Wangchung said:If the manifestos of other shooters had not been quickly released and used for political gain then you might have a point, but when only this shooter has their manifesto hidden from public view normal people can spot the difference.Porteroso said:Harrison Bergeron said:Double standard is a key plank of the regressvie platform.EatMoreSalmon said:You may be missing the "equal treatment" war being lost so badly.Porteroso said:NashvilleBear said:
The release of the writings (that's what the news here is calling them) is being held up in court by the families of the victims. They do not want it released to the public.
Hard to blame them. These zealot posters don't really want to read them, they want them for ammo in the culture war they are so badly losing.
If other manifestos are made public, were the families of those perpetrators also trying to keep their comments and manifestos private? It is hard to take much reported in the national news outlets as well sourced and complete to the time of publication/airing. If NashvilleBear has good local sources, I'm good with that. Otherwise, treat her info like others, and keep it consistent. With one-sided coverage we have a lop-sided conversation nationally.
I think it would be fine for the manifesto to be released, im just saying let's call this for what it is. Righties won't let this particular school shooting die, it fits into their narrative. Almost nobody still clamoring for the manifesto wants it for anything other than feeding their rage at the trannies. Maybe a few, certainly not the majority.
It didn't have to be released to be used for political gain. There is a lot of political gain in it not being released. You get to cry about unequal treatment, right? Freedom is dead? America is going down the tubes? How else are Republicans going to raise money.