Yeah I don't know about this actually. Unless the entirety of FoxNews are 'trolls and bots', nothing really explains that utterly depraved comment section. The very first article on a google search has nothing but support for the shooter.
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Major terrorist (white supremacist) attack in Christchurch (NZ) [UP6: 4 suspects in custody, 50 confirmed dead] (READ THREADMARKS)
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Yeah I don't know about this actually. Unless the entirety of FoxNews are 'trolls and bots', nothing really explains that utterly depraved comment section. The very first article on a google search has nothing but support for the shooter.
He is a single senator for a single state. He is not representative of the Australian Government, but it's probably likely that the Australian Government is racist (though not to Fraser Anning's extent).
Tone deaf?! This is naked vile racism, victim blaming and a call for further violence!
He should be removed from the Senate.
Well said! This post speaks for me as well. All my love to the Muslims of Resetera and the world. Nobody deserves to live in fear and terror!
In terms of what goes on on 8chan, there is likely very little or nothing of actually planning or organizing this. . It is a website sorta like reddit but instead of having forums like gaming, or hiking its forums are more like literalVideosOfMurder, or Stormfront. The website fosters extremists by putting them in a bubble with people already more extreme than them and it just cycles apon itself. "This was self defence of the white race" would be a common and acceptable opinion of this event on 8chan.
The importance of 8chan leading to this event is mostly 1. It radicalized this kid, and 2. Likely introduced him to whoever helped with this garbage.
As for this being an organized terrorist attack, we probably won't understand the full extent to how that happened for a long time.
I won't provide tangible proof. I don't want to visit 8chan to get it,and screenshots of the site are banned here, but the fact that you can't reach the site from google should be a pretty damn good indicator that whats on the site is fairly unpalatable for most people.
I was walking by this place just 2-3 hours ago. I never heard any explosions, but I was wondering why they there were police around.
Pretty much this. The media is to blame for majority of these attacks because of the way they portray minorities and religious groups that aren't Christians or Catholics.
For many years Australia has conducted migrant offshoring, wherein those fleeing oppressive regimes to their north are apprehended at sea and sent to camps in Narau and Christmas Island, where children were routinely subject to hideous abuses and all were left to rot while reporters were almost explicitly banned from relating their stories.
Australia's official policies are deeply xenophobic.
Fucking terrorist! I just cannot fathom why all this hate. How can you become so dense, so fucking ignorant, that you kill 40 innocent human beings? Sadly, they didn't get shot, so I hope they get a life sentence.
I think at some point we as a society of the western world fully lost our way, I know a lot post 9/11 shit is what started this and it goes even further back to lots of other political decisions that have been made over the years but still it's fucking extremely sad to see people supporting this act. We are all human.
I used to hope things would get better.
Wtf at them labelling it a serious firearms incident instead of a terrorist attack?
Except most of us didn't? We either ended up seeing auto-play videos of it in one of our feeds (my expereince) or clicked something without knowing what to expect before the story was fully out there. Yes, it's fucking traumatizing. No need to add insult to it...
Well there are still people who actively looked for it. So my point stands.
And if something "auto plays in a feed" you should know to instantly stop watching.
What the FUCK
This is an elected Australian Senator....
Saw an article posted that showed him taking pics and shit of his guns and posting it all to Facebook in the days before... he was quite open about his intent, how did no one notice? Or is everyone of his fb friends supportive?
I haven't read his manifesto, and don't plan to...any incel garbage in there?
I haven't read his manifesto, and don't plan to...any incel garbage in there?
That response from the Queensland Senator is unbelievable.
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raajioon
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raajioon
Thanks. That context is at least somewhat reassuring.
Hey guys, thank for the support. Crazy what's going on here at the moment. I don't think it's appeared on the news yet but the aiport in ChCh is also in lockdown and all domestic departures were cancelled about a couple of hours ago.
they called it that initially when they were still confirming reports and are probably sticking to the terminology in the heat of investigation. will probably relabel as time goes on
Sadly the reasoning behind it is simple: if you are at war, and your ennemy is trying to kill you and your relatives, you must defend yourself, or better yet, kill them before they kill you.
He, and countless people throughout history, has done mental gymnastics to think of himself as being in that position. In his case, it is alt-right memes and cynical observations that have brought him to this conclusion (and he doesn't seem to be the deepest thinker either).
What horrible news to wake up to.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un
Same here. The Vienna Islamic Center I go to usually has some police presence nearby so that should give us some peace of mind. I'll be praying for all of us.
Re: pewdiepie's culpability, all these white terrorists seem to cite those alt-right types (Shapiro, etc) in their manifestos so maybe, just maybe they share some responsibility? Maybe that's how they got radicalized in the first place?
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un
Same here. The Vienna Islamic Center I go to usually has some police presence nearby so that should give us some peace of mind. I'll be praying for all of us.
Re: pewdiepie's culpability, all these white terrorists seem to cite those alt-right types (Shapiro, etc) in their manifestos so maybe, just maybe they share some responsibility? Maybe that's how they got radicalized in the first place?
Sorry but can you provide a source for this? I don't believe this is real. Nobody is stupid enough to be this awful after an attack like this.
This is an elected Australian Senator....
So far 3 are in custody for the shooting and one more is(was?) in custody for connection to the suspects.
Fuck this.
Really fucked up.
Pos.
And fuck those enablers, forums and influencers. YouTube can do something about this, YouTube must do something about this.
Really fucked up.
Pos.
And fuck those enablers, forums and influencers. YouTube can do something about this, YouTube must do something about this.
I posted how insular alt-right communities are bad so I figured I'd spot up in a neo-con one and see the difference and yeah, still bad.
As an Australian, I think I speak for the everyone when I say what a fucking cunt.
This is an elected Australian Senator....
It's one thing if these attacks are made by just one nutjob, but if up to four people knew about this and agreed to this, it's really scary. People are losing their mind.
This awful tragedy should be another wake up call to question how online radicalization works and how on every step of the way it's helped by a spectrum of actors and algorithms. But I expect reactions to range from victim blaming to "eh, what can you do".
The cops will probably be unable prosecute them for terrorism, so murder and fire arm will be the cases built, they probably don't want to get the crown prosecutor any big weaknesses when it comes to court.
Note the terrorism suppression act has never successfully been prosecuted so the Chch cops are hedging their bets. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Suppression_Act_2002
This sort of thing always lead to the NZ police giving if not in actuality but the apperence of conducting a insurgency against the English language.
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She did mention this was a terrorist attack on the news earlier
What a terrible tragedy. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
So the terrorists weren't picked up by any intelligence service... I'm sure they were active on social media. Rightwing terror still isn't taken as seriously as islamic terror is, and this has to end for fucks sake.
So the terrorists weren't picked up by any intelligence service... I'm sure they were active on social media. Rightwing terror still isn't taken as seriously as islamic terror is, and this has to end for fucks sake.
