Current Events > Families of Florida school shooting are now receiving death threats

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https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/967806841051930624

Over a dozen different families of victims from the school shooting in Florida have now reported that they have received regular death threats since the shooting.

This is how ugly this country is.

They lost loved ones.

And are now receiving death threats.

...because Americans would rather believe a school shooting was faked rather than think about how to responsibly handle guns?
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peaceful and accepting conservatives

Goddammit, it was only a matter of time with the psychos in this country.
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deplorable fucks
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I have zero reason to believe anything Shaun King says, but even if he's actually telling the truth, this is more evidence that online death threats are completely meaningless, happen to everyone for nearly everything, and need to be treated as such.
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I don't know who Shaun King is or how credible he is. I saw this tweet posted elsewhere.
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lol, of course they are.

conservatives are just the bestest.
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Bass_X0 posted...

I don't know who Shaun King is or how credible he is. I saw this tweet posted elsewhere.

He's an opportunist and provocateur. He'll say anything about any tragedy if it makes his political opponents look bad. Like a black Milo Yiannopoulos.
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Even if that's true about him, I believe what he said actually happened and and should be seen as a bad thing that happened in response to the shootings. It shouldn't simply be dismissed as being part of Shaun King's agenda.
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s0nicfan posted...

I have zero reason to believe anything Shaun King says, but even if he's actually telling the truth, this is more evidence that online death threats are completely meaningless, happen to everyone for nearly everything, and need to be treated as such.

Ignoring death threats and red flags is precisely the reason that shooting happened in the first place, and I'm almost positive I've seen you rip on the FBI in other topics for that same reason.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

s0nicfan posted...

I have zero reason to believe anything Shaun King says, but even if he's actually telling the truth, this is more evidence that online death threats are completely meaningless, happen to everyone for nearly everything, and need to be treated as such.

Ignoring death threats and red flags is precisely the reason that shooting happened in the first place, and I'm almost positive I've seen you rip on the FBI in other topics for that same reason.

Ignoring actionable death threats reported by people who knew the shooter personally is completely different from anonymous threats made by strangers online. Are you seriously going to argue that they're the same thing?
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The student survivors are criticizing the NRA, obviously they are crises actors. No other explanation.
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USA is really messed up sometimes.
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Is anyone surprised by this? Happens every fucking shooting

Conflict posted...

s0nicfan posted...

I have zero reason to believe anything Shaun King says, but even if he's actually telling the truth, this is more evidence that online death threats are completely meaningless, happen to everyone for nearly everything, and need to be treated as such.

Jesus christ

What's so wrong with what I said? Plenty of people have come out over the years to point out they get death threats basically daily. Actors. Comedians. Politicians. Individuals. On both sides of the aisle. It's never a good thing, and less of it would be good, but it happens so we shouldn't pretend it doesn't so we can politicize it to push our personal agendas.
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