On the day of the killings, Veltman denied that he went out on the day with the intention of conducting murders despite the fact he had written a manifesto, put on a military helmet, a bulletproof vest, and a white shirt with a cross on it that was a reference to an online meme about crusaders killing Muslims.
Dude is just trying to save his skin and pass the blame for what he did elsewhere.
You're right, but the blame does lie with multiple people too. Yeah, his only chance of saving his skin is if other's responsibility somehow diminishes his own culpability, but he will soon find out this is not a zero-sum game.
But shouting "fire!" In a crowded theater isn't free speech and will get you a jail sentence if it creates a disaster. Infowars (and Alex Jones specifically), and other organisations (they identify libertarian and mainstream conservative content plus youtube algorithm) also need to be held to account for inflammatory speech that encourages violence; provided that it can be demonstrated that they're pushing dangerous misinformation. Especially if they are making money doing it.
I won't hold my breath waiting to see that happen though.
Hey Canada, can the confessed murder of most of an entire family inspired by far right propeganda finally be enough justification to ban that content in this country?
Seriously, can I just ask my MP this question? Can we all ask our MPs this question?
Man, Cheryl Gallant sends me enough crazy flyers already.
We take free speech seriously around here!!! Canadianflagbaldeagle.gif
This killer is looking for any excuse to make someone else look bad
So are you apologizing for a confessed racist murderer or the idiot convincing people that Muslims need to die?
?
The guy is guilty, he's going to find as many excuses as he can in an attempt to make himself look less bad
The excuse won't exonerate him. It will, however, allow regulators to understand root causes and take appropriate action to prevent further occurences.
How do these people watch conspiratorial content and miss the fact that pale male European colonialism literally is the conspiracy?
How is it a conspiracy? It's a fact that's been quite well known for hundreds of years
That's mostly the modern understanding, but the word also still means people working together to achieve something.
I thought that's collusion/collaboration
A conspiracy is working with people secretly to do some illegal or wrong in some way. You aren't conspiring with your teammates to win a soccer game.
How about slapping an "aiding and abetting" on Infowars?
The Qanon cultists in congress would never allow that.
That's not an issue for congress, this is a legal affair and job of the DA and the court.
Like legalities have ever stopped them.
The blame my upbringing defense. Nice.
Well yeah, how do you think people become who they are? Magic?
Yep. The guys a piece of shit but pieces of shit are not born that way. That level of hate is learned.
Yes, but it’s partly learned through conscious choice. He continued engaging with it, he chose his content.
We 100% knew that. What I'm curious about is how this shapes legal precedent moving forward. We have legal testimony proving the stochastic terror risk to right-wing media outlets like this, which may help clamp down on this rhetoric down the road.
"It isn't my fault I was a monster! It was that nasty Alex Jones! Honest! YA GOTTA BELIEVE ME!"
Dude is just trying to save his skin and pass the blame for what he did elsewhere.
You're right, but the blame does lie with multiple people too. Yeah, his only chance of saving his skin is if other's responsibility somehow diminishes his own culpability, but he will soon find out this is not a zero-sum game.
But shouting "fire!" In a crowded theater isn't free speech and will get you a jail sentence if it creates a disaster. Infowars (and Alex Jones specifically), and other organisations (they identify libertarian and mainstream conservative content plus youtube algorithm) also need to be held to account for inflammatory speech that encourages violence; provided that it can be demonstrated that they're pushing dangerous misinformation. Especially if they are making money doing it.
I won't hold my breath waiting to see that happen though.
What did he expect, that they would respawn?
I'm pretty sure you can't claim a crime of passion if you put on a bulletproof vest, it's not exactly normal attire even for NRA idiots.
Hey Canada, can the confessed murder of most of an entire family inspired by far right propeganda finally be enough justification to ban that content in this country?
Seriously, can I just ask my MP this question? Can we all ask our MPs this question?
Man, Cheryl Gallant sends me enough crazy flyers already.
We take free speech seriously around here!!! Canadianflagbaldeagle.gif
This killer is looking for any excuse to make someone else look bad
So are you apologizing for a confessed racist murderer or the idiot convincing people that Muslims need to die?
?
The guy is guilty, he's going to find as many excuses as he can in an attempt to make himself look less bad
The excuse won't exonerate him. It will, however, allow regulators to understand root causes and take appropriate action to prevent further occurences.
How do these people watch conspiratorial content and miss the fact that pale male European colonialism literally is the conspiracy?
How is it a conspiracy? It's a fact that's been quite well known for hundreds of years
That's mostly the modern understanding, but the word also still means people working together to achieve something.
I thought that's collusion/collaboration
A conspiracy is working with people secretly to do some illegal or wrong in some way. You aren't conspiring with your teammates to win a soccer game.
How about slapping an "aiding and abetting" on Infowars?
The Qanon cultists in congress would never allow that.
That's not an issue for congress, this is a legal affair and job of the DA and the court.
Like legalities have ever stopped them.
The blame my upbringing defense. Nice.
Well yeah, how do you think people become who they are? Magic?
Yep. The guys a piece of shit but pieces of shit are not born that way. That level of hate is learned.
Yes, but it’s partly learned through conscious choice. He continued engaging with it, he chose his content.
Yeah we pretty much already just assumed that
We 100% knew that. What I'm curious about is how this shapes legal precedent moving forward. We have legal testimony proving the stochastic terror risk to right-wing media outlets like this, which may help clamp down on this rhetoric down the road.
"It isn't my fault I was a monster! It was that nasty Alex Jones! Honest! YA GOTTA BELIEVE ME!"
Yeah, pull the other one.