US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
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#2I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#3Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war.
Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#4I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
Occam's Razor: It's the guns.
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#5I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
If it's plausible that that strategy could work, it's plausible that someone will try it.
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#6I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
100% I'm surprised this isn't more obvious to others. The media certainly isn't helping the situation either.
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#7I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
Watching city sub-reddits devolve over the years has me feeling the same way. It seems coordinated.
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#8I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
I think there are probably outside influences involved. But also, we've already had a civil war that predates the internet by a long shot, and I don't think we necessarily need outside influence for this to be an outcome given a lot of the incentives for radicalized viewpoints.
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#9I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.
Occam's Razor: It's the guns.
Guns is a necessary condition, yes, and the problem would be greatly mitigated by removing the necessary condition, yes.
But it's also plausible that like OP says outside influences take advantage of the condition being present.
Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
#10If you're queasy, don't watch any pictures or videos of the last two events, they're pretty bad and the twitter algo promoting checkmark accounts boosted them. The mall one had pictures and videos of bodies in a pile with blood all over and what looked like a kid's brains out on the sidewalk.
Victims: (no gore) https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/allen-texas-outlet-m...