Mass killing in Orlando gay nightclub

[Zoupa]

Neither France nor the US has much moral authority to stand on in terms of accusing the other of problems with race and ethnicity.  This kind of nationalist trash talking has its amusements but it's pointless and just plays into the hands of the bad guys.  European countries have their problems, we (Americans) have ours, they both need to be fixed

I agree.

[derspiess]

Noticed something.  After the San Bernadino shootings a lot of my Facebook friends (in particular the conservative friends) put up an American flag overlay.  None have done this for the Orlando murders.

On related note, the Cole County refused to lower the flags as a sign of respect, until a resident (who to be honest is nuts) attended the committed meeting and demanded it.  They still staid no, so he walked out and lower the flag himself and sat in front of it all day so nobody would raise back up.  Eventually they gave in and have lower the flag at half-staff.

I had a few who did that for the Orlando victims, but not many.  One confused gal asked why everyone isn't doing that this time.  Seeing a lot of rainbow overlays though. 

I don't do overlays, like I don't do ribbons, bumper stickers, etc.  Too showy for my tastes.

[derspiess]

Derspeiss is now an avid follower of Milo, presumably because "he makes the right people angry", which could be said of Kim Jung Un or the guy who just killed all those people in Orlando.

Yeah, but Milo is also entertaining, and AFAIK has not killed anyone.

[Siege]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

[Sheilbh]

Oh God no!

[derspiess]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

He's the one Languish doesn't want you to know about.  Go-- seek him out!!

[Razgovory]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

A fascist that Marty has a crush on.

[Barrister]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

A writer at Beitbart.  Martinus likes him.  You probably would too.

[Jacob]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

A right wing online pundit. He has managed to persuade Marty to align with Trump politically, so you might find him worthwhile.

[The Minsky Moment]

Ok. Who the hell is Milo?

marti's dark, curly-haired crush of the month.

[mongers]

And now the UK might finds itself in a similar situation, a violent gun outrage could leave politician and commentators struggling to explain or define events  and perhaps making political capital out of a tragedy?

[Sophie Scholl]

I don't do overlays, like I don't do ribbons, bumper stickers, etc.  Too showy for my tastes.

I've found that almost every single person who put up the French overlay after the Paris attacks to be right wing.  Strange but true.  Whenever I see the overlay or see it in someone's past profile pictures, I can usually find all kinds of the typical Conservative memes and talking points on their page.

[Barrister]

I don't do overlays, like I don't do ribbons, bumper stickers, etc.  Too showy for my tastes.

I've found that almost every single person who put up the French overlay after the Paris attacks to be right wing.  Strange but true.  Whenever I see the overlay or see it in someone's past profile pictures, I can usually find all kinds of the typical Conservative memes and talking points on their page.

I put up the French overlay after Paris.  And while I never post political stuff on FB, I am pretty conservative.

I'd put up a rainbow overlay if FB had made a similarly-easy way to do so.

[Jacob]

I don't do overlays, like I don't do ribbons, bumper stickers, etc.  Too showy for my tastes.

I've found that almost every single person who put up the French overlay after the Paris attacks to be right wing.  Strange but true.  Whenever I see the overlay or see it in someone's past profile pictures, I can usually find all kinds of the typical Conservative memes and talking points on their page.

I saw plenty of lefty liberal type people on my FB with the French overlay back when it was topical, and a fair number of middle of the road types too.

[celedhring]

Yeah, I haven't seen any kind of ideological bent to the use of those overlays. I never use them myself, though.