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Chopper

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  1. 2 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    really? that's your dissection of all the information presented to date? then why was a targeted attack against one person? the vast majority of gaming-influenced murders are of the mass type or personal revenge. this person targeted a political figurehead that was saying nasty shit about a lot of people. regardless of affiliation, this person killed CK specifically and it appears politically motivated. I think this has little to do with gaming and more about being perpetually online and forming an online persona that is stronger than his IRL-life.

    btw, watched a video from a ballistics expert and it's clear the bullet ricocheted off his body armor and into his head through the neck. I can link it for anyone interested

    yea please

  2. 11 hours ago, gernblansten said:

    Last two days breakfast: breakfast burrito at original Pantry and breakfast tacos at El Chli Torreado. Dinner at Shed was surprisingly a little disappointing. The outdoor atmosphere and margaritas are always worth the visit, but enchiladas a little disappointing. But damn, the red and green kick all kinds of ass. 

    mixed meat breakfast burrito, xmas style at El Chile Toreado is a do not miss on the food tour

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  3. 8 hours ago, Coelenterate Fuccboi said:

    Although I have no doubt many of these are true under some context, a Google search seems to reveal the first two as false. 

    -          Gay people should be stoned to death – Steven King already had to walk back this claim and publicly, “I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages,” the 77-year-old author wrote on the social media platform X.”

    -          Most people are scared when they see a black pilot – Seems false. His statement: “If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified.", in relation to DEI.

    My point being, if we're going call him out for spreading misinformation, maybe we shouldn't do it with misinformation. 

    It's natural for us to seek information that supports our beliefs and spread it without fact checking, we all do it regularly. However, I think we have a civic duty to not be lazy or justify doing it simply because someone else does.  

    If King instead wrote, "Charlie Kirk implied gays should be stoned to death," there would have been no apology. Kirk left ambiguity in his words, likely on purpose. Just as he did when he said, "If I see a black pilot I'm going to be like boy I hope he's qualified." It's a racist statement even though in context he's blaming his words and internal monologue on supposed hiring quotas, because hiring quotas DO NOT EXIST.

     

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