NZ terrorist attack

[Eoin McLove]

Two mosques attacked,  forty people killed,  four people arrested.  What an ugly piece of news to wake up to.  It's interesting to see an attack on Islam where the perpetrators use a similar modus operandi to extremist Islamist terrorists,  but it is perhaps more interesting to note that so few have happened thus far. Hopefully it's not a sign of things to come. 

[Ollkiller]

Shocking stuff altogether. Fucking nutjob. Moral is don't let crazy access to weapons. But at least our saviour Gemma has got the truth. Using any tragedy for her own personal gain. Vile.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=760538310991837&id=100011070254271&anchor_composer=false

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2019/03/15/shitposting-inspirational-terrorism-and-the-christchurch-mosque-massacre/

Good analysis here.

[Eoin McLove]

Unreal.

[Eoin McLove]

Is 8chan simply a place for people to 'hang out' who are unable to function with real people?

[Pedrito]

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2019/03/15/shitposting-inspirational-terrorism-and-the-christchurch-mosque-massacre/

Good analysis here.

Charles Manson tried to start a race war with the Helter Skelter murders. An uncanny resemblance to the ideas talked about in that article. Awful stuff, but I fear it's not the last we'll see of this type of thing from either Islamic extremists or twats like this guy. What annoys me somewhat is the political capital some are already getting out of it. Can't they park the party politics for just one day and be sincere at least?

[Caomhaoin]

Totally Pete.

BBC/CNN immediately using it to bash conservativism/the right, and how social media platforms haven't done enough to delete 'alt-right' accounts.

According to his manifesto, he doesn't identify as a conservative, he's an 'eco-fascist' whatever the hell that is. He's clearly a very confused and disturbed individual who has commited an atrocious mass killing based on some distorted anti Islamic ideas, the process beginning with a trip to Europe and buying into the cultural/ethnic dilution conspiracy theory, yon 'great replacement' bullshit.

I don't see the need to name drop Donald Trump et al achieves, other than further entrenchment on both sides.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Have a look at the link I posted Kev. Interesting angle, deeper than plain anti-Islam, quite disturbing, Black Mirror-esque.

[hellfire]

There was already a crackdown of conservatives from most of the major tech players. This won't help. Oddly enough he listed Candice Owens as an inspiration. Proper screwball. No doubt it will inspire other fucked up peopl to copy him.

[John Kimble]

I don't see the need to name drop Donald Trump et al achieves, other than further entrenchment on both sides.

This kind of nonsense was evident on Matt Cooper this evening (why I listen to this shite when it winds me up, I don't know). Apparently the shooter made a reference to Donald Trump in his rambling 79 page manifesto, in that he rated him symbolically but not as a person or a politician (or words to that effect). So not a ringing endorsement exactly. One reference in a 79 page document hardly marks him out as a major influence either, but hey, let's fuel the hysteria regardless.

[Caomhaoin]

I am 'right wing' but the correlation of my (moderate) politics with this is totally nonsensical. The killing of 50 odd people by a screwball should be reported as is, but this  sidelining the action in favour of bullshitting about social media censorship is nauseating.

Yer man Tommy Robinson is getting flak left right and centre because of a perceived solidarity with this murderer. Journalism is at its lowest ever ebb.

[Pedrito]

It's football terrace journalism. Any sense of moderation gone out the fucking window. The industry has a huge amount to answer for in terms of it's stoking of animosity on all sides. Every second piece you read has a sly dig at someone or another. RTE gone down the feminist articles route like a good thing. Have a read of top 10' in terms of books.etc on the BBC and out of 10 books you might have 2 or 3 by men. It's got nothing to do with Islam but it's certainly a symptom of the wider slant these media.outlets take om things. Then you have the locos like Fox.news and CNN...horrendous stuff. We've had massive atrocities in Europe: Bataclan etc and the NZ attack is just as sick and just as despicable..let's hope there's a hell for this cunt to rot in. However, we're going to be hit with loads of far right, neo nazi stuff now for the next few months. Yes, they're around, the mongoloid cunts, but they are a tiny minority and certainly don't have any place in more nuanced conversations around immigration for example. All that said, I hope something good can come of this and bring communities closer..bloody awful stuff.

[Caomhaoin]

It's gone to the point where being a moderate conservative is counter culture now.

I don't envy the young lads anymore, god knows what kind of Orwellian gaff they are going to inherit.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Sorry about your sensibilities and all, but do you not think the right-wing appropriation of the event has been a little bit more concerning than that by the left? Not disparaging the general issue of polarization at all, but, y'know, just worth keeping in mind how it looks when you complain about a speck of dust on one side while there's a huge plank sticking out of the alt-right's eye (Milo, Fraser Anning, etc., and their idiotic responses to the tragedy).

[Caomhaoin]

A few youtubers vs the BBC/CNN spin? I'm certain of which is more dangerous, yeah.