Why the crickets on Mississippi Burning?

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FormerBully

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The fact that he was texting his dad while committing the act is odd. Not saying the dad is complicit but I wonder what the dinner table conversations were about...
I haven't read much about this kid, but I wonder how involved the dad was in his life. What made him go search for answers on the internet? I know a lot of kids who struggled because their dad gave them money, but not time. The reason Andrew Tates, Fuentes, etc. are having such an impact in young white men is the lack of fathers taking time with their kids.
 
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horshack.sixpack

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I wonder how much social media has amplified this nonsense. It doesn't seem like being more politically oriented and believing with absolute certainty that your views make you morally superior to others increases one's well-being and happiness.
the social media echo chamber and associated algorithms are a huge component. we all like to read things that confirm how right we are in the first place and the algorithms will serve that up ad-nauseum
 

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I think there is an intersection. Hence the rhetoric we support matters. Extremism on both poles attract people on those sides with cognitive issues. For every 1000 who are just enjoying the banter of "owning" the other side, some number are ready to act on the craziest **** stated. Honestly it's a blessing that it doesn't happen more often given what we tolerate.
More of a problem is when someone states a fact and the media and people with and agenda call it racist or twist the words. That leads to more nasty rhetoric.

i can provide examples if you like!
 

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It is worrisome that this guy and the Barstool quarter thrower were both from upper middle class Jackson area families with solid private school educations and lots of advantages. I just don't remember this kind of anti-semitism when I was growing up in similar circles in the 90's. There was racism, certainly, but I don't remember much if any of it being anti-semitic.
'99-04 MSU college years for me. The amount of antisemitism in the form of Jew Jokes was wild to experience. It was really just casual language that I heard through all the years I was there. 'He Jewed me', 'big Hook over there', etc etc. Casual language that was disappointing to hear.
I heard it growing up in the 90s too, but I lived in an area with a sizable Jewish population(got Jewish holidays off of school), so I figured it was more prominently heard due to population.

It's a failure on so many levels.

I do think there is an element of this that is backlash from young, white males for constantly being told in media, movies, etc. that they are the cause of all the world's problems. I am not excusing him at all. Give him the max sentence.
For the last 10+ years I have heard about how young white males are being told by basically every outlet possible that they are to blame for everything in the world.
I think a more accurate view is that in the last 10 years there has been more responsibility assigned to a group that largely skirted blame for years. Young white males arent the cause of all the world's problems, and if anyone has actually claimed that, they are an extremist who deserves to be ignored. Its hyperbole at most.
Young white males, as a group, are just being held accountable more than they previously were.

I mean come on now- blacks and Hispanics are obviously still being blamed for all sorts of problems.
 

mstateglfr

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Tell me which you see more of. Far right Jew haters or far left?

bring the receipts
Yet another demand from you that is basically impossible to prove since all hate isnt collected and analyzed. And topping it off with 'bring receipts' is always funny, since you almost never bring receipts and live on vibes.

Anyways, here ya go- read this comment and then read the linked wiki bio of who wrote the comment.
Arguing that antisemitism is more of an issue for one side or the other side is pathetic tribalism.
One of the most striking aspects of antisemitism today is its ability to transcend traditional ideological boundaries. Simply put, antisemitism is a hatred that can be described as a horseshoe where the far-left and the far-right are closer to one another on the issue of antisemitism than they are to the center. In fact, recent studies have shown that a better predictor of antisemitism is not a right or left-wing perspective but a conspiratorial worldview and a penchant for authoritarian type of government. Rather than the right-left dichotomy, a more accurate predictor of antisemitic worldviews is the adherence to conspiratorial worldviews, anti-hierarchical aggression, and a preference for authoritarianism.
 

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Yet another demand from you that is basically impossible to prove since all hate isnt collected and analyzed. And topping it off with 'bring receipts' is always funny, since you almost never bring receipts and live on vibes.

Anyways, here ya go- read this comment and then read the linked wiki bio of who wrote the comment.
Arguing that antisemitism is more of an issue for one side or the other side is pathetic tribalism.

Wikipedia and a democrat! Thats cute.

I might even agree with you that Jew hate is even from both sides. But both sides arent' calling it out the same.

What they did on college campuses for 2 years after ISRAEL GOT ATTACKED UNPROVOKED was as awful as most things we've seen in this country. Surely not as awful as J6 though!
 

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Maybe?
More talking about the far right side of it that’s attracting young men like the kid that threw money at Portnoy outside of Boardtown.
Sooooo we are just going to forget last year happened? And the ongoing mobs of people waving Palestinian flags in the faces of Jewish citizens here in the states? Hurling insults and chanting pro Hamas slogans at synagogues and Jewish students and faculty at universities? The last one happening just a few days ago in New York?

When someone points to a "side" in this situation... that is the ramblings of the uninformed.
 

horshack.sixpack

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based on the photo captured by the FBI, the dad did not respond to anything but called the FBI instead
One thing that stands out from that screenshot - he thinks the place had cameras that cost $100k each. Not grounded in reality. I doubt the federal government has ever spent $100k on a single camera. I'm not aware of one that exists in the commercial space. Apparently, he stated at his indictment that "Jesus is Lord" as an answer to the judge. His Biblical knowledge seems lacking as torching places in the name of Jesus certainly isn't in there and Jesus was Jewish...
 

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One thing that stands out from that screenshot - he thinks the place had cameras that cost $100k each. Not grounded in reality. I doubt the federal government has ever spent $100k on a single camera. I'm not aware of one that exists in the commercial space. Apparently, he stated at his indictment that "Jesus is Lord" as an answer to the judge. His Biblical knowledge seems lacking as torching places in the name of Jesus certainly isn't in there and Jesus was Jewish...
Yea someone may want to tell him that Jesus is Lord indeed but he hasn’t made Him Lord of his life.
 
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horshack.sixpack

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Social media is accelerating the downfall of Western civilization.
I can't decide if it is exposing idiots, creating idiots, or simply providing a forum that makes easy pickings for snake oil salesmen while amplifying the voices of political opportunists. Maybe a little bit of all of it.
 

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I can't decide if it is exposing idiots, creating idiots, or simply providing a forum that makes easy pickings for snake oil salesmen while amplifying the voices of political opportunists. Maybe a little bit of all of it.
All of the above. Having a education system now that doesn't teach critical thinking skills amplifies it. The Unabomber was right about becoming slaves to technology.
 
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