Why The Media Isn’t Covering The NAACP Explosion

[Neil]

Because non-stories have to step aside when real news is happening.  If it was a slow news week, maybe this might get some play.  But even so, not every minor crime can get the full-on national panic treatment.

[Martinus]

What a ridiculous thread.

[The Brain]

I think that if there had actually been an explosion we'd have heard about it.

[Martinus]

I think that if there had actually been an explosion we'd have heard about it.

What if an explosion happens in a forest and only garbon hears it?

[Eddie Teach]

Trick question, garbon would never set foot in a forest.

[garbon]

Trick question, garbon would never set foot in a forest.

That's not true. What I wouldn't do, unless under duress, is spend multiple days out in a forest.

[garbon]

What a ridiculous thread.

What exactly is the goal of this comment?

[OttoVonBismarck]

I had heard about the NAACP "bombing" days before I first saw this stupid anti-press message start spreading over social media and the news. So for one, it was covered. For two, it was a detonation of a device that made noise, caused no property damage, and killed no one. The government is investigating it as a crime, looking to see who did it. I think it warrants the low level news coverage it received, but it's not at all comparable to the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

This device was detonated next to a gas can, which did not even get destroyed or catch fire. Whoever set this thing off literally had no idea how to blow a building up, and is likely not part of any organized anti-black group. The militia guys (see: Tim McVeigh) know how to build bombs, this is pure redneck or hilljack idiocy where someone put together a bomb in his garage in 20 minutes and thought it'd magically blow a building up as long as he sat some accelerant next to it.

[CountDeMoney]

In other words, because it didn't do the intended damage or it wasn't committed by those who could do it better if they really, really meant it, it is less of a hate crime that warrants the appropriate attention.  Got it.

[Eddie Teach]

In other words, because it didn't do the intended damage or it wasn't committed by those who could do it better if they really, really meant it, it is less of a hate crime that warrants the appropriate attention.  Got it.

It's getting the appropriate attention. That seems to be what's bugging the guy who wrote the article, why isn't it getting overblown in the press?

[OttoVonBismarck]

In other words, because it didn't do the intended damage or it wasn't committed by those who could do it better if they really, really meant it, it is less of a hate crime that warrants the appropriate attention.  Got it.

Well, what's more of a hate crime to you, killing four black girls in a church bombing or setting off a loud bang on a sidewalk next to an NAACP building in which no one is harmed and no property is damaged? Which is more newsworthy?

It's being investigated by the FBI and has been reported on in the news, not sure what's not appropriate about how it's been covered. I think the author of the article quoted in the first post actually explains pretty well why it's not a HUGE national story. There's a difference between the criminality of something and the level of concern I have about it. If this is traced back to some idiot 15 year old, I'd say it probably shouldn't be regarded as a true hate crime but just teenage stupidity and punished as delinquency. If it goes back to some skinhead imbecile who is an adult, of course it's a hate crime and should be punished as such.

I'd be a lot more worried if I thought it was linked to organized racist groups that are known to have some level of bomb making skills and stockpiles of weapons in the United States, but those guys I think despite being pretty dim can probably at least do better than this, so I suspect it's just a lone idiot. That to me makes it less concerning and less newsworthy.

[CountDeMoney]

Glad you cleared that up with your edited post.  Much more lucid than, say, derniggerhater's commentary.

[Jacob]

What a ridiculous thread.

What exactly is the goal of this comment?

To further strengthen his reputation on languish by acting in character.

[Razgovory]

What a ridiculous thread.

What exactly is the goal of this comment?

To further strengthen his reputation on languish by acting in character.

The strange truth is that Marty is actually a British social worker specializing in hard luck cases.  He lets out all his frustration in his life by creating a bizzaro alter ego instead of occasionally blowing up at his wife and kids.