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NNguyenMD

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24. It's not news it's a reaction and opinion, just like any of...

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #23)

Sat May 17, 2025, 10:46 PM

May 17

These other jokers on social media

We should be in an arms race for attention. I didn’t create the current system but this is the new world of getting people to pay attention, to react and sway them for you or against them.

The truth is great, everyone wants the truth. But you need to be the loudest angriest most provocative mother fucker to get people’s attention

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Explosion rocks Palm Springs reproductive health facility [View all] RandySF May 17 OP

Car bomb? MarineCombatEngineer May 17 #1

AgendaFree is now covering it live (youtube link) eShirl May 17 #2

Judging by what I'm seeing in the video, MarineCombatEngineer May 17 #3

It was a car bomb. WhiskeyGrinder May 17 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 May 17 #5

Disgruntled customer? Mosby May 17 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal May 17 #14

Like someone who spent a fortune with fertility treatments Mosby May 17 #15

A lot of possibilities Renew Deal May 17 #17

Mental illness or typical tourist behavior? IronLionZion May 17 #7

So a crazy pro lifer? RJ-MacReady May 17 #8

The place specialized in IVF and surrogacy. Igel May 17 #10

pro life extremists RJ-MacReady May 17 #11

More like the exact opposite LoveSucky May 18 #29

I don't think so RJ-MacReady May 18 #30

The bomber was a anti Natalist/pro mortalist LoveSucky May 18 #32

Update. It's a bomb. bronxiteforever May 17 #9

Looks like pro job: shaped charge into clinic, vehicle blown back to garbage bins at back, not much sideways force. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #22

MAGA did this, period the end NNguyenMD May 17 #12

Link? Renew Deal May 17 #16

You want to be a party that can control a narrative, then NNguyenMD May 17 #18

That's not controlling the narative Renew Deal May 17 #19

Controlling narrative without facts is most likely to blow up in your face Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #23

It's not news it's a reaction and opinion, just like any of... NNguyenMD May 17 #24

You did NOT state it as an opinion. You stated it with finality. Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #25

Premature conclusions are most likely to be flat out wrong. You have nothing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #20

Why? One wonders/ Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 17 #13

Most likely 1) Angry customer, 2) Jilted partner, 3) maga thought "abortion clinic", 4) anti-IVF christian absolutist Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #21

Or a religious or political group that oppose in vitro fertilization. We'll learn more Emile May 18 #31

Maybe an EV battery blew up k_buddy762 May 17 #26

No way. EV batteries burn, they don't explode other than a burst of flame out at the start Bernardo de La Paz May 17 #27

That was sarcasm k_buddy762 May 18 #33

Okay, thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 18 #34

Last report I saw Mountainguy May 18 #28