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Old 01-06-2016, 12:11 PM   #151 (permalink)
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And you know this because of your local news reports? Which of course are ridiculously country partisan?

I watched the entire vid. Seemed like things were going good for the most part. Then some idiots took it off the rails. Then it became us vs. them. So easy to blame the brown skins these days.
I think when someone is "on the ground", as it were, at one of these events you have to cede authority to them. Calling it BS when the guy who LIVES THERE is telling you it isn't is a little conceited and ill-advised. If this had happened in Ireland and I was telling you guys about it and you said "Meh, sounds like something being blown out of proportion" I'd be pissed at yea. Give the guy the benefit of being the man on the spot and listen to him, and don't be overriding what are basically facts he's giving you more or less firsthand with your own, uninformed and unconfirmed interpretation of how you think it went down.
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Old 01-06-2016, 12:14 PM   #152 (permalink)
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I think when someone is "on the ground", as it were, at one of these events you have to cede authority to them. Calling it BS when the guy who LIVES THERE is telling you it isn't is a little conceited and ill-advised. If this had happened in Ireland and I was telling you guys about it and you said "Meh, sounds like something being blown out of proportion" I'd be pissed at yea. Give the guy the benefit of being the man on the spot and listen to him, and don't be overriding what are basically facts he's giving you more or less firsthand with your own, uninformed and unconfirmed interpretation of how you think it went down.
He's viewing it through the American media lens, as grindy alluded to earlier. The bias is so proliferated in our media that we're skeptical of everything except for what we already agree with (I mean, who would lie and be on my side? Nobody). Tbh when I saw the link Goofle posted I thought it was just some right wing clickbait as well.
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Old 01-06-2016, 01:16 PM   #153 (permalink)
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So this is still a hot topic? I'm a little more concerned about those crazy Koreans.
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Old 01-06-2016, 01:25 PM   #154 (permalink)
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Was a bit liquidated last night when posting. (What else is new) My apologies.

Still a bit surprised this story hasn't blown up over here since half the country waits with baited breath for any new reason to hate on those Muslims.

Hell, I don't even think Trump has latched onto it yet!
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He's viewing it through the American media lens.
Nope. I don't watch USA news. Googled the story and not much came up. Major news events drown google with hits from all over the planet.
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Old 01-06-2016, 01:37 PM   #156 (permalink)
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Nope. I don't watch USA news. Googled the story and not much came up. Major news events drown google with hits form all over the planet.
Google news is USA news. It was founded in Menlo Park which is about as liberal a slant as you can get.
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Was a bit liquidated last night when posting. (What else is new) My apologies.

Still a bit surprised this story hasn't blown up over here since half the country waits with baited breath for any new reason to hate on those Muslims.

Hell, I don't even think Trump has latched onto it yet!
No biggie. You were still pretty chill and lucid for a somewhat drunk guy.
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Still a bit surprised this story hasn't blown up over here since half the country waits with baited breath for any new reason to hate on those Muslims.
I'm not an American of course, but from what I gather it's only really Fox news and other right wing organisations that even dare to discuss anybody other than white men as problematic to the society. So it makes perfect sense that NBC and other regressive outlets don't pick up on it.
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Google news is USA news. It was founded in Menlo Park which is about as liberal a slant as you can get.
Not Google news. Google hits.

I won't believe a story until the family back east brings it up with OUTRAGE!!! on Facebook.

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