Mass shooting at Orlando gay nightclub [50 dead, 53 injured]
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paperboywriter
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why?
It's infuriating at this point.
I have no problems with people talking about his specific gun or the laws revolving around semi automatic rifles or whatever. The general "guns need to be banned" vs "I love my guns" bullshit could just go elsewhere.
We don't need another 20 pages about the benefits of banning guns vs your right to bare arms.
Yes we all know without guns there wouldn't be shootings. Yes we all know guns don't kill people people kill people. Take that shit to PMs or another thread.
It's the same shit every time.
Arrogant Bastard
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I don't think it is human nature to want to see people getting murdered while screaming and crying for their lives. Sorry.
I don't need those images in my head, I know what happened that is more than enough.
BreezyLimbo
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what a fucked country.Because homophobia is a complex subject. You can't "ban" how people think, you have to gradually change how they think, and society is pushing forward on addressing it on every possible level. Even the president of the USA declared this to be LGBT pride month. Homophobia is still a massive problem, but acceptance is rising at an unprecedented rate. Progress is being made.
Guns, on the other hand, are some sacred cow that can't be addressed.
bangbang i'm a timpani
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deleting those two subs, sanders, clinton and trump related ones makes the website 10x better
Eighty Deuce
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People are lashing out at anything because the current shooting goes against the narrative that left wing politics stand for.
1. religiously motivated
2. Will be used for the Muslim debate
3. Shooter targeted democratic base (LGBT)
3. Shooter was an trained security guard
4. Registered democrat http://voters.findthedata.com/l/28019600/Omar-Mir-Seddique-Mateen
So trying to shift focus on a religious Twitter post from a republican on a Sunday is just blindly lashing out when everything you stand for comes into question.
ElephantEyelash
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Thanks, I was looking for that but couldn't find it.
To the other poster asking why she is being interviewed, I totally agree. On one hand, I guess it helps her get the word out if anyone has any information, but yeah, seems exploitative as hell. Just a terrible situation all around.
Enter the Dragon Punch
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Reddit is a fucking mess right now. The /r/all is dominated by fear mongering posts about how this is the fault of Islam, not guns. And how it's lying solely on the shoulders of the left for not hating Islam.
Audioboxer
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Just remember him being legit pissed and upset at one of the last ones he had to hold. Interested to see how he responds now, even if it is the same old.
Majukun
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and what exactly your active way of doing this would be?I'm open to a plan if you think it's possible to accellerate the process,just don't see how.
water_wendi
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Like increased profits for gun manufacturers? The higher the bodycount the bigger the spike in gun/ammo sales.
SomedayTheFire
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Original posts were full of homophobic comments.
partyphone
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reddit is a garbage site run by shitty children
Tal Shiar Agent
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50 people. 50 fucking people.... We don't need guns. The British aren't going to invade. The South will not rise again. The Indians won't be raiding our settlements. We should have ended this madness when 20 little children were gunned down.
The Second Amendment needs a new look in SCOTUS or it needs repealed.
No one should have guns in their home unless they are a member of law enforcement, the National Guard, the US Military, or a well regulated militia. If people want to go hunting they should be able to borrow a single-shot rifle from a state armory with intense security measures.
The Second Amendment needs a new look in SCOTUS or it needs repealed.
No one should have guns in their home unless they are a member of law enforcement, the National Guard, the US Military, or a well regulated militia. If people want to go hunting they should be able to borrow a single-shot rifle from a state armory with intense security measures.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/154529/Half-Americans-Support-Legal-Gay-Marriage.aspx
According to this poll, 12% of non religious people opposed gay marriage in 2012 (vs 47% for Catholics)
http://www.chron.com/news/article/T...ts-reap-what-8076147.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile
Dan Patrick is a piece of garbage.
Dan Patrick is a piece of garbage.
Doc Holliday
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way to fuck over two minority groups in one horrific act.
An absolute nightmare.
I'm guessing because of the copious amount of hatred displayed in the comments.
Sho_Nuff82
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If it is an act of terrorism it should be treated as such. If it's a lone radicalized nut job acting on behalf of religion (like the marathon bombers), that's still something that needs to be addressed.
There is a megathread stuck to the top of /r/news with over 3k comments.
It set the conversation in terms of Saturday morning cartoons.
Why I really don't like Reddit, or specifically default subs. Moderators get too full of themselves and think they have to control everything.
Wow at that trump comment bellow
This is really really really naive.
excelsiorlef
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Man the difference between Clinton and Trump's reaction to this is night and day.
Clinton:
Trump:
Trump can't even express condolences and then immediately gets back to attacking Clinton.
Clinton:
Trump:
Trump can't even express condolences and then immediately gets back to attacking Clinton.
Red Arremer
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Over 100 victims, 50 straight dead? Holy shit. :/ My condolences to everyone who lost friends or family, and I hope the death count does not go up any further.
In most European countries they're banned from donating blood entirely.
In most European countries they're banned from donating blood entirely.
everyday math
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Fuck me. Fuck this countries gun mentality.
Nothing will.
biggersmaller
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I are you talking about the Islamic "religion of peace" conservative right or the Christian "religion of peace" conservative right?
Frankly, I would hope any group would mourn the loss of life and push for stricter gun laws. Sadly, that is but a fantasy.
That's a sad prospect.
At this rate only a a dictator with absolute power would be able to do something about this.
JetBlackPanda
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This is exactly that Obama was talking about. It's easier to get someone on a no fly list then it is to limit a gun purchase. It's a fucking joke.
As a foreigner there's nothing I can say that's been said already so many times. A ban on the civilian possesion of guns would make your country such a better place to live in. For the sake of past and future victims of gun violence I hope you all realise that sooner rather than later.
I expect you to continue debating about mental illness and consumption of violent media forever though.
I expect you to continue debating about mental illness and consumption of violent media forever though.
Corronchilejano
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Better than telling people that getting shot was their fault for being a fan of the man.
There is no shortage of non-religious homophobia. I have seen homophobic atheists focus on it being an evolutionary dead end, personally disgusting, claims of pedophilia, and fear of being treated the way they treat women as focuses for their homophobia. No shortage of violence in the rhetoric either. So I absolutely believe that this act of homophobic act of domestic terrorism is not necessarily religiously motivated.
Frozenprince
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No. It kinda isn't.
partyphone
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yeah i go to gay clubs all the time. they're so much better than straight clubs.
There's no threshold wherein the political and cultural landscape of the US shifts to the point it becomes acceptable to control firearms. 500, 1000 kids, it doesn't matter.
It has a been green megathread stickied to the top of the news page
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/4nql8f/orlando_nightclub_shooting_megathread/
I know hating on reddit is the cool thing but there is no need to make stuff up.
DiipuSurotu
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But there's a sticky megathread about it at r/news? (haven't checked the other sub)
What? GTFO.
People are lashing out because they are upset, not because their worldview is being turned upside down because as you frame it, one of their own committed this atrocity.
You are a bizzare person.
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