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Three men face domestic terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to bomb an apartment complex occupied by Somali immigrants in southwest Kansas, the US Department of Justice said Friday. The men had talked about filling four vehicles with explosives and parking them at the four corners of the apartment complex in Garden City to create a large explosion, the DOJ said in a news release.
About 120 Somali immigrants live in the complex, CNN affiliate KWCH reported, and acting US Attorney Tom Beall said one of the apartment units served as a mosque. The trio, members of a militia group that calls itself The Crusaders, wanted to "wake people up," the DOJ said. They were stockpiling weapons and planned to release a manifesto after the explosion, Beall said at a news conference.
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@Frank said in US Election Thread 2016:
Our comments in relation to the articles/videos are good examples of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance. None of us are rational - but we are claiming we are.
That's the genuinely scary thing about the likes of Facebook & Google, they are 100% created to learn what we like & tailor our news to that. Once you have a FB news feed for a year all that is coming down that feed is news that the algorithm knows you like. Same with Amazon with our shopping. So its possible - even probable, that people feel incredibly well informed on topics, despite being staggeringly poorly informed.
Its created a silo'd society where people in each group have utter certainbty that they are right because they've read extensively on the topics. And zero trust in those outside their silo.
Pick any of the big issues in society today, Climate Change, Islamic Terror, Guns, Taxes, Elections, Vaxines, Food Allegies..
We in the West pat ourselves on the back for not reading propaganda like those in in dictatorships, while reading a very narrow stream of news tailor made not to differ with our click learned world view.
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@Frank said in US Election Thread 2016:
Our comments in relation to the articles/videos are good examples of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance. None of us are rational - but we are claiming we are.
No, when you put up a link to a site known for nonsense like the birthing scandal and claiming soy milk makes children gay pointing that out is not cognitive dissonance or confirmation bias that is simply pointing out your sources don't have any credibility.
Claiming Putin is five times the statesman Obama is and refusing to explain how you have come to that conclusion would be a much better example of what you are talking about.
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I see a couple of hundred people booed and walked out of Amy Schumer's show after she starting ranting against Trump and fluffing Hilary. Which is amusing to me as I can't stand that woman, but again shows how divisive this election has been to the USA. If I was in the entertainment industry I'd be keeping my views to myself lest I lose half my viewership...
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Yeah @No-Quarter but principles n shit. I don't think anyone inside is looking at this rationally.
A fair few outside aren't, either.
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@No-Quarter said in US Election Thread 2016:
I see a couple of hundred people booed and walked out of Amy Schumer's show after she starting ranting against Trump and fluffing Hilary. Which is amusing to me as I can't stand that woman, but again shows how divisive this election has been to the USA. If I was in the entertainment industry I'd be keeping my views to myself lest I lose half my viewership...
I imagine you would be pretty pissed paying for a comedy show and ending up at a political rally.
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@NTA said in US Election Thread 2016:
Yeah @No-Quarter but principles n shit. I don't think anyone inside is looking at this rationally.
A fair few outside aren't, either.
Yeah for sure. Both candidates have so much dirt that it's very easy to be irrational. Ignore/downplay the shit about Trump and focus on Hilary's past. Or ignore/downplay the shit about Hilary and focus on Trump's past. And let the shitfight ensue.
Also what @gollum says about social media is bang on. Which is why I stay the hell away from it.
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WND is about the worst source there is.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in US Election Thread 2016:
@jegga
have we really got back to attacking the source and not the content??
FFS give it a fucking rest.I reckon jegga's spot on in this case - the content is known by the company it keeps. I've deleted the Guardian for similar reasons - increasingly far too much nonsense to sort through to attempt to trust the better stuff.
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@Tim said in US Election Thread 2016:
WND is about the worst source there is.
I know nothing about it, havent read any of the links. But I do know 'worst' is subjective, and attacking an article because of the source is lame, incredibly boring and just an invitation for more illogical argument.
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@Donsteppa said in US Election Thread 2016:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in US Election Thread 2016:
@jegga
have we really got back to attacking the source and not the content??
FFS give it a fucking rest.I reckon jegga's spot on in this case - the content is known by the company it keeps. I've deleted the Guardian for similar reasons - increasingly far too much nonsense to sort through to attempt to trust the better stuff.
So many news sites have such a large mixture of click bait and sponsored content, it's becoming increasingly time consuming trying to find something that is just reporting the facts. Which is a massive pain in the arse when all you want to do is keep up with the worlds current affairs.
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