More threats in Springfield, Ohio: 'We need help, not hate,' mayor says
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Two elementary schools were evacuated and a middle school was closed on Friday in the wake of threats in Springfield, Ohio, the Springfield City School District said.
  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    We are actively watching racist rhetoric at work here. The shit they spew is not harmless.

    • proper@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      I still can’t fathom how people buy this super outlandish shit though. This is Pzza gate 2; the dog father

      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        2 months ago

        We need to start taking it for what it is: these people have been conditioned by an actual disinformation campaign. It’s not that there are more dumb people. We have an entire segment of the population which has been systematically programmed.

        • Zink@programming.dev
          1·
          2 months ago

          People absolutely get conditioned to just accept certain crazy stuff and reject reason. But that doesn’t completely release them of the responsibility of being thinking human beings. Though it’s easy to not even try when what you’re conditioned to accept is part of your identity and those close to you.

          But it can happen. I’ve been consciously tuning out various types of conditioned subconscious reactions for my entire adult life.

          • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
            2·
            2 months ago

            Oh, I totally agree. My comment was intended more to get away from the idea that these people are simply unintelligent, which I don’t think is the case.

            100% they have a responsibility to think critically. Conditioning may make that difficult, but a lack of effort would be an entirely different thing.

            • Zink@programming.dev
              0·
              2 months ago

              Agreed here also. I would imagine there’s some kind of correlation with intelligence, but I also bet it’s even more intellectual laziness like you’re suggesting. And maybe coupled with some emotional immaturity. So many people just don’t like questioning themselves, and/or see questioning one’s ideas as questioning their worth as a human being.

      • theherk@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        We’ll see if it gets legs like PG, but you’ve given it a damn good name either way. I hope this fades into memory quickly before people start making good on these threats.

  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    I’m a parent in Ohio but nowhere near Springfield, and my kid’s school just sent out a notice that multiple schools in Ohio, including my kid’s school system have received threats in the past couple days.

    Now, I’m not saying it’s MAGA, but come on. That cult is a shade away from a terrorist organization.

    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      A shade away? They openly claimed it with a giant fucking banner saying “we are all domestic terrorists”

  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    2 months ago

    The klan was never defeated, they changed how they approached everything. The recruited and grew behind close doors. The unwashed orange, shit smelling, retarded, racist, incest dreaming, dog shit opened those doors for them. We need to stomp these out for good.

  • vegeta@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    The dogs are revolting against the government that won’t protect them from being eaten.