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In reply to the discussion: 3 in custody 1 dead. [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. This is what bothers me about the obsessive concern for "motive"
It's important to some people to figure out, in the wake of every mass shooting, "why did they do it?" as if it matters.
Because as long as you can forget that these were ill-intended people with guns, and then focus on some larger group of "people I don't like", then we can conveniently ignore that the common thread is "ill-intended people with guns".
But if the motive - i.e. the excuse that the shooter(s) latched onto in order to provide themselves with some justification for the horrible thing they were inclined to do - lines up with a cause we like, then of course it was a "false flag operation".
Kid with mental health issues shoots up a school - "Oh, we gotta do something about mental health."
Kid with confederate flag shoots up a church - "Oh, we gotta do something about confederate flags."
Man claiming loyalty to disparate Jihadists shoots up a nightclub - "Oh, we gotta do something about Muslims."
Anything, ANYTHING, but the sacred holy gunz.
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Don't forget that the NRA is, essentially, a lobbyist organization for the
Stonepounder
Jul 2016
#14
If only those police officers were armed, they could have defended themselves.
Electric Monk
Jul 2016
#16
"Three other suspects — two men and one woman — have been detained by police,
lindysalsagal
Jul 2016
#32