08-27-2015, 01:32 PM
(08-27-2015, 01:24 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:No I didn't. I said FB doesn't push anyone to do anything. I guess you're having a hard time wrapping your head around the fact that something can influence without pushing people to do things? It's not a difficult concept.(08-27-2015, 01:09 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:(08-27-2015, 12:53 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: You say one thing, and then say that you said another.Because saying more than one thing on the topic is impossible right? Gotcha. Both points I made pertain to my column of thought.
I don't expect you to care whether I or anyone agrees or disagrees, especially when you can't decide if you agree or disagree with your own stated opinions (neither of which I thought sucked).
You know, you might have the makings of successful politician Gunnar (not that I'd vote for your trifling ass, or that you'd care).
Well, your column is either very wide or broken.
You said that you think Facebook exposure increases the number of mass murders. Then you said that you didn't say Facebook increases the number of murders, just that it gives more people their 15 minutes on the way out.
I don't have evidence either way, but tend to think your latter contention is more likely true.
As for the lack of hate crime designation at this point, I think if Williams/Flanagan had shot three white strangers because they were white (which would be comparable to what Roof did at the black church), it would be labeled a "hate crime" quickly.
He instead shot dead 2 white former colleagues with whom he was familiar and with whom he claimed to have personal/professional beefs (hitting a bystander in the process). Based on what's known thus far, it looks to me like he went postal.