The Terrorism thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by YankBastard, Jul 24, 2016.

  1. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    Matt Gaetz.
     
  2. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Icko.
     
  3. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    I might be wrong, but I think this is AFTER his statement released on Australian Parliament stationary.


    1106455127857102848 is not a valid tweet id
     
  4. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
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    So... Can they expell a politician for being a racist f**k in New Zealand?

    I would also like to know when he is going to apologize to the world’s Muslims for the terrorist attack like I’m sure he’d expect the world’s Muslims to apologize for any terrorist attack carried out by a Muslim?
     
  5. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    the tweeter in question is actually an Australian politician.
     
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  6. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

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    *cough* okay.. can they expell a politician in Australia for being a racist f**k?
     
  7. As is the shooter.
     
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  8. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    In the context of the conspiracy aspect...

    https://www.theverge.com/interface/...moderator-conspiracy-theories-stress-exposure

    The above is specifically about Facebook moderation/moderators and the belief in conspiracy theories:

    As I document in my piece, work as a content moderator is highly stressful. Workers’ time is managed down to the second, Facebook’s instructions about how to moderate individual posts can vary on an hourly basis, and making just a few mistakes can be enough to put a workers’ job at risk. Given that level of duress, it’s fair to wonder whether it couldn’t be a factor in workers’ likelihood to start believing in conspiracy theories.

    Meanwhile in One Zero, the new tech publication from Medium, Erin Schumaker talks to experts who speak to the power of repeated exposure to warp the human mind.

    “The more often you see it, the more familiar something is, and the more familiar something is, the more believable it is,” says Jeff Hancock, communication professor and founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab.

    Conspiracy content is engineered to be persuasive. People accept these theories because they help make sense of a world that feels random; even if they seem far-flung to the rest of us, they can offer some sense of comfort or security. And seeing those theories repeatedly pop up in your Facebook news feed “starts to undermine the sense that they are fringe,” says James Grimmelmann, a professor at Cornell Law School who studies internet law and social networks.

    What this is basically saying, to me, is that conspiracies help make us make sense of what is confusing. That might be different things to different people, but the biggest issue is the repeated exposure to the same conspiracy. Things like the 2nd gunman on the grassy knoll. Or the anti-vax movement. Or the CIA was responsible for the Twin Towers attacks. Or, in this case, that Muslims are inherent to violence against White Christians. There is no basis of fact in this belief, and even fact which opposes it. But a conspiracy like this make people thinks they understand what they really don't by trying to simplify the complex. Further, it is easier to isolate your ideas from those challenging them in today's world of mass social media. This can be from the Fox viewer to those who follow somebody on platforms like Twitch or Periscope or SnapChat that promote similar views of the world. So, to me, this is about both trolling those who think his view are wrong, and about self-promotion, and about racism/terrorism, and about "winning the internet."
     
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  9. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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    Short people got no reason to live
     
  10. roby

    roby Member+

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    Get on your knees and look me in the eyes and say that! :mad:
     
  11. roby

    roby Member+

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  12. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    Why is he dressed in paper towels?
     
  13. roby

    roby Member+

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    He's in Puerto Rico....that's all they had to give him. :notworthy:
     
  14. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    #3264 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Mar 15, 2019
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    KiwiKiller flashed the OK symbol. Here are some AL cops doing it

    alabama_cops_suspended.png
     
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  15. raza_rebel

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    #3265 raza_rebel, Mar 16, 2019
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    Some teenager egged The Australian politician in question. Going viral as we speak #eggboy

     
  16. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

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    Besides being racists, they're fat. I've got zero respect for fat cops.
     
  17. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

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    The short GIF misses the the politician's supporters beating the shit out of the kid afterward.
     
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  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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  19. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

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    It was just a few days ago that I was saying I hated New Zealand more than Australia because plenty of people already hated Australia and New Zealand was often overlooked... and then the past couple of days happened. ******** Australia.
     
  20. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    They're still pikers compared to our daily carnage
     
  21. roby

    roby Member+

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    There you go again dissing Chicago pizza. I think Chicagoan's have feelings too or so I heard. :unsure:
     
  22. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    NZ PM says they'll have gun reform laws within 10 days. What's the rush, lady?
     
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  23. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    Yes, the "proper" steps, at least in America:

    1. Thoughts and prayers
    2. Decry mental illness (since the shooter was white)
    3. A bit of victim blaming (since the victims were non-Christian/non-white)
    4. Someone mentions reforming the gun laws
    5. "Now is not the time" or "Don't politicize the tragedy"
    6. Nothing happens

    Rinse and repeat.
    The American Way for decades.
     
  24. ceezmad

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