Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

no need to know it all now, just let it get sorted out

And we know the routine. White male, no or few serious past offenses, a computer full of alt-right agitprop.

So what you're saying is… build the wall?

jfc my friend is down there doing immigration stuff and was told to shelter in place

Reportedly, there's a manifesto.

This invariably reminds me of the Second Surrealist Manifesto (1930): 'The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.'

"And we know the routine. White male, no or few serious past offenses, a computer full of alt-right agitprop." do we know this yet? I haven't seen anything other than that the shooter was male.

He's white from the sounds of things

I wrote that above knowing nothing about suspect.

But there's a journalist on the case, the manifesto is easily found, matches details of the shooter's weapon, and its vile. Christchurch copycat.

19 dead it appears

https://i.imgur.com/ahqCLRz.png

Vice is reporting one white male, 21, taken into custody.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a35w7a/multiple-people-killed-in-a-mass-shooting-at-a-walmart-in-el-paso-texas?utm_source=dmfb&fbclid=IwAR0lqb4NguIjyqun1CNDf6Pe67k3BQboj04W5NYQqOn2kIPCr34yzcoWM-o

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism

found manifesto, exactly what you'd expect including the deflections about 'dont' blame Trump'. The thing about all this shit is: ok, so you have views on immigration. they are extreme and I don't 100% agree with them, but let's say there's some legitimate issues in there. why is the solution shooting a bunch of fucking random people? fucking run for office or some shit.

Decades of popular culture in which guns provide the solution? I can't watch the stupid cop dramas my family likes because this is the unspoken ideology in every action finale. Left, Right or Center, this idea that guns are appropriate tools for resolving lazy plots is just pervasive in American culture.

true

I don’t know what that shit has to do with this kind of shooting but ok

Oh here we go, Governor of Texas going on about "mental health issues".

He's such a total asshole, and very well-loved here, it's a disaster.

the gov should take a ride in a limo with a Kennedy

an Oldsmobile sedan might work too

*dumb joke, sorry*

Beto not dancing around the question of Trump’s complicity.

His Spanish isn’t the smoothest but I appreciate the effort. Also, it definitely improves as his emotions intensify.

I don't get the impression that Abbott is loved - his job approval rating is fine because the economy is fine but most people are only vaguely aware that we have a governor most of the time.

I've been aware, my opinion is fuck Abbott forever

the gov should take a ride in a limo with a Kennedy

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, August 3, 2019 7:57 PM bookmarkflaglink

Gov. Dan Patrick would not be an improvement.

no

Beto not dancing around the question of Trump’s complicity.

well it's not like he has much to lose, is it?

xp

Lt Gov to Gov is a step down in Texas. Lt. Gov has more power. I've had little but contempt for Dan Patrick in my years living in TX. Sports radio personality to would be Limbaugh to state senator to the Lt. Gov. There are some parallels with Pence's trajectory. Fuck em all.

Abbott is too busy trying to get women to bury their fetal remains to do anything worthy for people who are actually alive..

yes

xp interested in your posts Sanpaku

Still, Patrick would have to take the demotion if Abbott took a drive down Elm Street.

Not intended to be a tree joke, btw.

yes a drive down Elm Street

sorry to lose track of this thread

I roll my eyes at this guy a lot, but not with this take:

President Trump's racism does not just offend our sensibilities; it fundamentally changes the character of this country. And it leads to violence. pic.twitter.com/SbuxGneFnh

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 4, 2019

nah im cool with shitting on tx politicos, it's cathartic if futile

xp obv

I liked the compassion of beto's response

Another shooting in Dayton, I'm hearing as many as 10 or more dead.

White gun owners claim to arm themselves against the tyranny of the state. Yet most of them fetishize cops and the military (if they don't belong to either already). So for whom are their weapons really intended? I think the answer's pretty clear. pic.twitter.com/iexhTn1Ldb

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) August 4, 2019

9 confirmed dead in the Ohio massacre

Christ, I’m ready to move back to New Zealand

What the fuuuuuck

4 of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in American history have happened since Trump got elected in 2016.

Could it be that he's presiding over a crime infested hellhole?

the term is shithole

Just stating the facts.

Good article on how these could keep escalating:

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/