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The guardian reports on a sobering event in Washington DC.
US police have arrested a man wielding an assault rifle who entered a pizza restaurant that was the target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her top campaign aide.
[...] The suspect entered the restaurant and pointed a gun at a restaurant employee, who fled and notified authorities, police said. The man then discharged the weapon inside the restaurant. There were no injuries.
[...] [Police] said the suspect during an interview with investigators revealed that he came to the establishment to "self-investigate" Pizzagate, the police statement said. Pizzagate is a baseless conspiracy, which falsely claims Clinton and her campaign chief John Podesta were running a child sex ring from the restaurant's backrooms.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:17PM
When he posts such simple and glaringly obvious bullshit like that as if it were legitimate it gives me great comfort.
That's because it confirms just how untethered the guy is from reality. How all his long racist and reactionary posts, despite being well-formed with good syntax, really are the product of a defective mind suffering from a severe reality-gap.
Unfortunately, what makes me fear for the future is that it seems like mental defectives like himself are on the rise. Looks like Reagan's legacy of deinstitutionalization is really beginning to wreck havoc on our society. Its enough to erode my belief in democracy. I still think the alternative is worse, but democracy is looking a lot less good nowadays.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @06:13PM
I seem to recall that one of the Founding Fathers said that an educated and well-informed citizenry is essential for democracy to work. Unfortunately, VLM and all his other conspiracy-theory loving buddies are showing, in a negative sense, exactly why this is so true.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 06 2016, @07:42PM
Looks like Reagan's legacy of deinstitutionalization is really beginning to wreck havoc on our society.
Because ridiculously growing medical costs wouldn't have done it anyway.