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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:37 PM Oct 2018

Fox News worried that people will jump to conclusions when they see bomber's crazy bumper-stickers.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/fox-news-panel-frets-that-alleged-bombers-pro-trump-stickers-will-let-americans-formulate-motives-in-their-own-mind/

The stickers promote a wide array of right wing conspiracy theories, and many include targets on prominent Democratic political figures

“The one thing they don’t want to have happen is people see those written things on the van and take pictures, and then you have the Internet problems,” said guest Steve Rogers, a former member of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. “People will formulate motives in their own mind.”

“We have learned in law enforcement that it’s best to complete an investigation with all the facts before we start pointing fingers,” cautioned Rogers.





Absolutely, Yes. It's important not to jump to FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG FALSE FLAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RainCaster

(10,880 posts)
1. Oh no- viewers who think for themselves- we can't have that!
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:41 PM
Oct 2018

Faux News viewers who can think for themselves? Never happen.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. He's called the MAGA bomber for a good reason
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:42 PM
Oct 2018

And trump has to be even more scared now. He's about to lose it all soon. Will he start suggesting a pardon soon? He does stuff like that to make people angry on purpose. Could trump be sued for inciting him?

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
4. The MAGABomber is a racist republican Trump following right wing domestic terrorist
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:42 PM
Oct 2018

that got caught. That's all. And that's just the facts. No jumping to conclusions.

getagrip_already

(14,757 posts)
5. so the network that helped publicize
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:43 PM
Oct 2018

pizzagate is now worried that explicit messaging will make people understand those messages.

RAB910

(3,501 posts)
6. Steve Rogers is a retired cop from Nutley (a small suburb in NJ)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:45 PM
Oct 2018

He has always been a self-promoting A-hole. He then found a kindred spirit in Donald Trump and he has been worshiping the man since

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
7. That explains the posts we've been getting on DU "not to speculate..."
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 01:48 PM
Oct 2018

As though our speculation, our guesses and our shots-in-the-dark carries the weight of any real consequences.

A lot of lazy minds must honestly believe the innocent and the guilty are investigated, indicted, tried and sentenced by a mere message board rather than a court of law.

Damned lazy thinking.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. Now They Care About Investigations and Facts
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 12:02 PM
Oct 2018

That is extremely interesting considering they had a different feeling during the Obama Administration and when Hillary Clinton was running for President. When Hillary Clinton was running for President they could not be bothered to wait for investigations to be finished or to look at the facts that came out of those investigations. I remember Donald Trump constantly calling Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" even though there was no hard evidence that she had committed a crime. Did Steve Rogers ask Donald Trump to stop calling Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" until there was evidence that she had committed a crime? I also remember Republicans making claims about President Obama and Hillary Clinton regarding the terrorist attacks in Bengahzi. I do not think the just accepted the facts of the multiple investigation that they conducted that all seemed to show that neither President Obama nor Hillary Clinton had done anything wrong. Did Steve Rogers ask Republicans to just accept the facts that kept coming out about Bengahzi? I also remember Republican making claims about the healthcare plan put forward by President Obama and the Democrats. Republicans make many false claims about that healthcare plan. Did Steve Rogers ask Republicans to stick to talking about the facts of that plan instead of spreading false talking points?

Now is not the time for Republicans to start lecturing Democrats about jumping to conclusions. There are more facts about this guy's motives than there were to support the many false ideas Republicans spread about President Obama and Hillary Clinton. We can have an investigation, but we do not need an investigation to determine the motives of this bomber. He attended Donald Trump rallies, he had propaganda supporting Trump and attacking his opponents, and he only sent bombs to critics of Trump.

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