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2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in politically motivated killings, governor says (cbc.ca) 102 points by awnird 88 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 19 comments I

by jjani 1y ago

2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in politically motivated killings, governor says (cbc.ca) 102 points by awnird 88 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 19 comments Interesting to see the 100x(!) attention that this gets on HN, likely representative of similar media reach on more mainstream channels, when it's not even lawmakers in this case.

like_any_other 1y ago
Those are not the only recent political killings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203644 > not even lawmakers But he was more famous than those lawmakers.
jameslk 1y ago
You posted about this a few times already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208072 The comparison with the Minnesota lawmaker murders submission sounds political and you seem to care about this aspect a lot to mention it 3 times If you’re genuinely curious why this event is likely getting so much attention, I’d wager it has less to do with politics than it has with the fact that this occurred in front of thousands of people, mainly young students, and was recorded by many on their phones. It was also being broadcast I believe. Multiple angles of a very graphic video of a person getting murdered are all over the internet It’s terrible when innocent people are murdered. In this case, many people watched it happen too
- antifa 1y ago
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  - shdh 1y ago
    One quick Google search: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114682713948931541 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1146827139489... One was a political figure for the current regime, the other was a largely unknown lawmaker. Both murders are wrong, but this is being framed in a silly way by you.
    - rabid-zubat 1y ago
      Did you really expect anything not silly by a guy nicknamed like that?
  - jameslk 1y ago
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by jjani 1y ago

like_any_other 1y ago

Those are not the only recent political killings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203644 > not even lawmakers But he was more famous than those lawmakers.

jameslk 1y ago

You posted about this a few times already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208072 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208072 The comparison with the Minnesota lawmaker murders submission sounds political and you seem to care about this aspect a lot to mention it 3 times If you’re genuinely curious why this event is likely getting so much attention, I’d wager it has less to do with politics than it has with the fact that this occurred in front of thousands of people, mainly young students, and was recorded by many on their phones. It was also being broadcast I believe. Multiple angles of a very graphic video of a person getting murdered are all over the internet It’s terrible when innocent people are murdered. In this case, many people watched it happen too

antifa 1y ago
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- shdh 1y ago
  One quick Google search: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114682713948931541 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1146827139489... One was a political figure for the current regime, the other was a largely unknown lawmaker. Both murders are wrong, but this is being framed in a silly way by you.
  - rabid-zubat 1y ago
    Did you really expect anything not silly by a guy nicknamed like that?
- jameslk 1y ago
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