great replacement, just become Amish and have your 18 children.
Typically it's the first detail you learn because it's in the leads.
"White supremacist kills..."
I need to pay less attention
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It was. Most of the headlines looked like this once his manifesto got circulated
Buffalo shooting shines light on racist ‘great replacement’ theory
Idea that minorities are conspiring with Democrats to displace white Americans gains traction on far right
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It was. Most of the headlines looked like this once his manifesto got circulated
Buffalo shooting shines light on racist ‘great replacement’ theory
Idea that minorities are conspiring with Democrats to displace white Americans gains traction on far rightwww.ft.com
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Guess I need to sub to see that.It was. Most of the headlines looked like this once his manifesto got circulated
Buffalo shooting shines light on racist ‘great replacement’ theory
Idea that minorities are conspiring with Democrats to displace white Americans gains traction on far right
The thread was filled with conversation about guns and mental health, instead of black/ white issues, and that's pretty good.
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General - 10 dead in Buffalo supermarket shooting
I was talking the other day, I used to go stay at my grandparents house in Ozark. And they had a BB gun for me to muck around with. I used to shoot my toy soldiers. My grandmother got me a plastic tank. I shot it and the BB ricochet back and hit me right in the fucken head.
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That's because the immediate response was this weird slow play that it was some political side. The influencers of Twitter et Al moved quickly to start blaming the shooter as right-wing or left-wing.
But also because normal people don't think there's a secret massive race war going on. If it weren't this cause there'd be a shooter for another one.
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