• grue@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I mean, either he knew in advance that it was staged and he wasn’t in any real danger, or he’s literally insane and delusional about his own mortality. Neither is a good look on his part.

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      16 hours ago

      Said it before about the guy eating soup and I’ll say it again, I wouldn’t have moved either unless he made it in the room. No fucking way he was making it past all the security and even if he did, I’m not the target, I’ll give him the ol’ “he went that-a-way.”

      “Fucking awesome” is a little far though lol, didn’t at least one guy die/get shot in the line of duty?

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        15 hours ago

        Personally I’d have no faith in some unknown rando’s ability to shoot accurately or in the ability of an interior wall to protect me.

        The ability to get through security and into the room are not the only concerns.

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          14 hours ago

          Eh, more like 30 semi-randos, even if your average gun owning civilian is a better shot than average law enforcement officer that only quals once a year at best (which only applies to Police afaik, I do not know how rigorous the Secret Service is, I assume “more” but never know), that’s still working in my favor just by odds. The interior wall, fair, but still, it had to be over pretty fucking quick, how many shots did he even get off? How far away does it sound? Those details would also play a role in my decision.

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            14 hours ago

            Eh, more like 30 semi-randos

            Holy crap you’re right and its so much worse

            how many shots did he even get off?

            I wouldn’t be waiting to count them to react, the first is the indicator.

            How far away does it sound?

            Close enough that you can hear it, close enough to go for safety first and assess after.

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              14 hours ago

              Tbf, it was “fine” (respects to the family of the guy who did get shot of course), the shooter didn’t make it anywhere near soup guy and probably not this guy either.

              Shootings get to a large number of casualties when they shoot at unarmed people, this guy stormed a line of armed people, much harder.

              At the end of the day it’s their gamble to make anyway, but it by itself isn’t evidence of a set up, they could just be passively suicidal if you prefer that to logically thinking about the fact that he will not get past the guards.

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                11 hours ago

                this guy stormed a line of armed people

                And threw his life away. What’s even funnier, is that he did all that, wrote his mainfesto, and Lemmy doesn’t think any of it’s real anyway.

                So the shooter didn’t even get to make the point he thought he was making! lololololol He had a good job, good life. Now he’s gonna go to prison for the rest of his life. The republicans will always think he is a sicko. Democrats believe he was just a plant. Best justice ever! lmao

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                14 hours ago

                Oh I’m not saying it was fake, I’m saying the lack of response is a complete lack of self preservation.

                Reacting is the typical response. That’s all.

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                  14 hours ago

                  Some are lol. I mean you’re not wrong it is “normal” but also not necessarily a lack of self preservation, could be faith in the Secret Service. Or faith in The Lord™ I guess, maybe he believes and doesn’t mind meeting him lol.

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        15 hours ago

        I mean, he could make a guess, but there was no way for him to know for sure the shooter wasn’t trying to target him. (Unless he had been told in advance.) If it were a genuine incident, then for all he knew, maybe the shooter intended to murder everybody in the room or something.

        Normal, sane people simply do not react the way he did in a situation like that.

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          14 hours ago

          Yeah, I’m in a room with Trump and I’m the target. Sure lol. We all know who the target is. He doesn’t have enough time and ammo for the whole class, his real target is getting away, he’s slow, if you hurry you can maybe catch up…

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            14 hours ago

            Assuming you’re not an insane idiot with a death wish, are you really gonna be doing all that logic in your head while somebody is actively shooting in your general direction? C’mon, now.

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              14 hours ago

              Was it in my general direction? It’s a big place, could very well not be in the backstop. How do I know the shot wasn’t a secret service agent neutralizing a threat, seems quiet now I guess they got him.

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                13 hours ago

                You could catch a stray from a SS agent returning fire almost as easily as you could from the shooter himself.

                The bottom line is, a reasonable person ducks. Only a clown or a troll doesn’t understand that.

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                  12 hours ago

                  One would think they’d be aiming in the direction the attacker is coming from, which since this isn’t amogus is “probably the other way.”

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      15 hours ago

      Or he’s just bullshitting trying to look tough to match his image. Not everything is fucking fake news. Do you know what party used to go around screaming “fake news!” for everything just a few years ago?

      You guys are becoming them. Is that what you want?! lol

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        15 hours ago

        He was hardly alone in the room. If he were lying about not ducking somebody would have called him out on it immediately.

        As someone recently said, “Not everything is fucking fake news.”