Today's Mass Shooting

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Lambchops said:
And how common is it that democrats who hate Trump attempt to commit mass shootings?
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So far, apparently not very. Off the top of my head I can think of only a single mass shooting by a liberal targeting specifically conservatives, which was the one against that GOP softball game.

It would be exhausting to list the number of mass shootings committed by people expressing conservative political messages.

I do believe there was a shooting last year at Google by a person who was known to have a liberal viewpoint, but if I remember correctly the shooting targeted Google for demonetizing her YouTube channel; it wasn't really a politically-motivated attack. "Her" is another important point, in that it was one of the very rare instances of a shooting being perpetuated by a woman.
 
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Nessie said:
I think that, in the UK anyway, it needs to be a quiet news day and at least a few months has passed since the last report of a mass shooting, before a shooting in the USA gets reported.

I was surprised that the synagogue shooting made headlines on the BBC. It was not notably newsworthy compared to other shootings, but we do need a break from Brexit headlines.
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Why would it? No one in the US cares if another Londoner got ran over with a truck or impaled with a machete or had his face melted off from an acid attack. Why would it be news in the UK when an American bugman flips out and shot someone at his school?
 
Norman Alexander said:
Y'know, these "illegal MS13 Muslim Mexican Coyotes" don't need to sneak into America to "murder our true US citizens". The "true US citizens" seem to be doing a good enough job of it all by themselves.
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What the hell are you rambling on about now?
 
Lambchops said:
Also, what the hell does "Bugmen" mean?
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It's the latest disparaging term that people on the far right use to refer to people they don't like.

Speaking as a dedicated tabletop gamer, I think it's a better term for them to be using than "NPC" (which they use in basically the same way) but it's still intended to belittle and insult.
 
William Parcher said:
Everyone seems to always want to talk about the politics and ideology of mass shooters. Daily Mail reports that at least one of these shooters is a Liberal, Democrat and Trump hater. But that's pretty common anyway.
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The Daily Mail isn’t exactly a reliable source. They have a habit of printing gossip and rumors from the Internet as if it was news. Claims that the latest spree killer was an liberal Democrat circulate after just about every incident.
 
Kestrel said:
The Daily Mail isn’t exactly a reliable source. They have a habit of printing gossip and rumors from the Internet as if it was news. Claims that the latest spree killer was an liberal Democrat circulate after just about every incident.
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Their formula is fairly simple. Get the name of the shooter(s) as quickly as possible (before it is released by police). Then get to their Facebook page as quickly as possible (before it is removed). Hurry hurry hurry, because this same formula is used by other media and you want to scoop them by getting your story out first. Also use lots of pictures - use way more pictures than other media.

Daily Mail is reputed to be unreliable. But I have found them to be functionally reliable and incredibly fast. They have boots-on-the-ground everywhere (including photographers) and they pay big money to sources. Over and over again, the Daily Mail delivers the goods before other news sources and they do it with big photos.
 
Daily Mail said:
...Administrators reported the gunfire immediately and deputies arrived on the scene within two minutes...

...Authorities recovered three handguns and a rifle but said the latter was not used in the shooting...

...Fernando Montoya told The Denver Channel his son, who was shot three times but is expected to survive, told him a shooter produced a gun from a guitar case...

...Authorities were seen outside a home in Highland Springs believed to be owned by Devon Erickson's (the adult shooter) parents, James and Stephanie. The mother's Facebook page was deleted shortly after news broke of the shooting.

A reporter for 9News, Katie Eastman, tweeted a photo of the home and wrote: 'A neighbor confirmed to me that Devon lived here in this blue house on Mountain Maple Avenue in Littleton. Called him a "great kid from a great family".' A car spray painted with the words "**** Society" was towed away from the house at around 10pm. A criminal background check revealed Erickson's almost unblemished record, which noted a ticket for careless driving issued in Douglas County on February 13, 2018.

The teen's social media pages indicate that he is an avid guitar player, youth theater actor and registered Democrat who has on occasion expressed disdain for Christians, criticized President Donald Trump and praised former President Barack Obama. In a post from 2014, Erickson wrote: 'You know what I hate? All these Christians who hate gays, yet in the bible, it says in Deuteronomy 17:12-13, if someone doesn’t do what their priest tells them to do, they are supposed to die. It has plenty of crazy stuff like that. But all they get out of it is "ewwwwww gays".'

In 2015 he shared a Facebook post by Occupy Democrats praising Obama, and in 2016 shared a video of TV host Seth Meyers criticizing Trump...

...The Denver Channel reported that the second suspect, who is a minor, was in the process of transitioning from female to male.

Multiple sources told the outlet that the motive of the alleged shooters went beyond bullying and involved revenge and anger towards their classmates. They said at least one of the suspects was involved in legal and illegal drug use and had been in therapy....
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7003307/Two-injured-shots-fired-Denver-school.html
 
It's quite rare for females to do this kind of thing. I wonder if the juvenile girl shooter who was "transitioning" to boy had been taking testosterone. Or, if she already had an elevated testosterone level without any boosting.
 
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Daily Mail said:
Devon Erickson, 18, and a juvenile female - who authorities previously identified as a boy - were taken into custody following the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Denver on Tuesday afternoon.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said they had initially believed the female shooter was a male based on appearances and were not able to confirm her gender until an interview had taken place.

The underage student is reportedly in the process of transitioning from female to male but Sheriff Tony Spurlock would not confirm if the young suspect was transgender.

'Right now we are identifying the individual as a female, because that's where we're at,' he said. 'We originally thought the juvenile was a male by appearance.'...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ill-classmate-injure-eight-Denver-school.html
 
Here is Devon Erickson (18 years old) in court today. We won't get a name or more info on the girl shooter until there is a leak. She is a juvenile and so the authorities will not legally tell us about her. But the leak will happen (students can do it right now) and we will probably see pictures of her.
 

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In 2016, he shared a video of Seth Meyers criticizing President Donald Trump, and the year before he shared an Occupy Democrats post praising then President Barack Obama. Newer posts aren’t visible; some of his posts were more mundane. “GO BRONCOS!!!! LETS TAKE DOWN THE PATRIOTS!!!!” read one 2016 post. Pages he liked on Facebook run the gamut, and they included pages devoted to AK47s, PewDiePie, Chuck Norris, and Bruno Mars, among many others.
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That is an eclectic and self-inconsistent set of interests.
 
Here is the car taken away from Erickson's house. Not sure if it's his, or a family member, or what. Spray-paint says "**** SOCIETY". On the hood is spray-painted "666" and a pentagram.
 

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