News Mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand - At least 49 dead

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StinkyPinky

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Yep, you can't help where you were born or who to but a hell of a lot of people place a great deal of value in it. The irony of this guy railing against Muslim imperialism and invasion to Western countries is staggering given he is allegedly a white Australian. What does he think that Colonialism was?

It's not like these people are intelligent. I doubt he gives much thought to the irony of his ranting.
 

DrDoug

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I remember the fake stories of Muslims on rooftops celebrating 9-11 and the twin towers coming down. The story was proven to be bullshit but righties insisted on spreading it. Now I can point to a number of American websites where the members are currently celebrating this attack. No bullshit story but this time the roles are reversed with conservatives openly celebrating the deaths of those they've been taught to hate.

This is some sick shit from some sick motherfuckers in this country.
 

Kaido

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TVNZ confirmed 9 deaths, but the number floating around right now is 27 dead. Just awful.
 

UncleWai

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At least 30 if going by the stream. Guy went back to blow the brains out of each one inside the mosque to ensure they were dead.

Can't prevent a determined nutjob.
 
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DrDoug

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He was inspired by American conservative Candace Owens...

"Yes, the person that has influenced me above all was Candace Owens. Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief that violence over meekness. Though I will have to disavow some of her beliefs, the extreme actions she calls for are too much, even for my tastes."

Holy shit, here he is planning a mass murder and he's saying that some of what Owens has said was "too much"? So here we have a black American conservative being credited with inspiring a Australian white supremacist to murder a bunch of innocent Muslims in New Zealand.

Fuck.
 

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At least 30 dead and about 50 people or so injured. New Zealand police have caught 4 suspects: 3 men and 1 woman. Apparently, they shot up 2 mosques.

Shooting took place on Friday prayers, because that's when mosques have the most amount of people in them. Sounds like these cunts were going for the maximum amount of dead bodies possible.

Fuck these terrorist scumbags. Their lives need to be completely ruined after this shit.
 
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Jesus fuck and I was thinking of visiting New Zealand for my next big vacation. Scary stuff.

I honestly don't want to search for videos, but are these ACTUAL automatic weapons, or is it the media form of automatic weapons?
 

StinkyPinky

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Yeah I'm guessing they mean semi-automatic weapons. No idea about gun laws in NZ but I hear they aren't as strict as Europe.
 
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He was inspired by American conservative Candace Owens...



Holy shit, here he is planning a mass murder and he's saying that some of what Owens has said was "too much"? So here we have a black American conservative being credited with inspiring a Australian white supremacist to murder a bunch of innocent Muslims in New Zealand.

Fuck.

Candace Owens (IMO) always came out to me as a wannabe conservative. It clearly felt to me like she was pushing an agenda in an effort to be the new Milo Yiannapolus. It was very clear that she was pushing a monetary initiative. The problem is I could detect her behavior as a general lie instead of actual conservatism.
 

twjr

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Yeah I'm guessing they mean semi-automatic weapons. No idea about gun laws in NZ but I hear they aren't as strict as Europe.

It is possible they were automatic. Under certain specific conditions it is possible to possess automatic weapons in New Zealand, however firearms do not have to be registered in New Zealand only owners. It is much more likely they were semi-automatic which are legal in New Zealand. The stills I have seen from his video show "military-style" weapons which are restricted. This will hopefully have a similar impact as the Port Arthur massacre had on Australia and create some meaningful controls on firearms.
 

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He was inspired by American conservative Candace Owens...



Holy shit, here he is planning a mass murder and he's saying that some of what Owens has said was "too much"? So here we have a black American conservative being credited with inspiring a Australian white supremacist to murder a bunch of innocent Muslims in New Zealand.

Fuck.

Can't say who she is, or what she has called for, but news has it - be VERY hesitant to believe anything from the killer.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/03/candace-owens-brenton-tarrant/
However, many experts are arguing that Tarrant wrote that strictly for the purpose of trolling American media. For example, immediately following that quote, Tarrant goes on to allege that the video game “Spyro” taught him ethno-nationalism.
 

twjr

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Jesus fuck and I was thinking of visiting New Zealand for my next big vacation. Scary stuff.

I honestly don't want to search for videos, but are these ACTUAL automatic weapons, or is it the media form of automatic weapons?

Still visit. It is a great country and this aberration changes nothing. The gunman was Australian anyway. As if that changes anything.
 
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It is possible they were automatic. Under certain specific conditions it is possible to possess automatic weapons in New Zealand, however firearms do not have to be registered in New Zealand only owners. It is much more likely they were semi-automatic which are legal in New Zealand. The stills I have seen from his video show "military-style" weapons which are restricted. This will hopefully have a similar impact as the Port Arthur massacre had on Australia and create some meaningful controls on firearms.

Saw the video - they are not automatic. General media bullshittery

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DrDoug

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Can't say who she is, or what she has called for, but news has it - be VERY hesitant to believe anything from the killer.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/03/candace-owens-brenton-tarrant/
However, many experts are arguing that Tarrant wrote that strictly for the purpose of trolling American media. For example, immediately following that quote, Tarrant goes on to allege that the video game “Spyro” taught him ethno-nationalism.

Oh I agree about believing anything he says, it's just that's a claim of his. As far as his bit about Spiro, the question was if gaming had influenced him and after giving a clearly troll answer he ends it with "No.", indicating that the preceding statement was a troll. There was no such line with his statement on Candace. Of course, he could be trolling her since she claims to be a black conservative and he thinks she's full of shit.

She is full of shit thought, so there is that.
 
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Still visit. It is a great country and this aberration changes nothing. The gunman was Australian anyway. As if that changes anything.

Are you sure about the gunmen being Australian? I know they are their next door neighbor and everything.... but what makes you certain of such an accusation of the assholes at this point?
 
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People are dead and this is all this worthless fucknugget thinks about. Go step in front of a speeding train.

No fucknut, I care about ACCURATE_MEDIA_REPORTING. It's very clear (see the last 10 posts) that this is absolutely crucial. So yelling bullshit like "assault weapons" and "automatic weapons" is the exact type of narrative they want you morons to run with.
 
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twjr

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Saw the video - they are not automatic. General media bullshittery

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The media only report what they have been told by witnesses. New Zealand doesn't have the same partisan issues as the US surrounding firearms. Either way from what I have seen of the video (not much) those weapons are highly restricted and most likely illegally obtained.
 

twjr

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Are you sure about the gunmen being Australian? I know they are their next door neighbor and everything.... but what makes you certain of such an accusation of the assholes at this point?
Australian PM confirmed this.