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Am I the only one who thinks this wasn’t random political violence?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Jul 13, 2024.

  1. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    I’m definitely someone that gives individuals a lot more agency than most, so my bias would be against seeing any media as indoctrination.

    But, following your argument, if the liberal media is so all powerful, how is it that you (and the other 70 mil Trump voters) were able to escape it?
     
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  2. orangeblue_coop

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    So if the shooter was a registered Democrat, you’d be insistent that he consumed and was radicalized by liberal media. But since he was a registered Republican, you’re highly skeptical that he consumed any conservative media. Narratives are a powerful thing, I tell ya.
     
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  3. ursidman

    ursidman VIP Member

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    So, he was recruited by Blackrock years before this incidence? Its all plain to me (and Juanita). There are none so blind as those that will not travel down the conspiracy rabbit holes.
     
  4. rtgator

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    "Elections should be decided at the ballot box not in the cross hairs of a snipers rifle."

    I agree wholeheartedly.

    Unfortunately, Donald Trump and his minions disagree. They accept election results ONLY WHEN THEY WIN.
     
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  5. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    I just hope that I can live the next few years of my life without learning what the hell “blackrock” is.
     
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  6. gatorpa

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    It’s not “shit” both sides have been pushing the envelope further and further since before Trump came along. Trump has done the same with his inflammatory speeches. (And I voted for him twice).

    If you can’t see both sides guilty of the crap I can’t help you from not being willfully ignorant.
     
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  7. ursidman

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    I’m familiar with them through a couple of BR mutual funds i have invested in. Did not know they had branched off into political assassination. I will have to withhold my votes for the current board members.
     
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  8. rtgator

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    Devoid of any reasonable recognition of Trump's hyper-inflammatory rhetoric and ACTIONS (Lafayette Square, Jan 6) for the past 8 years.
     
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  9. gatorpa

    gatorpa GC Hall of Fame

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    This very board has some lefties suggesting some pretty crack pot conspiracy ideas man. Check it out and widen that brush a bit.
     
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  10. citygator

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    $10 trillion investment firm.
     
  11. okeechobee

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    GOP posters: both sides do it
    Dem posters: only one side does it
     
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  12. rtgator

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    Like what?!?
     
  13. VAg8r1

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    The better alternative, both sides do it but one much more than the other.
     
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  14. gatorpa

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    At least one poster has suggested it’s a false flag operation by Trump himself to make him look “Jesus” like.
    A few others had similar ideas but not to the detail this person has gone.
     
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  15. ETGator1

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    I haven't claimed anything of the sort. However, again, you brought up Fox News. You are the one who is jumping ahead of the facts naming Fox News due to the shooter being a registered republican insofar as how the shooter may have been radicalized.
     
  16. GatorRade

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    Dammit guys, I didn’t even last a few minutes! :emoji_sweat_smile:
     
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  17. VAg8r1

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    Not going to look up the post but my guess is that he was being facetious rather than serious.
     
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  18. orangeblue_coop

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    If the shooter was a registered Democrat I think it’s pretty obvious what you would claim. Unfortunately for your agenda he’s a registered republican. Time to readjust the narrative.
     
  19. mdgator05

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    So now to really drive you nuts: they became a right-wing target because they advocated for ESG investing at one point. And, apparently, it is a left-wing plot to consider a firm's environmental, social, and governance issues in investing.
     
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  20. cocodrilo

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    Well, it was a bad day at BlackRock.

    BTW I'll never forget that intrepid journalist Dan Rather when someone asked him about Juanita Broaddrick: "Who's Juanita Broaddrick?"