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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 fluidcruft »

metwo1234 wrote: post #6
hyperhello wrote: post #3

> Bushart did not elaborate, but the context seems clear: Why should I care about this shooting, when the sitting president said I should "get over" this other shooting? From one perspective, this is clearly bad governance. He's using his free speech rights that generations of us died for, to point out hypocrisy. I'm going to say it, and we'll see if I get arrested for it. Charlie Kirk was one of the useful idiots gr…

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So you're suggesting it's more than ironic and is some form of instant karma? Gross.

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

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Post by selectodude »

tuckwat wrote: post #19
postflopclarity wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why, confronted with reality?

uh, bc /r/politics is all about politics and this post is all about politics. Edit - I'm fine with the article, it's abhorrent and relevant. My tongue in cheek comment was about the comments. These comments give me the same feeling of Reddit - angry people arguing over whether someones death was justified or not.

Man getting jailed and having bail set at $2 million for a Facebook post isn’t “politics”.

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

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Post by freedomben »

hyperhello wrote: post #3

> Bushart did not elaborate, but the context seems clear: Why should I care about this shooting, when the sitting president said I should "get over" this other shooting? From one perspective, this is clearly bad governance. He's using his free speech rights that generations of us died for, to point out hypocrisy. I'm going to say it, and we'll see if I get arrested for it. Charlie Kirk was one of the useful idiots gr…

Who groomed him, and who gave him the assignment to minimize the cultural impact of school shootings?

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

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Post by squigz »

Aloisius wrote: post #22

The comments on this article are horrifying. It's clear people have lost their damn minds.

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.

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

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Post by senkora »

whatshisface wrote: post #15

I think this is an example of using slow trials as a nonjudicial weapon. The defendant did not break the law and isn't likely to be convicted (at least not on appeal), but they can hold him in jail for months because they got mad at his Facebook post.

The process is the punishment.

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

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Post by vkou »

squigz wrote: post #36
Aloisius wrote: post #22

The comments on this article are horrifying. It's clear people have lost their damn minds.

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.

Oh, they are real, they aren't just bots, and they've all been emboldened.

Go on these people's facebooks, or invite them to Thanksgiving, you'll see the same firehose of shit.

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

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

freedomben wrote: post #34
hyperhello wrote: post #3

> Bushart did not elaborate, but the context seems clear: Why should I care about this shooting, when the sitting president said I should "get over" this other shooting? From one perspective, this is clearly bad governance. He's using his free speech rights that generations of us died for, to point out hypocrisy. I'm going to say it, and we'll see if I get arrested for it. Charlie Kirk was one of the useful idiots gr…

Who groomed him, and who gave him the assignment to minimize the cultural impact of school shootings?

An uncaring algorithm that maximizes engagement.
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