News Professor claims Newton Ct massacre a hoax

[thoughtgaze]

If you think that a hundred million people praying for your dead child doesn't do anything for those parents, just imagine if it was the opposite, a hundred million people screaming that their child deserved to die or something.

Your point? Praying still doesn't do anything. Of course a hundred million people screaming that their child deserved to die would be horrible. As far as I see, that's not happening. Again, a small fraction of people think it's a conspiracy, so what? That's the best you can hope for. Think of any belief you want, there's always going to be at least a small fraction of people that hold that belief. It's probability. There are nearly 7 billion people or so on this planet. That one or a few people say some outrageous things is hardly reason to waste your energy talking about it.

This has nothing to do with them being responsible for the own actions or not. It has to do with how their opinions and beliefs are formed in the first place.

Whether you like it or not, that's the price one pays for freedom of speech. That people can speak freely and others can form opinions and beliefs based on that speech is what we all agreed to by being a U.S. citizen. To be afraid or bothered in some way because of what others might believe based on what this guy says is absurd.

There are an unimaginable amount of possibilities this kind of thinking can lead too, none of them good.

It's ironic though, you seem almost as paranoid as this professor. There are also an unimaginable amount of negative possibilities that can result from me jumping up and down right now. It's called chaos. Don't pretend to know what will lead to what.

 

[Drakkith]

Your point? Praying still doesn't do anything. Of course a hundred million people screaming that their child deserved to die would be horrible. As far as I see, that's not happening. Again, a small fraction of people think it's a conspiracy, so what? That's the best you can hope for. Think of any belief you want, there's always going to be at least a small fraction of people that hold that belief. It's probability. There are nearly 7 billion people or so on this planet. That one or a few people say some outrageous things is hardly reason to waste your energy talking about it.

You still miss the point. This isn't about some small portion of people that simply believe something because of probability. It's about them making other people believe it. You can cram all the BS you want into a post about how it's everyone's choice about what they believe, but in the end it comes down to realizing that people influence other people. Hand waving it away under the guise that people are just going to believe whatever they believe and that it has little consequence is idiotic. A thousand examples from history will tell you this. If no one actively works against people such as this then all that happens is their beliefs spread.

Whether you like it or not, that's the price one pays for freedom of speech. That people can speak freely and others can form opinions and beliefs based on that speech is what we all agreed to by being a U.S. citizen. To be afraid or bothered in some way because of what others might believe based on what this guy says is absurd.

No, it's completely logical if you understand that lies and hate spread like wildfire in the right circumstances. A well made speech or video can have unbelievable consequences. This isn't about free speech, I'm not going to take the guy to court because I wouldn't have any legal justification that I know of.

It's ironic though, you seem almost as paranoid as this professor. There are also an unimaginable amount of negative possibilities that can result from me jumping up and down right now. It's called chaos. Don't pretend to know what will lead to what.

Paranoid? Nah. Concerned? Absolutely. I care about society as a whole and don't like to see lies such as this spread.