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Jesus. A 33 year old massage therapist with a peace tattoo. This is getting surreal. I feel a little sorry for her, not because she got caught (the crime, if sh
by neonate 6y ago
Jesus. A 33 year old massage therapist with a peace tattoo. This is getting surreal. I feel a little sorry for her, not because she got caught (the crime, if she did it, is what it is) but because over and above that, she is about to become the target of a torrent of pent-up rage and counteragression from the right, who now have a perfect symbol to direct it at. (I feel the same way for the targets from the left too. My sympathies are with witches, not witch hunters.)
- casefields 6y agoAnd the shirt that got her busted makes it more ironic: "Keep the immigrants, deport the racists."
- NE2z2T9qi 6y agoUnder normal circumstances, society gets pretty angry at arsonists irrespective of their political beliefs. Do you also feel bad for the guy who mailed CNN pipe bombs?
- BoorishBears 6y agoI don't expect to see this kind of childish logic on HN. You really think burning an abandoned police car is the same as mailing explosives to a news team?
- NE2z2T9qi 6y agoIs this some sick joke? Do you really not see how arson and explosives are absolutely comparable crimes? The arson which accompanied looting in Philadelphia caused a massive fire in downtown Philly which could have easily killed people. Your apologism for serious crimes because I guess it suits your political biases is not OK.
- BoorishBears 6y agoI honestly can't tell if this is satire, but if nit, this comment is the laziest kind of strawman argument I've ever seen... Burning down an occupied home, and burning an unoccupied car are both arson, do you think they're comparable crimes? Actually let me answer that for you, because maybe this is just the legendary HN contrarian who does not let common sense stand in the way of making a point... They're not. Sending pipe bombs to CNN is intentionally trying to kill people. Burning a police car is intentionally trying to destroy property. Sure someone could be hurt by both, but you'd have to throw out any semblance of common sense to pretend that they're comparable in malice...
- dang 6y agoThanks for that last paragraph. Could you please post more that way and less (for example) like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23559623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23559623? I realize that these topics are extremely emotional, and rightly so, but it makes a huge difference in the threads, and—at least here—is a more effective way to advance your views.
- antihero 6y agoRepeat after me: Cars do not have feelings. Cars do not have families.
- leereeves 6y agoFire spreads.
- neonate 6y agoOf course society gets pretty angry at arsonists but my point is that she's also going to get targeted with a whole other level of attack as well, over and above the normal level of anger, for entirely political reasons.
- xendo 6y agoThe only reason I would feel sorry for her is that she got fooled by hate and rage on social media. People need to realize that the main purpose of social media rage machine is atrracting clicks. No one really cares about your feelings when they post more and more horrific videos on twitter, they just care about themselves. Mainstream media is not much better.