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Macabre video of fake US President Donald Trump shooting media and critics is shown at his resort

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      papasquat
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      Just piece of meaningless content to make the rounds and feign outrage about. I'm tired of stuff like this getting so much attention, and predictably, every 24 hr media outlet dissects it to death...

      Just piece of meaningless content to make the rounds and feign outrage about. I'm tired of stuff like this getting so much attention, and predictably, every 24 hr media outlet dissects it to death despite it not being relevant to just about anything.

      CNN "called on trump to denounce the video" as well.
      Like, fuck off. You know he's not going to do that, and even if he did, what would that even accomplish? I wish they'd put some effort in and discuss actual policy and strategy every so often rather than this sideshow nonsense.

      12 votes
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        RapidEyeMovement
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        This type of repurposing a popular video clip with your own 'in group'/'out group' context has been happening on the internet since 2005. I personally find this one of the milder content that...

        This type of repurposing a popular video clip with your own 'in group'/'out group' context has been happening on the internet since 2005. I personally find this one of the milder content that the_donald and their ilk produce. It is too cartoonish to be taken seriously

        I would much rather be talking about Turkey/Syria. The treaties that Trump has withdrawn the US from. The Ukraine coverup. I don't get why time and attention is being wasted on it.

        7 votes
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        moonbathers
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        Stuff like this is what encourages mass shooters, though. Maybe it doesn't need to dominate a news cycle but it's worth talking about.

        Stuff like this is what encourages mass shooters, though. Maybe it doesn't need to dominate a news cycle but it's worth talking about.

        6 votes
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          1. stephen
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            to add to u/dubteedub's resounding rebuttal let me add this scintillating tidbit of sociology jargon: Here's a cool video about it if you are interested!

            Point made and destroyed the crap out of my post, upvoted, thanks for sharing!

            to add to u/dubteedub's resounding rebuttal let me add this scintillating tidbit of sociology jargon:

            stochastic terrorism:

            the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted:

            The lone-wolf attack was apparently influenced by the rhetoric of stochastic terrorism.

            Here's a cool video about it if you are interested!

            5 votes
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        stephen
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        The public display and normalization of sectarian violence is absolutely something to get upset about.

        feign outrage about

        The public display and normalization of sectarian violence is absolutely something to get upset about.

        5 votes
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          papasquat
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          That wasn't a display of violence. It was an edited scene from a movie. No one got hurt.

          That wasn't a display of violence. It was an edited scene from a movie. No one got hurt.

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          1. stephen
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            A violent movie though. What was the ultimate message it was trying to convey? Like are we supposed to come away thinking "the bullets are a metaphor reasonable points with a generous approach to...

            a movie

            A violent movie though. What was the ultimate message it was trying to convey? Like are we supposed to come away thinking "the bullets are a metaphor reasonable points with a generous approach to compromise" or what?

            No one got hurt.

            Getting hurt isn't the point. This is stochastic terrorism. This is the shifting of cultural norms. No one got hurt but people can get hurt in the future if they think the God Emperor (their term not mine) is okay with this. Inb4 he condemned it: he's lied in the past.

            6 votes
    2. Archimedes
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      I think the main difference here is that it was recently shown at a Trump event rather than just being some video that some T_D person made. Its existence is one thing, but the tacit endorsement...

      I think the main difference here is that it was recently shown at a Trump event rather than just being some video that some T_D person made. Its existence is one thing, but the tacit endorsement of it is quite another.

      5 votes