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[W: #795] At least three people have been shot at the homes of Minnesota Democrats in overnight attacks by a gunman posing as cop

phoenix2020 said:
I’m thinking he’s vetting it as a possible follow-up to Obama’s birth certificate or Hunter’s laptop or the Hillary emails. You know, that thing MAGA does where they identify an innocuous macguffin and exaggerate it into the living, beating heart of some massive conspiracy theory. This might be his way of trying to get The Flyers to go viral. That said, if that is his goal, he should be advancing the theory on Fox News or Truth Social where JD or Don Jr. have a greater chance of seeing it, versus this site.
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I suspect as much, but he is of sorts of piggybacking on my originally first bringing it up earlier in the thread, so all's fair in love & war - I suppose.
 
ClaraD said:
And now you know why cops hiding their identity is a bad idea
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It's definitely a bad idea to let your guard down around anyone saying they are a cop do anything until they demonstrate it.
 
cAPSLOCK said:
Moderate dementia. That's fabulous.
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True, most Americans believe he is suffering from severe dementia, but I like to go easy on the guy. He's thin-skinned and easily triggered. The other day Elon asked him to reduce government spending and the dude nearly had an aneurysm.
 
Hello My Son said:
You also made a post saying that you didn't want to talk about it anymore, so there's that.

Anyway, the disinformation you posted was clearly disproven and corrected. Thanks for the follow-up. 👌🏾
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If you need to purr, take all the room you want. Just a note: I scoffed at notion that 57 year old don't have mental health problems. That is not "disinformation".
 
ClaraD said:
And now you know why cops hiding their identity is a bad idea
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Well, no. The reason that cops cover their faces is because there are politically driven nut jobs, like Vance Boelter, who assassinate public officials and target their families over disagreement on policy. And when a political party is calling them Nazis for performing their duties as police, the likelihood or violent response is much higher.
 
I think it is becoming clear now that he definitely was very right leaning. He was pro life, spoke against the LGBTQ community and was reportedly a Trump supporter. Mind you I'm not sure what all that means. The only thing that occurs to me is that all the angry rhetoric we hear about issues, right and left, is bound to cause those with issues to act out. When people like migrants, LGBTQ persons, politicians, protesters and police are demonized it creates hate and hate can create violence. Perhaps, but not likely, the President could set the example and toe down his rhetoric.
 
braindrain said:
I get you are confused and struggling with reality but I am not your dad. Thankfully.

You are more then welcome to look up my posts on Jan 6 but I doing want reality to get in the way of your silly little rant.
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This is where I don't believe you. You acknowledge that you are my 'dad'. You just use your voice to hurt because your daddie hurt you and you never told him anything, so that's why you hurt. I'm here to help you.

And, I don't need to look back to your posts on Jan 6th, when you showcase where you stand today. You can't hide, MAGA.
 
reinaert said:
If you need to purr, take all the room you want. Just a note: I scoffed at notion that 57 year old don't have mental health problems. That is not "disinformation".
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Incorrect. You called another poster wrong when they said it’s not typical for people to lose their mind in their 50s even though that poster was correct.

Then you proceeded to make a bunch of easily disprovable claims about mental illness while demonstrating a cocky and condescending attitude, which only worsened when I proved you wrong.

From now on, you could just choose to post in good faith, make informed instead of uninformed posts, and not get so reactive when someone dares to disagree with you and/or proves you wrong.

You’re the one who chose to post false claims, after all. Nobody forced you to do it.
 
These families are forever ruined.

The party of family values should be screaming.
 
Callen said:
I think it is becoming clear now that he definitely was very right leaning. He was pro life, spoke against the LGBTQ community and was reportedly a Trump supporter. Mind you I'm not sure what all that means. The only thing that occurs to me is that all the angry rhetoric we hear about issues, right and left, is bound to cause those with issues to act out. When people like migrants, LGBTQ persons, politicians, protesters and police are demonized it creates hate and hate can create violence. Perhaps, but not likely, the President could set the example and toe down his rhetoric.
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Totally agree with this.

And I don't think the president is going to set the example that you and I both would like to see.

And for the most part, no politicians really ever do, nor does the media, Fox News, MSNBC, social media, Twitter, bluesky. There's just too much power and money in leading the devotees of whatever side around by the nose with all of these information sources blasting at us 24-7.

I do wonder if this guy has any mental health records that will come to light over time.

The whole thing is just awful.
 
cAPSLOCK said:
I do wonder if this guy has any mental health records that will come to light over time.
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I think everyone can agree anyone who would do this is not mentally well. However, that cannot be used as an excuse. He apparently had all the mental capacity required to form and execute a plan. Having issues is not the same as being able to differentiate right from wrong and legal from illegal. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Having said that, we all know there are people who are not balanced mentally which why it makes it even more important that language, especially from leadership and the media, is clear and free from nasty rhetoric that demonizes people or magnifies issues beyond a reasonable level.
 
Callen said:
I think everyone can agree anyone who would do this is not mentally well. However, that cannot be used as an excuse. He apparently had all the mental capacity required to form and execute a plan. Having issues is not the same as being able to differentiate right from wrong and legal from illegal. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Having said that, we all know there are people who are not balanced mentally which why it makes it even more important that language, especially from leadership and the media, is clear and free from nasty rhetoric that demonizes people or magnifies issues beyond a reasonable level.
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Yeah. I don't rally mean that as an excuse for him. I hope they get him alive and he faces the music (presuming a conviction which seems highly likely).

But this is one of those "nobody saw it coming" things. The poor roommate seemed entirely short circuited by it all...
 
His good friend also being called a roommate in that house was a bit confusing given Boelter is married and photos of his home have been shown.

Apparently he rented a room there and stayed there when he traveled to a job he had.



 
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What happened is an inevitable consequence of the hateful rhetoric coming from right-wing media outlets and Trump himself. I hope Trump supporters come to their senses and realize the damage they are causing to our country with their insane, polarizing, violent, hateful language. Trump has convinced his supporters that their political opponents are enemies, not fellow citizens.

We must also recognize the outright refusal on the part of Trump supporters to acknowledge the crimes of one of their own is a common far right tactic. This has always been a very common strategy amongst the far-right, fascist regimes of the past. It is well known that fascists would often engage in violence they would blame on other groups. Notice how so many of them try their best to lean on conspiracy theories, trying to deflect criticism from themselves. Notice how few of them accept responsibility for what a member of their side did. Notice how few of them offer up any practical solutions to the problem Trump and right-wing media is causing. Until they change their ways there will be many more people like Vance Boelter.
 
W_Heisenberg said:
What happened is an inevitable consequence of the hateful rhetoric coming from right-wing media outlets and Trump himself. I hope Trump supporters come to their senses and realize the damage they are causing to our country with their insane, polarizing, violent, hateful language. Trump has convinced his supporters that their political opponents are enemies, not fellow citizens.

We must also recognize the outright refusal on the part of Trump supporters to acknowledge the crimes of one of their own is a common far right tactic. This has always been a very common strategy amongst the far-right, fascist regimes of the past. It is well known that fascists would often engage in violence they would blame on other groups. Notice how so many of them try their best to lean on conspiracy theories, trying to deflect criticism from themselves. Notice how few of them accept responsibility for what a member of their side did. Notice how few of them offer up any practical solutions to the problem Trump and right-wing media is causing. Until they change their ways there will be many more people like Vance Boelter.
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No she aligned herself in a vote on a bill with the Republicans. The assassin had a bunch of no kings papers in his car. He had worked for a long time for Tim Walz. You Lefties have a lot of crazy people blocking highways, burning cars, smashing windows and killing people. Maybe you guys could tone it down a little.
 
W_Heisenberg said:
What happened is an inevitable consequence of the hateful rhetoric coming from right-wing media outlets and Trump himself. I hope Trump supporters come to their senses and realize the damage they are causing to our country with their insane, polarizing, violent, hateful language. Trump has convinced his supporters that their political opponents are enemies, not fellow citizens.

We must also recognize the outright refusal on the part of Trump supporters to acknowledge the crimes of one of their own is a common far right tactic. This has always been a very common strategy amongst the far-right, fascist regimes of the past. It is well known that fascists would often engage in violence they would blame on other groups. Notice how so many of them try their best to lean on conspiracy theories, trying to deflect criticism from themselves. Notice how few of them accept responsibility for what a member of their side did. Notice how few of them offer up any practical solutions to the problem Trump and right-wing media is causing. Until they change their ways there will be many more people like Vance Boelter.
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Another very long, tall tale.
He isn't one of ours.
 
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