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Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by nailer »

tootie wrote: post #74
yibg wrote: post #49

Amazingly even this post is a reflection of the discourse around Kirk. There are replies equating any criticism of Kirk to celebrating his death and glossing over his past nasty behavior. All seems to detached from reality.

Kirk, among many other right wing figures, have absolutely made light of past violence against Democrats. The discourse around Paul Pelosi was utterly vile and despicable. Nobody ever threatened his first amendment right to say horrendous things.

FWIW I agree Kirk shouldn't have made fun of Paul Pelosi. I think Kirk probably wouldn't be proud of his own behaviour there.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by childintime »

daseiner1 wrote: post #72
eth0up wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a large group of people saying that anyone who doesn't accept a guy from a couple thousand years ago into a primary organ in their chest area, that not only do they deserve to die, they will, and then be damned for eternity. Others openly suggest capital punishment for nonviolent crimes. E.g. narco boaters, repeat offenders, homeless (see: Killmeade), drugs etc. In fact, we have no sanctions on Singapore, a l…

large-scale drug smuggling is absolutely a violent crime.

Then corruption should be on the list too.

Corruption at the very top is what I'd like to see capital punishment for. Exclusively.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by nomilk »

geor9e wrote: post #69
nomilk wrote: post #38

I wish the article would show a screenshot of what was posted, however 'uncivil'. Found this on a linked facebook post - no clue if it's accurate. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=25571453995778528&se...

That is directly linked in the article, in the sentence "The image was one of several Bushart posted".

Thanks, I must have clicked on every link in the article except that one.

Here it is to save anyone else:

https://wopclive.linkedupradio.com/assets/images/2025/IMG_73...

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by somenameforme »

TrackerFF wrote: post #28

I looked at the pictures, and even with no context, it was obvious that he was pointing out the hypocrisy of Trump with that meme. Ain't no way people looked at the picture, and genuinely thought "Is he threatening to shoot up the school?" . But then again, there are some incredibly stupid people out there. To me, it mostly seems like manufactured outrage. Someone saw him posting edgy memes, got offended, and called…

Without context, it seems like somebody obviously just sharing some tasteless memes, but the context is precisely what makes things not so clear. This is a former police officer (in other words: armed) who was obviously rather unhinged, a political extremist, lived near a Perry High School, and then posts an image that shows Trump saying "We have to get over it." with the subtext being "Donald Trump, on the Perry High School mass shooting, one day after." All under the title, "This seems relevant today..."

It's very easy to see how people could genuinely interpret that as a credible threat of imminent violence. Imagine somebody similar in your area did the exact same thing except with your local high school's name. So this is going to be a very interesting case, because what it's going to come down to is the prosecution arguing that he was aware that it would be interpreted as a threat on the nearby Perry High School, while the defense will claim he shared the meme without understanding the perceived threat it might cause and assumed people would understand he was referencing a previous shooting that occurred at a different Perry High School.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by eth0up »

childintime wrote: post #102
daseiner1 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

large-scale drug smuggling is absolutely a violent crime.

Then corruption should be on the list too. Corruption at the very top is what I'd like to see capital punishment for. Exclusively.

There's a group that plays with Guilt by Association. It's fun. Until someone else does it. But the frenzy comes when everybody does it. And some just can't see that coming.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by adrr »

blockmarker wrote: post #91
yibg wrote: post #49

Amazingly even this post is a reflection of the discourse around Kirk. There are replies equating any criticism of Kirk to celebrating his death and glossing over his past nasty behavior. All seems to detached from reality.

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Were the posts about Kirk deserving it or posts critical of Kirk. People conflate the two. Most of the quotes weren't made up. He did call for political violence like the execution of Joe Biden and for a "patriot" to bail out the person who tried to murder Paul Pelosi.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by standardUser »

yibg wrote: post #49

Amazingly even this post is a reflection of the discourse around Kirk. There are replies equating any criticism of Kirk to celebrating his death and glossing over his past nasty behavior. All seems to detached from reality.

It's a cudgel. It doesn't matter if it makes sense, it fits in your hand and you can whack your perceived enemies. As always, logic doesn't matter, only owning the libs matters.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by standardUser »

blockmarker wrote: post #91
yibg wrote: post #49

Amazingly even this post is a reflection of the discourse around Kirk. There are replies equating any criticism of Kirk to celebrating his death and glossing over his past nasty behavior. All seems to detached from reality.

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You speak as if you've never read a YouTube comment section before. Yet you say you've read millions of comments? Maybe consider not reading rage-bait garbage all night long and talk to real people instead.

Re: Tennessee man arrested, accused of threatening a shooting, after posting meme

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

bongodongobob wrote: post #68
squigz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't make the mistake of thinking comments on a random article are indicative of the way the population actually thinks. They may not even be real.

They are real. I cleansed 100s of people from Facebook that were planning Charlie Kirk vigils and shit. It's real.

Are you seriously claiming it to be objectionable to mourn for a man who was murdered in cold blood? That's pretty fucked up if so.
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