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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 02:19 AM Nov 2015

"He robbed a Chase bank and ended up at PP"

That is what Right-Wing nuts are posting all over Facebook.
Where do they come up with this crap?
Let me guess...infowars, breitbart, wnd, fox, beck,...etc
Am I right?

What a sick and twisted reality these angry lemmings live in. Wow.

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tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
1. Marx called it false consciousness
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 02:25 AM
Nov 2015

Infowars, Breitbart, WND, FOX, and Beck are just the tools for it.

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
2. Well, they are lying because it doesn't fit into their world view.
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 02:35 AM
Nov 2015

I mean, unless the guy's ISIS, he couldn't possibly commit an act of terror.

Because, you see, when they take all those guns and go in an shoot up a Planned Parenthood clinic, it really isn't terrorism now, is it? It's just doin' God's work, you know.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
5. Probably embarrassed that he was one of them
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 03:59 AM
Nov 2015

As if the PP location and mention of "selling body parts" wasn't enough, here's a quote on Buzzfeed:

“We went into the house, a real shit-hole, and within a few minutes he just gave us these pamphlets and said, ‘Hey, if you ever want to talk, take a look at this stuff,’” said Post. The pamphlets, he remembers, called for President Obama’s impeachment and had “all sorts of crap against Obama.”

“I just thought it was weird that he would throw this political shit at me within a couple minutes of coming into his door,” said Post. “I didn’t keep them or anything, I think I threw them into the fire that night.”

He also met his live in girlfriend online, showing at least some understanding of how computers work. My guess he was a right wing nutjob that got radicalized on the Internet, just like so many other recent domestic terrorists.

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
6. One of the witnesses said that they looked out a shop window and saw police cars at the bank...
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 04:34 AM
Nov 2015

"Fox News" must have embellished the statement a bit. Remember, they just make up the news as it happens. It doesn't have to be factual.

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
7. They keep saying he robbed a bank across the road, well they should try looking at a map
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 09:19 AM
Nov 2015

There's another medical center across the way from Planned Parenthood.

There is a bank in the area, but it's a bit far away from the either of those buildings.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
17. Looking at the Google Map right now.
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 05:08 PM
Nov 2015

It shows a Chase branch about 700 feet away from the Planned Parenthood Colorado Springs Westside Health Center:

Google Map

But the bank itself has denied any of this happened there.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
9. If you need a quick way to refute it, the bank itself tweeted it wasn't there
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 01:21 PM
Nov 2015
Chase
?@Chase
@TrevorHughes This incident wasn't at Chase. Please DM us if you need more information. Our thoughts are with all those affected.

https://twitter.com/Chase/status/670410096422338560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
11. Jake Tapper pushed the same nonsense while the standoff was going on.
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 01:32 PM
Nov 2015

He had some woman on the phone who could not see the PP office, but she could see police near the bank, or something like that.

So Tapper starts to claim that apparently the stand-off is at least a 1/4 mile away from the PP office.

And he kept repeating that over and over, even though he had no real evidence of it, other than the report from a woman hiding in the backroom of a salon, who could no longer see anything at all.

I remember thinking that he sounded like he was actively trying to "will" the standoff away from the PP clinic.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
14. Good spot - they were all trying to will the standoff away from the PP building
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 03:51 PM
Nov 2015

Unfortunately from them local Colorado TV interviewed some witnesses and one said very early that the police told them to hide because the PP building was under attack and gunshots were coming from the building.

I can't help wondering if at least one of them asked him or herself whether they were partly responsible for this attack - they sure were less cautious about that discredited video.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
13. The Colorado police slapped down that lie
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 03:48 PM
Nov 2015

very early - more than a few hacks on CNN and GEM$NBComcast took their cue from the lunatics.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
16. Another sobering reality for the Left: FR knows the new media better...
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 04:07 PM
Nov 2015

It's way beyond blatting RW radio commentators and shout-show artists. They are on the 'tubes faster and in greater numbers with their agitprop and have the "truth" wrapped up, sacked up, and taken on home while everyone else is investigating. Their "geeks" and trolls may have a distinct edge on progressives when it comes to new technologies and communication.

Most of this comes as a result of the MSM's collapsed ability to legitimize trustworthy news. Legitimacy and the truth is who can pump their gas the fastest to the most people. The FR also has a taste for sport and comedy.

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