Re: Where the fuck is the NRA?

!Jones <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 
 
> They do not understand simple logic and the scientific method.  We
> have no evidence that Pretti did *not* brandish a gun because no gun
> was seen in any of the many video recordings until well after the
> fact.  The issue goes to defining the "null hypothesis" (a.k.a. "the
> burden of proof" in legalese.) I.e.: what is accepted to be true given
> insufficient evidence showing it to be false.
> 
If he had brandshed the gun, the videos would have recorded it. We have 
some very good video that shows definitivly that he did not brandish a 
gun.

OTOH, as one podcaster pointed out, the ICE picture of the gun (why was 
the barrel bent?) was taken on the seat of a vehicle, while we do have 
some evidence that a gun was taken from the pile-on, we have no evidence 
that the one in the picture was the one taken from the pile-on nor do we 
have evidence that it was Pretti's gun.

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 Creators and communities everywhere take a stand against ICE

Source: The Verge

The tenor on social media and Reddit took an even sharper turn yesterday, 
following the killing of Alex Pretti by ICE. Even the moderator of 
normally politics-free r/catbongos (a subreddit “Where gentlemen, 
gentlewomen, and gentlethems of quality gather to watch cats being played 
like bongos”) spokeout in a post where they declared that “If you still 
support Trump/ICE even slightly, you’re not welcome in this sub.”

That quilters on Instagram or a Facebook account dedicated to New England 
gravestones have decided enough, is enough, is one thing. But, judging 
from the comments, it seems like the government has lost the support of 
r/military as well. The subreddit is filled with angry posters decrying 
that “this is exactly what tyranny looks like” and sharing memes mocking 
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. One poster claiming to be an active 
member of the U.S. Army who has served for 21 years said, “these guys are 
against all we stand for as Americans. Modern day brownshirts.”

-snip-

Canadian musician bbno$ decided to break his silence, even if it risked 
his visa and his current U.S. tour, to throw his support behind the 
abolish ICE movement. Even Thoren Bradley, the Axe Man himself, whose 
whole schtick is being a ripped rural dude who chops wood, has decided to 
call out the hypocrisy of the Christian conservatives to his 10.7 million 
followers.

That creators like Hank Green are speaking out is no surprise. But when 
fitness influencers, duck-painting TikTokers, football subreddits, and 
even Second Amendment rights activists have finally broken their silence, 
it seems like the government has lost control of the narrative. No matter 
how hard they try to spin it.

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/policy/867451/creators-and-
communities-take-a-stand-against-ice



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