(05-09-2023, 10:40 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(05-09-2023, 09:56 AM)mikesez Wrote: I've told you my media consumption habits.  I only read news. If someone is reading the news to you, they are manipulating you.  Full stop. Also, I've taken cnn.com off my list because they want me to register and frankly they're not worth it.  I subscribe to the Atlantic, the Economist, National Affairs and The Dispatch.  Of the four, The Dispatch is the only one I read thoroughly, and The Atlantic is the only one that regularly dabbles in emotional manipulation. Not coincidentally it's the one I read the least thoroughly. I do some NPR podcasts but not news ones.  Occasionally I check ap.com but that's a little scattershot.  They have no obvious agenda but they also have no obvious organization to their site.

Who cares what you consume? That has nothing to do with my point about your hypocrisy. LibsofTikTok did not make this shooter any more than the legacy media. This dude has mental issues, but we're supposed to believe white supremacy is this evil force in America, converting Mexicans into neo-Nazis' that target and kill white people. There is nothing coherent in that story at all. It's pure gaslighting. 

Here's the story: Man with mental issues shoots up mall. Same is true for the Trans shooter. Same is true for the Columbine shooters. 

White Supremacy is a red herring. His race is a red herring. His victims are a red herring. When a crime is based solely off an ideology, it should be part of the story. Otherwise, it's fodder for the weak-minded.