Today I am thankful for the internet.....
even though it can be frustrating.
Do you remember that scene in Men in Back, where K shares with J that the supermarket gossip rags contain just enough truth to help agents see what it going on?
This is how I feel about conspiracy websites.
Sadly, it is always the same....
after every mass shooting....
there are news stories on major networks with witness accounts claiming multiple shooters on the location.
When one tries to put together a compellation of these stories, the are removed from the internet.
I just saw one this morning from a station in Houston as a KHOU 10 reporter was in Florida to cover a sports story.
Now....I can't find it.
I saw a similar story from a Las Vegas station shortly after that shooting.
There was one from a Denver station after the theater shooting. I think it was KUSA.
These legitimate stories tend to disappear after a couple of days.
It's just enough to make me wonder if there is some type of conspiracy.
Now, the only place I can find these things are on the conspiracy websites.
https://www.infowars.com/video-second-shooter-reported-in-florida-massacre/
At this point, I am beginning to agree with Trump.
There is fake news.
The problem with the proliferation of fake news is that we don't know which side is producing it.
We don't know the truth.
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Sadly, the reaction to mass shootings are always the same.
The Democrats want to ban guns. This isn't a good idea. The first thing that socialist nations do when banning guns is kill off a chunk of the populace.
The Republicans I know tend to go on the defensive, reminding everyone about other school massacres that did not involve guns.
I'm seeing Libertarians talk about how dangerous public schools are. I see posts about vouchers and offering people the choice to homeschool.
The be fair, many people of various political stripes are talking about the stupidity of gun free zones.
Criminals don't care about laws.
I see other people post videos about safety gadgets.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rawan-abushaban/these-devices-could-preve_b_9095072.html
In Colorado, voters wanted the proceeds from the sales taxes on marijuana to fund the schools. That money is not being used for that purpose. I think a group needs to come to the forefront to fight to use this money to buy gadgets to help classes go on lock down from the inside.
Other people suggest arming the teachers and the guards and installing metal detectors.
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Rather than pull the usual gun-grabbing nonsense it's time this country had a serious talk about safety in public schools.
We DO know that the school and the FBI knew this person was a threat and did nothing to protect anyone.
He was expelled yet managed to get into the school Perhaps it is time to make classrooms less accessible to non-students.
This is where the conversation needs to begin.
Love ya,
S.
I'll be back with more links. I'm hoping to find the interview I saw this morning featuring a female student who claimed to be in a stairwell having a brief conversation with Nikolas Cruz while hearing shots fired.
It could be fake.
It could be truthful, yet hidden, information.
I guess we'll never know.
LINKS:
Interviews with students who claim that there was more than one shooter:
https://archive.org/details/VIDEO_20180215_2027
https://archive.org/details/VIDEO_20180215_2034
Interview with a teacher who claims shooter was in Military garb:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-teacher-pulled-students-safety-classroom-amid-barrage/story?id=53222626
Here is the last story's correlate on the InfoWars Conspiracy website (just in case it is removed):
https://www.infowars.com/parkland-teacher-shooter-was-wearing-full-metal-body-armor-helmet-face-mask/