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posted by takyon on Wednesday June 14 2017, @04:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-baseball-jokes dept.

A gunman opened fire at U.S. Congressmen and others who were gathered at a practice this morning for the Congressional Baseball Game. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and at least four others were reportedly injured. The gunman, who has been identified by unnamed sources as James T. Hodgkinson III, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries:

A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire Wednesday at a park in Alexandria, Va., as Republican members of Congress held a morning baseball practice, wounding at least five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.).

The suspected gunman is James T. Hodgkinson III, 66, from Illinois, according to multiple law enforcement sources. President Trump announced that the gunman, who was wounded in a shootout with officers, has died at an area hospital.

The wounded also included two Capitol Police officers and a congressional aide, according to one law enforcement official and witness accounts.

Congressman Scalise was shot in the hip and is in stable condition.

Hodgkinson's motive may have already been identified by the media:

A Facebook page belonging to a person with the same name includes pictures of Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, and rhetoric against President Trump, including a post that reads: "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co."

Charles Orear, 50, a restaurant manager from St. Louis, said in an interview Wednesday that he became friendly with Hodgkinson during their work together in Iowa on Sanders's campaign. Orear said Hodgkinson was a passionate progressive and showed no signs of violence or malice toward others.

Also at LA Times, Reuters, The Atlantic, The Hill, and CNN.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @09:31PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @09:31PM (#525681)

    political correctness, identity politics and social justice

    What exactly is wrong with political correctness? Or would you rather go back to people calling each other cunts, savages, kikes, and niggers? Would like prefer that?

    What is wrong with social justice? Or would you rather prefer that Donnie fucks over pension plans so he can steal another billion for his bank account? Social justice is THE reason why you have middle class!

    And I have no clue WTF you are talking about identity politics. AFAIK, that died with Hitler in the west. But maybe ignorants like Donnie want to revive it.

    So you are mixing the good with the bad now... really awesome.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @11:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @11:07PM (#525710)

    What exactly is wrong with political correctness? Or would you rather go back to people calling each other cunts, savages, kikes, and niggers? Would like prefer that?

    I'd like words to be taken in the context within which they are presented. As in, you should not be attacked for using the words in the context you just did. Bill Maher should not have been attacked for his comment some week back, especially not since it was probably a reference to this. [twitter.com]

    What is wrong with social justice? [wikipedia.org] Or would you rather prefer that Donnie fucks over pension plans so he can steal another billion for his bank account? Social justice is THE reason why you have middle class!

    And I have no clue WTF you are talking about identity politics [wikipedia.org]. AFAIK, that died with Hitler in the west. But maybe ignorants like Donnie want to revive it.

    Are you living on the same planet as the rest of us? Links have been provided in your quoted comment.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 15 2017, @10:10AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 15 2017, @10:10AM (#525932) Journal
    Why ask these questions when simple google searches would fix your ignorance?

    I'll add my take on this. Political correctness is about ostracization of groups with the wrong beliefs and speech.

    Social justice has nothing to do with justice. It's just wealth transfer schemes and ideological status signaling. For example, your "pension funds" are merely wealth transfers from young to old. The great majority of them are underfunded and unlikely to deliver a positive ROI for young people putting into them today.

    And identity politics is what the name says - politics based on identification with some group or characteristic. Your example of the Nazis who among other things were about advancing the "Aryan" race at the expense of many other ethnic groups was a good example of identity politics, but it takes someone with a peculiarly blinkered imagination to not understand how identity politics manifests today. For example, political correctness above is a classic example of identity politics.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @06:57PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @06:57PM (#526144)

      Stop being an ignorant part of the problem please. Thaaaanks that'd be greaaaaat.

      Seriously, you're filled with propaganda nonsense. I did some googling trying to see your viewpoint and only came across reactionary emotional laden garbage without any decent citations or arguments. Just "muh monies" and "muh white privileges".

      You can rightfully argue against some affirmative action stuff, but you are one of those people who would do so in bad faith and not address the actual societal problems we have. So go fuck yourself you ignorant douche**

      ** I used to try and stay away from ad hominems, but rational discussions go nowhere with people such as yourself so I make a somewhat rational point and then tell you what I really think about you. Maybe in 5-20 years the comments will sink in and you'll do some self-reflection. Maybe you'll become less ignorant and understand that you deserve the criticism. I won't hold my breath though.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 15 2017, @11:12PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 15 2017, @11:12PM (#526246) Journal
        That's a great example of bigotry right there. Stop doing that and you'll be fine.

        I'll note here that there is a remarkable lack of evidence for the supposed seriousness of modern racism. We don't have slavery or genocide in the developed world any more - our racism has gotten a lot better. Maybe it's time to figure out softer and far more effective approaches than the puritan-style shunning for dealing with residual racism? I'll note, for example, there isn't an ethnic group out there that doesn't have great food.

        I used to try and stay away from ad hominems

        I suggest you try again. There's a reason fallacies are bad. It's because they are short cuts that inhibit thinking and the hard work of reasoning. If you can't argue a point without using copious fallacies, then you don't have an argument. I'm not saying you're wrong, though that's a usual consequences, but if one is to convince others of one's rightness (or at least not embarrass oneself in front of others), one needs to learn how to argue.