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In reply to the discussion: White Privilege is committing the largest shooting in American history and being fondly memorialized [View all]LovingA2andMI
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How was he a radical? He had 18 Guns/Rifles In His HOTEL ROOM and Used At Least One or More Of Them To KILL and MAME People. That's Radical:
Stephen Paddock was Radical as he used an EXTREME Condition (An Automatic Rifle - likely more than one), to change an Institution (people enjoying an outdoor concert is an Institution), to change a habit or condition (habit of individuals feeling generally safe at a concert or normally in the condition of feeling safe at a concert).
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How is this terrorism? He had 18 Guns/Rifles In His HOTEL ROOM and Used At Least One or More Of Them To KILL and MAME upwards of 2000 People attending an outdoor concert and that was his clear intention. That's Terrorism.
Stephen Paddock, a Privileged White Male, with upwards of 18 guns/automatic rifles, used at least one or more of those rifles to fire into a crowd of upwards of 2000 innocent individuals, attending an outdoor country music concert, using violence to achieve Stephen Paddock's goal of KILLING and MAMING PEOPLE.
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Radical Definition: "favoring extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or institutions." Per Merriam-Webster.
Stephen Paddock was Radical as he used an EXTREME Condition (An Automatic Rifle - likely more than one), to change an Institution (people enjoying an outdoor concert is an Institution), to change a habit or condition (habit of individuals feeling generally safe at a concert or normally in the condition of feeling safe at a concert).
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How is this terrorism? He had 18 Guns/Rifles In His HOTEL ROOM and Used At Least One or More Of Them To KILL and MAME upwards of 2000 People attending an outdoor concert and that was his clear intention. That's Terrorism.
Terrorism Definition (For Students), "the use of violence as a means of achieving a goal." Per Merriam-Webster.
Stephen Paddock, a Privileged White Male, with upwards of 18 guns/automatic rifles, used at least one or more of those rifles to fire into a crowd of upwards of 2000 innocent individuals, attending an outdoor country music concert, using violence to achieve Stephen Paddock's goal of KILLING and MAMING PEOPLE.
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White Privilege is committing the largest shooting in American history and being fondly memorialized [View all]
HipChick
Oct 2017
OP
I think they're rather trying to draw on the stark difference that he was perfectly "normal" and
JoeStuckInOH
Oct 2017
#1
No...that's not what the intent is...is the constrast of how a non-white is depicted
HipChick
Oct 2017
#2
are you saying if this latest shooter had a record of arrest and drug use it would not be mentioned?
Skittles
Oct 2017
#23
It will be brought up eventually. There are already some posts about how his father was on
Aristus
Oct 2017
#26
I understand there is racism but the example provided in the OP is utterly ridiculous
Skittles
Oct 2017
#29
I think they're calling attention to the fact that he seemed to have it all, and yet....
Honeycombe8
Oct 2017
#54
The Mike Brown stuff didn't come out for about a week after he was killed.
Ace Rothstein
Oct 2017
#61
So you are calling Chelsea Clinton disgusting and saying she should have rough sex with Alex Jones?
HipChick
Oct 2017
#68