Las Vegas Mass Shooting - 50 Dead, 200 Injured. Worst Mass Shooting in US History

[El Porko Fako]

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I think these two intellectuals should stop trying to sound like Road Scholars and look in a fucking mirror.

Also, time and place guys. At least wait for these poor people to be buried,and let their families and friends mourn for them before you try inserting your absurd gender and racial politics into a tragedy. When Darksydephil of all people comes off as the better person and understanding individual during a mass shooting, you should really consider doing some soul searching and consider how you ended up being such a abhorrent, callous human being.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

I think we have a new candidate for the most exceptional thing said about this shooting.

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How do I get the "Horrifying" tag?
Even better, an "asshole" tag? FML...

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

How do I get the "Horrifying" tag?
Even better, an "asshole" tag? FML...

Send @Null a picture of your genitals. It's worth it.

 

[Munchingonfish]

If a Muslim killed Dobson would anyone not laugh?

 

[4Macie]

Hilary Clinton is fucking stupid. And that’s no surprise.

Had co-workers at the festival. They’re fine but apparently they didn’t realize how bad it was until they read the news. They heard the screaming of people before they heard and registered the shots. They were to safety before they really understood just what was happening.

If this guy had somehow managed to have a magical silent gun, people would have still gotten the fuck out of there when people started screaming and running.

I haven’t been able to read up on this much yet. I know ISIS claimed it but the government said they didn’t think so. Do we have a motive yet?

 

[OgreSan]

https://twitter.com/yourpalrags/status/914865216554520576

Twitter user quotes Hillary Clinton's message: "Imagine if the killer had a silencer which the NRA wants to pass"

User: "Hello, I am Hillary Clinton. I never let a good tragedy go to waste."

 

[DICKPICSRUS]

In the last 50 years we've seen the rise of radicalism in all forms of our society - from protests on through the media and the very political system we use. What's causing it is pretty hard to say, although it's very clear the effect it is having on our society is a devastating one.

We all know the answer :autism:

 

[Absolutego]

I'm sure that plays a huge role in it...but at this point in time I don't see a way the news can report this in any other way. Not to get too off topic here, but we've seen the news in Europe, for instance, trying to downplay/omit certain things and it just backfired spectacularly every time because everyone is on the internet and you can't "localize" things anymore. Same thing goes for crazy white Americans shooting up places. The news is kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place: They can't not report it because that'll seem like they try to cover things up, but reporting it might lead to more damage and copycats.

Not making your coverage salacious != not covering shootings. The media isn't being asked to memory hole shootings and omit relevant details, but to not exploit and dwell on them for cheap ratings. Report the facts about an incident, say them from the anchor's desk instead of going to a field reporter standing in front of all the sirens and crime scene tape, don't cut to a panel of talking heads speculating about their motivations and DEFINITELY don't do a piece examining the shooter's history that reads more like a morbid human interest piece than proper crime reporting. Only revisit the case if a major development happened (read major as in a new piece of legislation is being proposed because of it, or evidence of some institutional failing allowing the shooting to happen), instead of dwelling on it for weeks on end. In short, make it boring, not inaccurate.

Here's a sampling of ABC's coverage of the Pulse Nightclub shooting to give you an idea of the kind of shoddy ratings-obsessed journalism our media churns out whenever they can turn the latest case of mental illness and hatred gone wrong into a media circus:

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Nothing but baseless speculation, shooting re-enactments, haranguing distraught family members for interviews, and wealthy celebrities virtue signaling. ABC isn't even that bad in the grand scheme of things, I could post CNN clips if I really wanted to shoot fish in a barrel. One of those videos is from this summer, more than a YEAR after the incident, and it's nothing but declassified bodycam footage. How is grainy footage of the police en route to kill Omar Mateen in the public interest? How does infrared footage of them storming the back room inform the public about anything new regarding this case? You don't learn anything here, because there is no new information. It's glamorizing the shooting, it's giving the shooter free airtime to have his sulking visage plastered all over the television long after his body was already eaten by worms.

If a politician ran on the premise of gutting media conglomerates, reinstalling the fairness doctrine, and forcing some kind of public interest rule for their coverage I'd vote for them in a heartbeat. I'd rather have a crippled media that everyone perceives as too boring to listen to than the shitty reality TV ripoff that constitutes the modern press core. At least then we're just uninformed instead of misinformed.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

And yet she wants to control the shit out of them.

Except the ones used to protect her mangy ass, of course.

 

[K-7]

The most successful mass murdering women in history were nurses.

Actually, if you're refering to nurses poisoning their patients, they would be serial-killers, because they killed people in the same place but not at the same time. They could also be called spree-killers if they do it in a short amount of time (30 days to a couple of months), at the same place and the method changed.

That's my :autism: about crimes for you.

 

[fuckaidsrape]

lol still speechless that this literally happened
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[ToroidalBoat]

[Preston's Hurt Of Butt]

How is Dobson even a real person lmfao

Obama is still his president? Dobbo really can't let go of the past, can he?

Also way to use a tragedy to promote discrimination, Dobbers. So progressive.

 

[Cosmos]

Nothing but baseless speculation, shooting re-enactments, haranguing distraught family members for interviews, and wealthy celebrities virtue signaling. ABC isn't even that bad in the grand scheme of things, I could post CNN clips if I really wanted to shoot fish in a barrel.

Oh, God, my parents and I were watching CNN coverage of the attack earlier and they actually got the singer who was performing during the attack, Jason Aldean (or it could have been Jake Owen, the singer who recently left the stage; I can't remember which it was) on the phone. The interviewer really twisted the knife, saying things like "You must feel awful, being at the center of all of that" and basically trying to prey on his guilt and trauma. Seriously, the interviewer kept bringing up how guilty and upset the singer must feel.

Like, do you want him to cry or something so you can boost those sweet ratings? I feel like a kindergarten teacher for saying this, but shame on you. SHAME.

lol still speechless that this literally happened
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=eIFLXvK4yN4

This man is the hero we need.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

I'm sure that plays a huge role in it...but at this point in time I don't see a way the news can report this in any other way. Not to get too off topic here, but we've seen the news in Europe, for instance, trying to downplay/omit certain things and it just backfired spectacularly every time because everyone is on the internet and you can't "localize" things anymore. Same thing goes for crazy white Americans shooting up places. The news is kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place: They can't not report it because that'll seem like they try to cover things up, but reporting it might lead to more damage and copycats.

I think a lot of it comes from the breakdown of the family, and the stigma against seeking treatment for mental illnesses.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Obama is still his president? Dobbo really can't let go of the past, can he?

Also way to use a tragedy to promote discrimination, Dobbers. So progressive.

When's he going to complain that Trump won't go on TV and cry about the lack of gun control like Obama did?

 

[FierceBrosnan]

When's he going to complain that Trump won't go on TV and cry about the lack of gun control like Obama did?

I give it about 4 hours. Trump and the rest of the white house staff just held a national moment of silence so I'm waiting for the salt to flow about how it wasn't enough of a gesture and so on and so forth.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

the stigma against seeking treatment for mental illnesses

It's "ableist."

 

[Captain Smollett]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-attack-stephen-paddock-trnd/index.html
"The man police say killed at least 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip was a retired accountant who enjoyed playing $100-a-hand poker, his brother says."
Something tells me his latest game didn't go too well.

 

[Graffiti canvas]

Oh, God, my parents and I were watching CNN coverage of the attack earlier and they actually got the singer who was performing during the attack, Jason Aldean (or it could have been Jake Owen, the singer who recently left the stage; I can't remember which it was) on the phone. The interviewer really twisted the knife, saying things like "You must feel awful, being at the center of all of that" and basically trying to prey on his guilt and trauma. Seriously, the interviewer kept bringing up how guilty and upset the singer must feel.

Like, do you want him to cry or something so you can boost those sweet ratings? I feel like a kindergarten teacher for saying this, but shame on you. SHAME.

That one was bad, but it doesn't top the assault the guy's brother has been under. Poor dude wakes up to find his brother got the new high score and the media has been sucking his blood ever since.

 

[Funnybone]

Jesus. One of my mom's friends got shot but is OK.
She's finding out other friends were there but left early (thank god)