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In reply to the discussion: I will not apologize for suspecting those who advocate violence might be guilty of violence [View all]Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)124. Way to throw in a strawman in order to ignore the facts.
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I will not apologize for suspecting those who advocate violence might be guilty of violence [View all]
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
OP
They invite your suspicion because you want them to be the ones who did this.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#10
My "vehemence" stems from my impatience with disingenuous politicking in the OP.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#20
We bomb their cities and kill their people. They have at least enough motivation.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#31
I do consider Islamic terrorists suspects too. The style doesn't quite match, but who knows.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#37
Please elaborate. What bad consequence will happen as a results of somebody publicly saying
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#50
Islamist Militants routinely use hydrogen peroxide bombs. This was a pressure cooker bomb.
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#108
Wait now. Let's apply what you just said to the people who kill abortion providers and the ones who
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#111
So when we find right-wing extremists who said we should bomb the Boston Marathon...
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#112
Just like the abortion place bombers don't make their plans out in the open neither did the people
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#115
Yes there is evidence that this is a home grown right winged anti-tax group or person.
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#110
It was done in Boston. On Patriot's Day - a day to celebrate The begining of the revolutionary war
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#116
So Tea Partiers blew up a group of marathon spectators to protest taxes...
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#117
Militant Islamic terror organizations immediately claim credit for their acts of terror.
Ikonoklast
Apr 2013
#56
Anybody who thinks they know who committed this attack with zero evidence.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#12
"Thinks they know" and "suspects" are NOT the same thing, you know that, don't you?
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#14
You DON'T know the difference? OK, I'll explain it to you verrrry slowly.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#22
Well, YES! Exactly! He DOES believe he might be wrong! Isn't that what rational people do?
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#33
No, he should not have stated supicion. You've finally figured out my point.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#40
I am afraid we are giving into to the very vitriol and self-assuredness that the right practices.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#58
it's not exactly rocket science: we have rw terrorists in this country
noiretextatique
Apr 2013
#126
He's right; you're wrong. He owes no one an apology, least of all the RW fascists
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#39
Is that the best you can do? Accuse me of supporting right-wing extremists?
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#101
Which is one of the main reasons that non-violent resistance is ultimately the only way out
99th_Monkey
Apr 2013
#6
Add anyone who talks about "second amendment solutions" when they lose elections.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#11
Is it OK for people to suspect groups that have declared a Jihad against the Great Satan,
Nye Bevan
Apr 2013
#17
But one group in particular associates themselves with the site of the Boston Tea Party
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#67
But no good reason to be suspicious of any Islamist groups that have threatened violence...
Llewlladdwr
Apr 2013
#87
Notice DU's resident NRA defenders have swarmed your thread posting right-wing talking points, but
apocalypsehow
Apr 2013
#25
Am I a resident NRA defender? Or are you merely attempting to marginalize dissent?
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#29
You're extremely transparent. This country has seen far more terrorist attacks by
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#48
I am not blaming anyone for these attacks. The bottom line is we simply don't know.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#53
Speech that encourages violence is as bad as violence. Our speculation about
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#85
I really don't care who or what you are. You are trying to divert attention from the extreme right.
firenewt
Apr 2013
#52
No apology necessary. Of course these whacko right wing extremist groups are prime suspects
quinnox
Apr 2013
#43
ANYONE could do a false flag & blame PO for a false flag. Or it could be an entirely 3rd thing trian
patrice
Apr 2013
#55
I reject violent rhetoric whether it comes from the left or right or anywhere in between.
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#71
I don't so much object, as find it interesting, that you come to DU and sound like Alex Jones.
MH1
Apr 2013
#77
Speculation doesn't require anything, as long as it is acknowledged as speculation.
MH1
Apr 2013
#82
I'm guessing it is an essentially apolitical severely psychotic- James Holmes-Colorado Shooting
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#79
I personally am not too worried that the investigators will look the other way because of my post
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#120
of course, this kind of violence is a by a product of the gun culture no matter where it originated
bowens43
Apr 2013
#91
It's not just gun culture though. It's our overall culture of violence.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#96