'Pizzagate' shooter sentenced to 4 years in prison

[ProudModerate2]

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[GeorgiaModerate]

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Good.  It's too bad that the people who pushed the conspiracy theory can't be charged as accessories.

[MAINEiac4434]

Only?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Only?

[Santander]

And Hillary walks free.

[Skunk]

And Hillary walks free.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

[ProudModerate2]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

No, no, no.
Let's be clear ....
What happened here is not a "as much as anybody else" kind of act.
If someone/anyone would believe in this super bizarre conspiracy theory, and then act on it by going there with a gun "to save the children," then you have some major screws loose.
This was an act that only a minor, minor segment of our society would REALLY believe (the screwballs).

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

If I seriously thought there was child prostition going on at an institutional leave that was being covered up, I would feel the urge to uncover it - after all we all like the idea of being the person to pull the curtain to reveal the truth. I don't think this guy was planning on hurting anybody, he was just misled. Very terrifying for the restraint owners and patrons, but no need for a long sentence.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

No, no, no.
Let's be clear ....
What happened here is not a "as much as anybody else" kind of act.
If someone/anyone would believe in this super bizarre conspiracy theory, and then act on it by going there with a gun "to save the children," then you have some major screws loose.
This was an act that only a minor, minor segment of our society would REALLY believe (the screwballs).

Translation: "This happened because the person had mental health issues that aren't his fault, and thus should rot in jail for all eternity".

[ProudModerate2]

If I seriously thought there was child prostition going on at an institutional leave that was being covered up, I would feel the urge to uncover it - after all we all like the idea of being the person to pull the curtain to reveal the truth. I don't think this guy was planning on hurting anybody, he was just misled. Very terrifying for the restraint owners and patrons, but no need for a long sentence.

[ProudModerate2]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

No, no, no.
Let's be clear ....
What happened here is not a "as much as anybody else" kind of act.
If someone/anyone would believe in this super bizarre conspiracy theory, and then act on it by going there with a gun "to save the children," then you have some major screws loose.
This was an act that only a minor, minor segment of our society would REALLY believe (the screwballs).

Translation: "This happened because the person had mental health issues that aren't his fault, and thus should rot in jail for all eternity".

Where are you reading that he "should rot in jail for all eternity" ?

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

No, no, no.
Let's be clear ....
What happened here is not a "as much as anybody else" kind of act.
If someone/anyone would believe in this super bizarre conspiracy theory, and then act on it by going there with a gun "to save the children," then you have some major screws loose.
This was an act that only a minor, minor segment of our society would REALLY believe (the screwballs).

Translation: "This happened because the person had mental health issues that aren't his fault, and thus should rot in jail for all eternity".

Where are you reading that he "should rot in jail for all eternity" ?

You seemed to disagree with CrabCake saying that the punishment being as low as out was citing "major screws loose" as the reason. I was being a bit hyperbolic.

[ProudModerate2]

That's an appropriate amount of time, considering he didn't kill or hurt anybody and really was a victim of the predatory hivemind of online conspiracy as much as anybody else.

No, no, no.
Let's be clear ....
What happened here is not a "as much as anybody else" kind of act.
If someone/anyone would believe in this super bizarre conspiracy theory, and then act on it by going there with a gun "to save the children," then you have some major screws loose.
This was an act that only a minor, minor segment of our society would REALLY believe (the screwballs).

Translation: "This happened because the person had mental health issues that aren't his fault, and thus should rot in jail for all eternity".

Where are you reading that he "should rot in jail for all eternity" ?

You seemed to disagree with CrabCake saying that the punishment being as low as out was citing "major screws loose" as the reason. I was being a bit hyperbolic.

Just to be clear, all that I am disagreeing with in his original statement was the "as much as anybody else" part.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

If I seriously thought there was child prostition going on at an institutional leave that was being covered up, I would feel the urge to uncover it - after all we all like the idea of being the person to pull the curtain to reveal the truth. I don't think this guy was planning on hurting anybody, he was just misled. Very terrifying for the restraint owners and patrons, but no need for a long sentence.

I'm sorry, but if you are the type of person who is dumb enough to believe anything you read on the internet because some guy from Breitbart or 4chan wrote it, you probably should be put away from society.  That you like to follow conspiracy theories on /pol/ doesn't justify dangerous acts of stupidity.

Whether four years is a fitting sentence is another topic.

[The Self]

If I seriously thought there was child prostition going on at an institutional leave that was being covered up, I would feel the urge to uncover it - after all we all like the idea of being the person to pull the curtain to reveal the truth. I don't think this guy was planning on hurting anybody, he was just misled. Very terrifying for the restraint owners and patrons, but no need for a long sentence.

I'm sorry, but if you are the type of person who is dumb enough to believe anything you read on the internet because some guy from Breitbart or 4chan wrote it, you probably should be put away from society.  That you like to follow conspiracy theories on /pol/ doesn't justify dangerous acts of stupidity.

Whether four years is a fitting sentence is another topic.

That's the kind of dangerous authoritarianism that both undergirds the Trump movement and reinforces its profound victimhood complex.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

If I seriously thought there was child prostition going on at an institutional leave that was being covered up, I would feel the urge to uncover it - after all we all like the idea of being the person to pull the curtain to reveal the truth. I don't think this guy was planning on hurting anybody, he was just misled. Very terrifying for the restraint owners and patrons, but no need for a long sentence.

I'm sorry, but if you are the type of person who is dumb enough to believe anything you read on the internet because some guy from Breitbart or 4chan wrote it, you probably should be put away from society.  That you like to follow conspiracy theories on /pol/ doesn't justify dangerous acts of stupidity.

Whether four years is a fitting sentence is another topic.

That's the kind of dangerous authoritarianism that both undergirds the Trump movement and reinforces its profound victimhood complex.

My point is that what the shooter did can't be justified.  I support your right to be stupid until your stupidity destroys lives and property.

[Badger]

Only 4 years? Weak.