• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t care what a mass shooter believes, releasing their manifesto is always the wrong thing to do. It encourages other insane people killing people to get their manifestos published.

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      1 year ago

      I think the push by conservatives to make people aware of it is a response to perceptions that there seems to be a concerted effort to cover up the motives of the shooter. And the implication being that his motives are influenced by leftwing identity politics rhetoric such as CRT and general anti-white and anti-Christian attitudes in leftist spaces. And that platforms and such sympathize with these so they want to cover it up. And this all being a response to a broad narrative that right wing rhetoric is causing terrorism.

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        I don’t care what a mass shooter believes. Mass shooters are, by definition, insane. Their specific type of insanity is not important, and sharing their ramblings encourages other insane people.

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            I don’t. If you’re asking why law enforcement keeps those stats, I would imagine that information is pretty important to their jobs. If you’re asking why the news publishes that information, I’d argue that it really isn’t news unless there’s a sudden and inexplicable trend. Like if every mass shooter mentioned the same radio personality or political leader as a contributing factor in their insanity, then it’s probably in the public interest to mention that part.

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          I know which one directly threatens the safety of my children and tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator.

          Anyone who thinks Hamas is a bigger threat to the US than the GOP’s goal of Christian Nationalism is delusional.

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      He acted because he believed the dehumanizing rhetoric of CRT. Letting people see CRT for the hate it really is needs to happen.

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        Oh no, bad thing happened, so clearly [latest right wing boogeyman] is responsible! Let’s not even offer supporting evidence.

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          The supporting evidence is his manifesto. His hate for “powerfull” “wealthy” white people came from the idea that they harmed him and were responsible for his problems.

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            Maybe you should actually read the article before claiming you have evidence:

            Metro Nashville Police Department officials say they are aware of the tweets and are receiving phone calls about them but would not confirm their legitimacy.

            David Raybin, attorney for Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale’s parents, told WSMV he could not confirm the legitimacy of the writings.

            “We have never seen a manifesto at any time. We’re not in a position to authenticate these pieces of paper. We have absolutely not released anything, but we certainly did not release this,” Raybin said. “It’s inappropriate for me to make any further comment about it.”

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              So you’ve shifted from his manifesto not being littered with CRT ideology to the police will not confirm that the journal is authentic.

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                No, I still hold the position that the right wing is using CRT as a boogeyman, and an unconfirmed manifesto (that doesn’t even having anything to do with CRT, let alone being littered with it) in no way supports your claim.