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Republican Senator Rand Paul assaulted at home, suspect arrested and identified
ReddBoi:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on November 06, 2017, 01:45:45 AM ---I've killed Australians for simply being Australian.
That and the Emus paid me
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you son of a bitch.........
Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Conan on November 07, 2017, 03:58:22 PM ---this is like a small scale conspiracy theory post man, you’re speculating on purely the fact attacker is democrat and victim is rand paul, and you’re ignoring the fact nobody has yet to call anyone out for lying about motive/facts despite the news being several days old.
not everything is so intensely politically motivated
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A "small scale conspiracy theory" isn't backed by the fact that practically every loving attack on a politician ever has been for political reasons.
But yeah, you're right. I might just be unreasonably relating this to that one incident a couple months ago where a registered Democrat and Bernie supporter tried to kill several Republican politicians (INCLUDING Rand Paul) at a baseball game.
IkeTheGeneric:
Are you incapable of accepting that you might have just made the wrong call? You made an assumption based off of incomplete information, there's always a possibility this will lead to making the wrong judgement. The fact that you can't concede on this point is staggering.
Goth77:
Evidently the injuries were worse than initially thought
Mega-Bear:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on November 07, 2017, 04:09:33 PM ---A "small scale conspiracy theory" isn't backed by the fact that practically every loving attack on a politician ever has been for political reasons.
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This is just confirmation bias. Politically motivated attacks are all we ever hear about because of their historical significance. I guarantee you many politicians have thrown/received a punch between strangers or friends or family members, and we simply never hear about it because no one cares.
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on November 07, 2017, 04:09:33 PM ---But yeah, you're right. I might just be unreasonably relating this to that one incident a couple months ago where a registered Democrat and Bernie supporter tried to kill several Republican politicians (INCLUDING Rand Paul) at a baseball game.
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Presumably these two incidents are completely unrelated so yes, it is unreasonable to reach that conclusion lol. A gunman attacking a gathering of GOP politicians is obviously politically motivated from the get-go, while people attack their neighbors for stupid reasons more often than you think.