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I don't expect Ketterling or the people who have made both-sides-need-to-calm-down their whole career to change; but the story is the violent radicalization of the american right driven by anti-abortion rhetoric in churches. that's the story. decades of domestic terrorism fueled by this rhetoric.
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Gotta be honest, this cowardice and capitulation makes me feel even more justified in hating on sports for their complicity in fascism. FIFA would rather endanger athletes and fans than stand by their own policies and values.
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Oh, you mean the guy who wouldn't recognize fairness if it clocked him upside the head and doesn't do fair deals is now whining that other countries are not playing fair about the trade war he needlessly started?
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I recently read a story about an all-electric plane that cost $8 in electricity to fly, but I guess that won't get as much play as this wildly unrealistic technosolutionism bc the combustion engine and "biofuel" freaks just refuse to learn or deal with physical constraints. 🙄
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... I also think it's important to know what happened and when. I won't deny that separating him from his weapon cache and vehicle was crucial in preventing a devastating tragedy from being worse, but I am not convinced by copaganda cheerleading that this was proactive or great police work overall.
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I'd also like to know more about this:
"In the ensuing police response to capture the assassin, their home, garage and cars were severely damaged in a hail of bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters."
I get that there's no surviving some wounds, but...
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'But AI is great for story generation.' No it's not. Experience and critical thinking are good for story generation. Thinking about what makes a story and messing around and researching generates stories real humans want to read. People do not seem to understand that developing the work is the work.
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I think we deserve to see a detailed account of the timing in Brooklyn Park. I want to know more about the previously mentioned drone that was used to enter the home: how long that took and whether or not that was prioritized above attempts to find/stop an active shooter and/or render emergency aid.
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What the fuck?
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You def are defending them with "oh so you could do it better" reactive bullshit.
Also, *we are talking about the facts of the case as they are reported* - which show multiple instances of police failing to capture the suspect and misrepresenting the timeline of events.
What are you waiting for?
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First of all, this isn't a fucking game. People are dead bc of cops' ineptitude and inaction. We deserve accountability and to know the truth.
Why are you snarky-reply defending police who failed to interrupt suspicious activity during a wellness check after a targeted shooting of state lawmakers?
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Congratulations! 🎉💖
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I'm sorry, a New Hope Police officer tried to talk to him, he acted weird, and that cop let him go too?
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Exactly. If the grand jury doesn't up the charges and if there aren't terrorism charges added too, we already know why that is.
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And it's increasingly unsafe, especially for marginalized folks who are being demonized and targeted in their holy war bullshit.
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Honestly, that's another thing that confounds me. Every fundie I knew growing up was absolutely miserable, and it's only gotten worse as they've nursed persecution complexes and outrage addictions. I get that it's uncomfortable to tell someone you can't be friends/visit, but being around 'em sucks?
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Yes, that's an important distinction, though I do think all forms of Christianity advance aspects of cultural colonialism and assimilation. Worth noting that Black folks had their own faith traditions that were forcibly replaced by Christian hierarchy and mores by white slavers and missionaries.
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It's one of the reasons every newsroom I've worked in has security on site and bulletproof glass, though...
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Totally agree with you though that most mainstream journos don't have a lot of experience and just fall back on tropes. Most don't have the wherewithal to call out a core audience which has a documented tendency to stockpile weapons and shoot folks when they can't deal with their big feelings.
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Personally, I don't think it's hollowed out; I think it's been intentionally weaponized as a tool of white supremacy and colonialism. Evangelical Christianity has a long tradition of expansionism for violent empires and serves as training wheels for fascism and nationalism in the US and elsewhere.