"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
07/08/2016 at 00:10 • Filed to: None
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"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
07/08/2016 at 00:10 • Filed to: None | 2
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Just saw the news. Things have gotten really bad in Dallas. It was, unfortunately, only a matter of time until something like this happened.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:16 |
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Not that things were ever “great,” but everything just seems more fucked up than say seven or eight years ago.
TheHondaBro
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:18 |
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NRA: “If the protesters were also armed, this situation could have been avoided.”
PatBateman
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:20 |
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Reports say that four are dead now. Horrible.
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Matt Nichelson
> PatBateman
07/08/2016 at 00:24 |
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Yeah. 11 total shot, so that may go up.
Roadster Man
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/08/2016 at 00:25 |
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I agree.
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Matt Nichelson
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/08/2016 at 00:26 |
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True. Things are just rapidly going downhill as time goes on. The whole thing is just a mess.
unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> TheHondaBro
07/08/2016 at 00:26 |
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Two political conventions are up soon. Shit is about to hit the fans, we have two candidates that people don’t like. This summer is pretty bad.
Flavien Vidal
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:26 |
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One of the suspects. A good guy with a gun, parading with his rifle during the protest.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> TheHondaBro
07/08/2016 at 00:26 |
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The protesters have to be NRA approved silly.
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Matt Nichelson
> Flavien Vidal
07/08/2016 at 00:32 |
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Assault rifle at that. I understand why they are all upset. What happened in Louisiana and Minnesota should have never gotten that out of hand. The sad part is that this is becoming so common that eventually what happened tonight will only happen more due to retaliation. Things have to change or else this will only get worse and more common to the point of civil war.
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TheHondaBro
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:33 |
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Fuck all of this. I’m a dual-citizen. I’m moving my ass to Iran.
RallyWrench
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:34 |
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Jesus... what the fuck is going on in this country!? I can’t help but feel that we’re on the verge of one hell of a national-level crisis, if not de facto civil war.
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TheHondaBro
> Flavien Vidal
07/08/2016 at 00:34 |
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I don’t see anyone.
For Sweden
> Flavien Vidal
07/08/2016 at 00:36 |
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He turned himself into police peacefully.
Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:36 |
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The Police department that the Minneapolis cop was from (St. Anthony) is the neighborhood I grew up in. A friend of mine grew up a block away from the actual shooting.
aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
> TheHondaBro
07/08/2016 at 00:37 |
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Will you run there?
The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:37 |
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Fill me in what happen.
whoarder is tellurium
> For Sweden
07/08/2016 at 00:37 |
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Yep. To clear up confusion I’d guess.
Not that he did anything wrong as far as we know.
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Matt Nichelson
> RallyWrench
07/08/2016 at 00:38 |
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Going to Hell in a handbasket, as they used to say.
Dusty Ventures
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
07/08/2016 at 00:40 |
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A pair of snipers opened fire on police at a protest rally in Dallas. Eleven officers shot, four dead so far
El Rivinado
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 00:42 |
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I just don’t understand this. How people think that this sort of wanton violence is terrible and bad, so they respond with wanton violence in return.
I don’t claim to be highly educated on the whole deal with the growing rise in police brutality and deaths because of police brutality, but we need to just calm down on both sides. If this escalates any further, I’m worried about what might be the results that will come from the aftermath.
Sending out some quick love to Dallas, stay safe Opponauts in the Lone Star state.
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For Sweden
> whoarder is tellurium
07/08/2016 at 00:43 |
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He’s no longer a person of interest. Just a Texan doing something completely legal in Texas.*
*Not intended to be demeaning or dismissive in any way.
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RallyWrench
> TheHondaBro
07/08/2016 at 00:44 |
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You know that statement is coming tomorrow, guaranteed.
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whoarder is tellurium
> For Sweden
07/08/2016 at 00:45 |
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For sure! I can OC here in MN if I wanted, but I choose not to do so.
Something about being a target...
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Matt Nichelson
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
07/08/2016 at 00:46 |
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Two shootings by police, one in Minnesota and one in Louisiana. Both were African-American males who were killed. The one in Minnesota was in his car and had a gun with him, but had a permit for it. It was made know to the cop that he had it, but as he reached for his ID, he was shot and killed. The one in Louisiana started when a homeless man called 911 on a guy who he got into it with (by all accounts, the homeless guy was harassing the person and when he should the homeless guy his gun, he called police). So guy with gun gets put on the ground by the cops and while he is laying there is shot and killed. Both incidents were caught on tape.
This sparkes outrage for obvious reasons. People protested across the US today. While a peaceful protest was going on in Dallas, a man with and assault rifle started shooting cops. As of now 4 cops are dead and another 7 are injured.
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Matt Nichelson
> El Rivinado
07/08/2016 at 00:47 |
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I agree. As a commenter said in the Gawker article, violence begets violence. It’s just bad all around.
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Matt Nichelson
> Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)
07/08/2016 at 00:49 |
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Wow. That’s crazy. Things are just going to pot at a rapid pace.
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Matt Nichelson
> For Sweden
07/08/2016 at 00:52 |
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Well If he wasn’t the one who shot at the cops, at least they didn’t kill him. That could have made this already bad situation even worse.
facw
> El Rivinado
07/08/2016 at 00:53 |
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They are (rightly) sick and tired of the violence, and the fact police are rarely ever punished for it. Obviously this is a terrible response to that frustration, and one that won’t help anything, but you can see where it comes from.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 01:20 |
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That’s the danger with generalization.
Some think all Muslims are bad because of Daesh. Some think all cops are bad because of the few racist/bad ones. Some think all blacks hate cops because of Black Lives Matter.
We reap what we sew.
Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
> whoarder is tellurium
07/08/2016 at 02:25 |
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Apparently there are videos of the man being anything but a sniper when the shots in question are fired.
I’m still worried about his future safety though, I fully expect a full name, background information and full address to be freely available on the internet soon considering the average internet user these days...
fintail
> unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
07/08/2016 at 08:26 |
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1968 all over again. That year was maybe the closest in modern times the US has come to any kind of civil breakdown.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/08/2016 at 08:28 |
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Someone attending the funerals of previous “victims” before the whole story was played out couldn’t have helped race relations.
BigBlock440
> Matt Nichelson
07/08/2016 at 08:54 |
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“Peaceful protest leaves 5 dead, 9 injured”
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Matt Nichelson
> BigBlock440
07/08/2016 at 08:56 |
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Yeah. Woke up this morning and saw the update. Terrible.