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Sam · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 9088

There's two things I keep hearing after the fact on these bombings which make me want to slap people so hard they lose the ability to speak

1. People are claiming that the manhunt's recommendation to stay indoors was "martial law" enforced on the city, and saying, verbatim, that this represents the "largest violation of civil rights in US history"

2. Conspiracy shits claiming this was a false flag attack, like sandy hook

WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11628 Location: Unknown Kaddath

I am, luckily enough, able to avoid most of the "BOO ISLAM! ISLAM ENCOURAGES TERRORISTISMS!" crap in my day-to-day life, but for those less fortunate than I it's important to point out that the Tsarnaev brothers were actually extremely radicalized compared to their religious peers who were pro-American moderates. The older brother started going into fits when his mosque wanted to celebrate MLK Jr. Day or when the halal deli offered turkey for Thanksgiving. Virtually every other Muslim they associated with seems to have been no different from the average Christian in terms of extremism or radical tendencies. They were not the product of a religious environment that fostered suicide bombers, they were instead going against the grain in their own community and family lives. It's telling that their new-found zealousness and the direction it took was so starkly opposed to that of the people they had grown up with. Something to keep in mind the next time some dickwad spouts off about how this attack was obviously the result of the Islamic religion.

Arc Tempest · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4716 Location: Oregon

Bart · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 1572

If you look at the arguments that are used by the conspiracy theorists, it's clear that they're going to see "proof" of government involvement as soon as a family member in the third degree of a government employee is within hearing distance of an incident.

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Finnegan · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:36 pm Post subject:

I don't understand why it's relevant that they received welfare benefits in the past. am I missing something?
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stripeypants · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:03 pm Post subject:

Tha NASA rovers have accidentally drawn a giant dick on Mars.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/24/nasa_penis_mars/
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stripeypants · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject:

Rhode Island is getting gay married! Just have to wait for the governor to sign the bill (And he said he would.)

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2013/04/rhode_island_senate_votes_in_f.html

So now all of New England has marriage equality.
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Darqcyde · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:48 pm Post subject:

Alpha Aim · Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Posts: 88

Ah, thanks for that. I thought the rover got confused (or some NASA employees were fighting over the remote).
Will someone get fired over that I wonder?
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