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ellenrr

(3,864 posts) Sat Oct 3, 2015, 06:47 AM Oct 2015

Right wingnuts: Oregon is payback for Alek Scarlatos

I'm not kidding. Right-wingnut websites are saying that Alek Scarlatos - one of the persons who helped disarm the would-be train killer in France - was (is) a student at Upmqua CC, and therefore the shooting was "jihadist revenge".

I was actually directed to them by someone I know, who used to be sane.

WTF?

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Right wingnuts: Oregon is payback for Alek Scarlatos (Original Post) ellenrr Oct 2015 OP

It takes the form of the logic of "conspiracy". cheapdate Oct 2015 #1

cheapdate

(3,811 posts)

1. It takes the form of the logic of "conspiracy".

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 08:48 AM

Oct 2015

All that's required is possibility. The fact that skeptics can't conclusively prove the narrative is not true is further proof that it is true.

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