Originally Posted by tonyz (Post 650345)

From one of the articles:

“He boasted that he chose to use firearms so he could influence politics in the US.”

“He wrote that he wanted to "create conflict between the two ideologies within the United States on the ownership of firearms in order to further the social, cultural, political and racial divide".

“And he ranted about his hopes that “this conflict over the 2nd amendment and the attempted removal of firearms rights will ultimately result in a civil war that will eventually balkanize the US along political, cultural and, most importantly, racial lines.”

“The suspected shooter described himself as an "ordinary white man born in Australia to a working class, low income family."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/864200...nders-breivik/

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK (Post 650346)

We'll have to wait on any pronouncements, but he sure sounds like an Oz version of one of our basement breeding Antifa Minillinials trying to stir up shiite?

Most already know, NZ has a very socially conscious government, not unlike Iceland, Sweden, & Holand. Where everyone is welcome and no-one is to blame. :munchin

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK (Post 650346)

We'll have to wait on any pronouncements, but he sure sounds like an Oz version of one of our basement breeding Antifa Minillinials trying to stir up shiite?

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK (Post 650346)

Most already know, NZ has a very socially conscious government, not unlike Iceland, Sweden, & Holand. Where everyone is welcome and no-one is to blame. :munchin

Originally Posted by Badger52 (Post 650349)

Before it gets "disappeared" there's at least 1 thread on ARFCOM in the Gen'l Discussion area that has his entire manifesto (done as a self-published Q&A). Worth a read.

:munchin

Originally Posted by The Alantic

The Shooter’s Manifesto Was Designed to Troll

The violent rhetoric was written for an audience.
Taylor Lorenz

In the hours after the horrific mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, people desperately searched the internet for any sign of a motive or meaning behind the attack. Early Friday, a number of unverified social-media posts surfaced, along with a bizarre manifesto posted to 8chan, rich with irony and references to memes.

Together, the posts suggest that every aspect of the shootings was designed to gain maximum attention online, in part by baiting the media. The shooter live-streamed the attack itself on Facebook, and the video was quickly shared across *******, Twitter, and Instagram. Before committing the act, he shouted, “Remember, lads, subscribe to PewDiePie,” a reference to Felix Kjellberg, who runs *******’s most subscribed-to channel. The phrase itself is a meme started by PewDiePie’s fans, and its goal is to be reprinted.

Kjellberg, who has previously found himself embroiled in controversy over alleged anti-Semitism, disavowed the shooting on Twitter Friday morning. “Just heard news of the devastating reports from New Zealand Christchurch. I feel absolutely sickened having my name uttered by this person. My heart and thoughts go out to the victims, families and everyone affected by this tragedy,” he wrote. By forcing Kjellberg to acknowledge the attack, the shooter succeeded in further spreading the word about the crime to Kjellberg’s tens of millions of followers.

Significant portions of the manifesto appear to be an elaborate troll, written to prey on the mainstream media’s worst tendencies. As the journalist Robert Evans noted, “This manifesto is a trap … laid for journalists searching for the meaning behind this horrific crime. There is truth in there, and valuable clues to the shooter’s radicalization, but it is buried beneath a great deal of, for lack of a better word, ‘shitposting.’”

Shitposting is a slang term used to describe the act of posting trollish and usually ironic content designed to derail a conversation or elicit a strong reaction from people who aren’t in on the joke. Certain aspects of the shooter’s manifesto fall into this category. He includes Navy Seal Copypasta, a meme that originated on 4chan. He claims that Spyro: Year of the Dragon, a video game, taught him ethno-nationalism and that Fortnite taught him to “floss on the corpses,” referring to a viral dance move from the game. These absurd references are meant to troll readers.




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Originally Posted by Flagg (Post 650353)

The smaller 2nd attack with 7+ murdered was located directly adjacent to my wife's place of work.

Unfortunately, I'm about 350km away on the job.

There's a bit of inaccurate reporting and exploitation occurring compared to ground truth.

There were a few SMEs from up your way coincidentally not far away so that will hopefully help.

Innocence, naivete, complacency lost.

Originally Posted by glebo (Post 650358)

Well, I'm glad your wife was unharmed. Yet, RIP to the innocent for just going to service. Mixed feelings on that. (Us knowing Muslims and all)