Man Just Brought Gun Into Comet Ping Pong

[WelshBloke]

Not very smart of the guy to walk in with a gun to "investigate" knowing there's already heighten security there. Perhaps false flag to shutdown "fake news" investigations?

Dude have you read the site the guy came from?

They are fucking mental there! "Not very smart" does not seem to be a problem with them.

 

[Grooveriding]

Republican Brain(dead) Trust

 

[Sabrewings]

Just check the #pizzagate crap on twitter if you want to be aware of how many idiots and mentally ill people there are out there.

I've been well aware of just how far out there some can be ever since I came across flat-earthers online years ago. Words can't even describe...

 

[uallas5]

I knew about the "Pizzagate" thing because the BBC did an expose on it a few days ago using it as an example of how fake news can become a conspiracy thanks to social media.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985

Part of the "theory" according to the owner, is that the child prostitution ring was run from the basement. The building has no basement, but even that glaring easily checked fact did little to dissuade the nut jobs like this guy.

 

[MrSquished]

I knew about the "Pizzagate" thing because the BBC did an expose on it a few days ago using it as an example of how fake news can become a conspiracy thanks to social media.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38156985

Part of the "theory" according to the owner, is that the child prostitution ring was run from the basement. The building has no basement, but even that glaring easily checked fact did little to dissuade the nut jobs like this guy.

What's really crazy is that Obama, Hillary and Podesta ran a child prostitution ring from a fucking basement that didn't exist. How the fuck they do that? PERVS

 

[nageov3t]

a fucking basement that didn't exist

that's just what they want you to think, how else would they have the freedom to run their child sex dungeon out of it?

 

[norseamd]

That sounds legit

LOL

 

[glenn1]

As a followup to the initial reports, the man DID in fact fire his gun and specifically told police he went there to "self investigate" the pizzagate conspiracy theory.

Firing the gun seems a lot more relevant than just carrying it. While I realize this is DC and there are probably laws against open carry that's not necessarily a danger in itself.

 

[Sabrewings]

While I realize this is DC and there are probably laws against open carry that's not necessarily a danger in itself.

In DC, he was breaking the law just by driving into the district with them in his car. Pretty much the same rules as Maryland which say you can't have it in your car except to be transporting it to a dealer/repair or for a legitimate purpose such as hunting or a firing range.

Concealed carry for the state/district of course change that, but something tells me he didn't go through the motions. Also, the district's concealed carry rules for not being within 1000ft of certain locations (long list) make it pretty useless. DC is not very big.

 

[OrByte]

Great analysis of this incredible story.

Quote:
Here’s how the post-truth sausage gets made. The president-elect, for example, will moot the idea that there were millions of illegal votes cast in the election, despite overwhelming evidence that the claim is false and no evidence it is true. His defenders will, nonetheless, then demand that the people who think vote fraud is false prove it is false. By the end of the week, Reince Priebus—the chairman of the GOP, Trump’s chief of staff-designee, and one of the mainstream, establishment members of his team—can go on national network television and say he doesn’t know for sure whether millions of illegal voters cast ballots, and that “it’s possible.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...ability-of-more-comet-pizza-incidents/509567/

The only hope against fake news is responsible citizenry stepping in and forcing these fake news sources out of business with our pocketbooks. But that is unlikely to happen.

This post-fact world is scary. It almost feels like we are taking a step back away from civilized norms, to what...I don't know.

 

[baydude]

Yes. We should not find this kind of shit amusing, when thousands of people actually start to believe it. Just check the #pizzagate crap on twitter if you want to be aware of how many idiots and mentally ill people there are out there.

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

 

[cbrunny]

You won't believe this! Check out this one weird trick they don't want you to know about!

You won't believe what Clinton has been up to behind this closed door!

 

[Brainonska511]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

Right...

Got some evidence for this rather incredible claim? Or is this one of those #FlynnFacts?

 

[Blackjack200]

Yes. We should not find this kind of shit amusing, when thousands of people actually start to believe it. Just check the #pizzagate crap on twitter if you want to be aware of how many idiots and mentally ill people there are out there.

Or you can just stay right here...

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

 

[OrByte]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

And with that, ladies and gentlemen, here is a very useful and thorough article on how we are moving into a post-fact media world and how the media, and media consumers should deal with lies coming from the Trump team

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/11/a-shorter-guide-to-dealing-with-trumps-lies/508946/

 

[uallas5]

The only hope against fake news is responsible citizenry stepping in and forcing these fake news sources out of business with our pocketbooks. But that is unlikely to happen.

Yes unfortunately it is highly unlikely....trying to get a bunch of school kids in Macedonia from making a boatload of cash from stupid American adults won't be happening anytime soon.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38168281
Many of the fake news websites that sprang up during the US election campaign have been traced to a small city in Macedonia, where teenagers are pumping out sensationalist stories to earn cash from advertising.

 

[brycejones]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

Oh yes, because a bunch of nutters sharing the same story and searches means it is true. The Sandy hook shootings were a hoax as well right?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

This is an example of where knowing your audience comes in handy. The people who typically use this forum will not be swayed or buy into this type of bullshit. Well..... a couple will, sadly.

 

[nakedfrog]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

Prove it isn't true! You can't! Therefore it is true! But only when I want it to work that way!

 

[WelshBloke]

Just checked and now trending: Gun man was an actor and news articles released news before event happening

When did people become this gullible, stupid and easily led? And more to the point when did they become proud of it?

 

[baydude]

Oh yes, because a bunch of nutters sharing the same story and searches means it is true. The Sandy hook shootings were a hoax as well right?

I wasn't making any claims, was just reporting what the original post suggested.

 

[Brainonska511]

I wasn't making any claims, was just reporting what the original post suggested.

Why would you even bother reporting such "claims" when a cursory glance (or even a cursory thought) suggests that they are totally fabricated?

 

[cbrunny]

Why would you even bother reporting such "claims" when a cursory glance (or even a cursory thought) suggests that they are totally fabricated?

Spoken as if Trump was not just elected....

 

[interchange]

Is this a post-fact world? I think we learned that humans were relying so heavily on our feelings as to change to overvalue evidence to support our positions. What we didn't realize was, instead of objective evidence tempering our feelings, our feelings distort the objectivity of our evidence.

Now we are left with a denial of our feelings because it is very easy to rationalize our positions as being apart from their influence.

This is not a new phenomenon, but the hazard I see is that our feelings when validated and properly assigned in my mind actually protect us from distorting our evidence, contrary to the fear.

As an example -- if we were to disregard the efforts to address systemic racism and create clear accountability with our police force, etc., and instead have a society where people actually seek to understand how someone else feels before acting, would they ever have to be taught that racism is wrong in order to understand that it is?

And I am not suggesting an either-or. I'm suggesting both. My skepticism of the systemic interventions is that they allow us to avoid confronting our conflicting feelings and the reality of the deep-seeded influences that race has on our society when we cognitively know it's wrong. When we have both worked on our capacity to appreciate the humanity of those different from us and addressed the systems that have supported these biases, then we will finally be able to settle the unrest we carry in our souls.

This model is one of individual responsibility and group accountability.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Why would you even bother reporting such "claims" when a cursory glance (or even a cursory thought) suggests that they are totally fabricated?

This is the "some people are saying" defense.