Acts of Terrorism megathread

[Valmy]

Do you have any statistics on that, or are you just going by your gut?

Good luck finding statistics on that. The statistics on unarmed shootings though are readily available. African americans are 3.49 times more likely to be shot than caucasians.

And the amount of time "caucasians" are shot is still very high. Maybe not high enough for Tim.

I would also like to see proof of his premise: as far as I know most of the time the shooters are killed.

[FunkMonk]

A terrorist attack at a Walmart in El Paso.

Texas Walmart shooting: 'At least 19' killed in gun attack

3 August 2019 

At least 19 people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in the United States, the BBC's partner network CBS News says.

The shooting happened at a Walmart store near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, a few miles from the US-Mexico border.

At least 22 people, including young children, are being treated at local hospitals following the attack.

A white man in his 20s is in custody and is believed to be the sole shooter.

The first reports of a shooting emerged at about 11:00 local time (18:00 GMT)
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More detail here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49221936

This dude's alleged manifesto said his attack was in response to the "Hispanic invasion of Texas." Wtf

[The Brain]

Hispanic, from Spain...?

[Eddie Teach]

It was over 300 years ago, let it go. 

[FunkMonk]

I remember back at the height of the War on Terror when everyone was freaking out about Al Qaida sending terrorists to attack American shopping malls and other soft targets.

[merithyn]

Now white men are doing so en masse. Go figure.

[grumbler]

As someone said (maybe here), everyone in the country has to take their shoes off before boarding an airplane because some Islamic British dude unsuccessfully tried to burn his shoes on a plane 18 years ago, and yet every wacko non-Islamic dude can buy weapons for mass murder today, despite there having been a massacre by one of those dudes yesterday.

[Duque de Bragança]

Hispanic, from Spain...?

Valmy said it can apply to Portugal too. Chateaubriand would agree.

[Valmy]

It was over 300 years ago, let it go. 

I know. That ship kind of sailed dude.

[Valmy]

Now white men are doing so en masse. Go figure.

En masse? Do you know what that term means?

[Syt]

My sister didn't comment on the El Paso shooter but linked this story with a smiley (well, the FB equivalent):

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/4/connor-betts-ohio-gunman-was-elizabeth-warren-supp/?fbclid=IwAR2-EX9pGXYwKwEdAzJSbRurH5Q0FX-pN6A8j13Uksos7yVPY91hz2eJfEg

Ohio gunman described himself as pro-Satan 'leftist' who supported Elizabeth Warren

"I want socialism, and i'll not wait for the idiots to finally come round to understanding," he wrote in one tweet, according to Heavy.com.

The breaking-news outlet said it had found Betts' Twitter page (handle @iamthespookster) and verified that the account belonged to the gunman "through multiple verification factors, including a matching tattoo on both a page selfie and prominent news outlets' pictures of Connor Betts; several family linkages to the page; similar photos, including of him and the family dog, on the page and family members' verified accounts; and references to college and growing up in Ohio and Dayton."

The Twitter account painted a picture of a left-wing anarchist and discontent, very far from the anti-immigration manifesto posted by Saturday's El Paso gunman.

"Vote blue for gods sake," he wrote last Nov. 2. On the day of the senator's death, Betts wrote "F—k John McCain."

Though he had a fascination for guns, Betts also was a fan of gun control and blamed Republicans for school shootings.

"This is America: Guns on every corner, guns in every house, no freedom but that to kill," he wrote in December, and on the day of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, he tweeted at Sen. Rob Portman: "hey rob. How much did they pay you to look the other way? 17 kids are dead. If not now, when?"

In reference to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, he wrote "you can't kill 50+ people and injure 600(!) In 10 minutes with cigarettes my dude."

Politically, Betts was on the far left. His pinned Top Tweet was a retweet of someone else's claim that "Millennials have a message for the Joe Biden generation: hurry up and die."

When another Twitter user posted a picture of Ms. Warren and 2020 Democratic presidential rival Kamala Harris and asked "co-Presidents?" Betts poured scorn.

"Nahh, but only cuz Harris is a cop - Warren I'd happily vote for," he replied.

When noting that alt-right demonstrators were marching in Charlottesville, a rally that later ended in the death of Heather Heyer, he exhorted his followers: "Kill every fascist."

According to Heavy, Betts also shared posts about "concentration camps" at the border and wrote, "Cut the fences down. Slice ICE tires. Throw bolt cutters over the fences."

His profile specified his preferred pronouns as "he/him."

As of Sunday, Dayton police said they had no proof of Betts' motive.

[Liep]

Can't we all just come together and be mad at Neil deGrasse Tyson?

[Maladict]

8chan was taken down

8chan is among the more than 19 million Internet properties that use Cloudflare's service. We just sent notice that we are terminating 8chan as a customer effective at midnight tonight Pacific Time. The rationale is simple: they have proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths. Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.

edit: the whole satement, plus the predictable comments: https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/

[Syt]

https://www.the-postillon.com/2017/10/nra-sends-gift-baskets.html

NRA sends gift basket with "consolation weapons" to relatives of El Paso and Dayton shootings



El Paso / Dayton (dpo) - A truly noble gesture in difficult times: just one day after the terrible weekend in which two mass shootings left 29 people dead, the National Rifle Association (NRA) have presented the relatives of the casualties with a small gift. As a consolation for their loss, the families of each victim received a gift basket with a varied mixture of local weapon specialities.

The consolation weapons are pleasantly arranged; the bottom space of the basket is filled with ammunition. There is a card attached saying "this basket intends to be a little help for the relatives of the tragedy in El Paso and Dayton to which neither the lax national weapons legislation nor the NRA have contributed at all. Heartfelt condolences."

According to a spokesperson of the gun lobby, the NRA gift baskets are very popular. Just this year, almost 17,500 baskets have been sent to relatives of firearm victims.

[Valmy]

Can't we all just come together and be mad at Neil deGrasse Tyson?

What is wrong with Neil deGrasse Tyson?