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Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostThat's a very US-centric attitude, about the ineffectiveness of gun control campaigns, and about the supposed wide access to battlefield weapons after a successful gun control campaign.
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Exceptionally real Twitter thread on the fear, every day (sorry, I still can't work out links on this board) - https://twitter.com/GoodwinVianna/st...12865408385024
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That simply isn't true in the bald way you've stated it.
Many gun control campaigns here have failed. None have eliminated mass shootings and it may well be true that it is impossible to eliminate them in the US given the Supreme Court's current interpretation of the Second Amendment as granting individual rights (which virtually no one thought was the case for almost 200 years).
At the same time, some campaigns in some states and municipalities have succeeded and reduced the availability of guns to people intent on mayhem. That has saved lives.
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Another examples of the way the media has mainstreamed anti Islamic "white rage"- in this case the BBC's Newsnight programme normalising far right Tommy Robinson, using Robinson's own image suggesting he is "silenced"
https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1106567220421935105
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People probably need to start talking frankly about the Australian government's policies towards refugees. They've normalised racism, dehumanisation and 'othering' of refugees for years. Recently they were sounding off about how they wouldn't let New Zealand take any of the detainees in their refugee 'internment centers' (essentially concentration camps) because they would use entry to NZ as a back door to Australia. They've made the sort of rhetoric that should be exiled to the extremes acceptable.
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Originally posted by Lurgee View PostPeople probably need to start talking frankly about the Australian government's policies towards refugees. They've normalised racism, dehumanisation and 'othering' of refugees for years. Recently they were sounding off about how they wouldn't let New Zealand take any of the detainees in their refugee 'internment centers' (essentially concentration camps) because they would use entry to NZ as a back door to Australia. They've made the sort of rhetoric that should be exiled to the extremes acceptable.
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Time for the Mirror to get the Sun treatment:
http://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/1106691386710069249
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Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View PostGod this is horrendous. Though it is staggering that some people are using this as an opportunity to double down on this sort of bullshit. Gemma O'Doherty who has been mentioned here a couple of times has completely gone off the fucking deep end talking about false flag operations. If this was 15 years ago she'd probably be sectioned at this point, but we don't do that any more, because we used to do altogether too much of it.
This is actually more fucked up than the Gardaí killing Veronica Guerin and her family being involved in the cover up "theory". I kind of hope she is unwell cos if she's just doing this for clicks and cash without believing it she is truly evil.Last edited by Lang Spoon; 15-03-2019, 23:42.
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Rush Limbaugh is also kite flying the false flag narrative.
[URL]http://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1106607798345961474[/URL]
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Rather than impotent rage (which is 90% of what I feel), I might just mention some of the positive points, the flickering hope:
- The "no second shooter" turns out to be true, as is usually the case. In the hours of chaos there were many fears about a cell, with exaggerated numbers. Zero evidence of that so far.
- The terrorist was caught 36 minutes after the first call to police. Too late for 49 victims, and "could have been worse" is no comfort at all, but it is true, it could have been. He hadn't finished.
- Christchurch, often caricatured as the capital of White Island, has been bloody fantastic in its response. And FWIW he wasn't from there.
- The PM has been excellent, both empathetic and substantive in her comments. Beyond "thoughts and prayers" to serious talk of changes to gun laws. Decades late, shamefully behind Australia. But (early I know) there seems to be a consensus on reform, including police.
- The bastard is alive. This matters too, as we all know news moves on fast. His trial will mean it won't, yet.
There's plenty more to be angry about (the useless intelligence services, for example) but enough for now.
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