Things go boom

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

I haven't seen anything on my feed. Being in the UK probably helps.. someone did post something a bit graphic, but warned folks and it was just a link.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Yeah im actually kinda glad that facebook pics show up as indescernible pixelated messes. And as useless as fb usually is it was very handy today and i was glad to see so many people posting or liking. It let me know they were ok.

[Banned User 1]

Anarchists don't do this kind of thing, they haven't since the depression.  And even if they still did a marathon is not a target they'd go for.  It'd be something connected to power.

This.

I'm betting right wing nutjob.

What makes this a more attractive target for a right winger than for an anarchist?

I mean, wouldn't a righty's ideology make this action seem loathsome for being an attack against his countrymen?  It doesnt really jive with any of the right propaganda ive ever read...barring ueber-nuts groups like white nationalists (ok no euphemisms...nazis) or abortion-bombers...

My point is, a crazy anarchist could be equally responsible as a crazy right-winger...both would be attacking a not-so-ideal target if we go off of their politics, and both would share the aspect of crazy...

A few things.  One is Anarchists don't bomb any longer, they tried it, it didn't work, and they don't do it.  If one went off the rails and decided to bomb something they'd at least have picked a police station or a local bank, not a street at the end of a marathon which is actually more work than the previous two due to heightened security.

As far as right winger we can kind of assume the person is uber nuts, since they're bombing people, so your "barring ueber nuts" bit doesn't really make sense.  Unless bombing is mainstream in the right wing.  Also, those people aren't his country men, they are unamerican liberal homo loving socialists who his country would be better off without.

I think we're both oversimplifying the right to some degree. Im excluding the "bad" parts of the right (those who would have done this to spite those liberal homo loving socialists), because i am of the right and wish not to lump myself in with such scum...

You seem to be excluding the "good" part of the right (those that would have chosen targets more similar to your loose-cannon anarchist and minimalised casualties to his compatriots) in order to disentangle anarchism.


Tl;dr i think we have similar motives for our arguments from different sides of the table...

[LMNO]

Or, you could wait until this all shakes out before you begin building any sand castles.

[Pergamos]

Anarchists don't do this kind of thing, they haven't since the depression.  And even if they still did a marathon is not a target they'd go for.  It'd be something connected to power.

This.

I'm betting right wing nutjob.

What makes this a more attractive target for a right winger than for an anarchist?

I mean, wouldn't a righty's ideology make this action seem loathsome for being an attack against his countrymen?  It doesnt really jive with any of the right propaganda ive ever read...barring ueber-nuts groups like white nationalists (ok no euphemisms...nazis) or abortion-bombers...

My point is, a crazy anarchist could be equally responsible as a crazy right-winger...both would be attacking a not-so-ideal target if we go off of their politics, and both would share the aspect of crazy...

A few things.  One is Anarchists don't bomb any longer, they tried it, it didn't work, and they don't do it.  If one went off the rails and decided to bomb something they'd at least have picked a police station or a local bank, not a street at the end of a marathon which is actually more work than the previous two due to heightened security.

As far as right winger we can kind of assume the person is uber nuts, since they're bombing people, so your "barring ueber nuts" bit doesn't really make sense.  Unless bombing is mainstream in the right wing.  Also, those people aren't his country men, they are unamerican liberal homo loving socialists who his country would be better off without.

I think we're both oversimplifying the right to some degree. Im excluding the "bad" parts of the right (those who would have done this to spite those liberal homo loving socialists), because i am of the right and wish not to lump myself in with such scum...

You seem to be excluding the "good" part of the right (those that would have chosen targets more similar to your loose-cannon anarchist and minimalised casualties to his compatriots) in order to disentangle anarchism.


Tl;dr i think we have similar motives for our arguments from different sides of the table...

As I said before, I'm assuming the "good" parts of the right wouldn't have bombed anyone. 

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

LMNO, Roger, I'm sorry if my earlier comments were out of line...

I got a nagging feeling that I dun fucked up.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Im excluding the "bad" parts of the right (those who would have done this to spite those liberal homo loving socialists), because i am of the right and wish not to lump myself in with such scum...

If it was the right, it was the bad part of the right.  I don't think anyone believes that the average conservative would do some monstrous shit like this.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

LMNO, Roger, I'm sorry if my earlier comments were out of line...

I got a nagging feeling that I dun fucked up.

No, no, Pix, you're aces.  No worries.

The problem is in my head, not your words.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Or, you could wait until this all shakes out before you begin building any sand castles.

It's human nature to speculate.  The quick and dirty answer to this is that it was done by a complete dickhead, aka Eric Rudolph, and no political or religious philosophy is, as a whole, to blame.  Except, once or twice, those Aum Shinrikyo shitbags.

[Ben Shapiro]

The conspiracy is floating around about a guy "seen" on a rooftop while the explosion happened.
Courtesy of the HFT community.

The sons of bitches couldn't give Boston one fucking day.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The conspiracy is floating around about a guy "seen" on a rooftop while the explosion happened.
Courtesy of the HFT community.

The sons of bitches couldn't give Boston one fucking day.

Fuck those assholes.  This is porn to them.

I had some conspiracy nut here saying "But Alex Jones said they were doing drills in Boston not too long ago".  Yeah, like ALL THE TIME SINCE 911.

They did drills here in Tucson, and I notice a distinct lack of explosions.  Outside of my pants, anyway.

[Banned User 1]

Im excluding the "bad" parts of the right (those who would have done this to spite those liberal homo loving socialists), because i am of the right and wish not to lump myself in with such scum...

If it was the right, it was the bad part of the right.  I don't think anyone believes that the average conservative would do some monstrous shit like this.

Meh, guess im just fear mongering. I mean, i hear people say "the right did this", and then think about my own personal beliefs, its kinda disconcerting because you get this feeling that people may start associating your belief systems with domestic terror.

Perhaps this is how muslims felt after the coinage of that term "islamist"....


I see what you mean though roger...

[LMNO]

LMNO, Roger, I'm sorry if my earlier comments were out of line...

I got a nagging feeling that I dun fucked up.

You're good from from where I stand. You're someone I consider a superior biped.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

LMNO, Roger, I'm sorry if my earlier comments were out of line...

I got a nagging feeling that I dun fucked up.

No, no, Pix, you're aces.  No worries.

The problem is in my head, not your words.

Been running on PILLS HERE due to other stuff that made my head fuckery before this whole thing, and when I saw it i kind of freaked out because PD folks and other friends from teh interwebs being in MA.

Narrowly avoided 2 panic attacks due to timing my meds well, so, I guess thats a win. Night all.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Im excluding the "bad" parts of the right (those who would have done this to spite those liberal homo loving socialists), because i am of the right and wish not to lump myself in with such scum...

If it was the right, it was the bad part of the right.  I don't think anyone believes that the average conservative would do some monstrous shit like this.

Meh, guess im just fear mongering. I mean, i hear people say "the right did this", and then think about my own personal beliefs, its kinda disconcerting because you get this feeling that people may start associating your belief systems with domestic terror.

Perhaps this is how muslims felt after the coinage of that term "islamist"....


I see what you mean though roger...

Funny how that works.  You can't dehumanize people, because 1) it's morally wrong, and 2) it comes back and bites you on the ass later.

Like I said, the person's ideological beliefs only mattered in the target chosen (if that, I could be wrong).  He/she was just a scumbag with a massive bag of butthurt and rationalizations.