MathiasTCKHurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia... out hunting FEMA.’
LEDZeppelinOh look at the hood! How original
It’s like the hood scene in Django Unchained. But even dumber.
I immediately went to the Rorschach-inspired masked gang from the Watchmen show.
Though that’s very obviously playing off of the Klan and modern Militias.
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God, I remember a bunch of my old ‘friends’ noping out of that show by the end of episode 2 or 3, because it was ‘obviously politically biased’ and ‘waaay too farfetched’, ‘of course they made the Rorschach guys into racists’.
Yep.
Totally implausible and needlessly mean spirited portrayal.
Definitely no connection to real life racist yokel moral absolutist hypocrite conspiricists.
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It’s particularly amazing because this group fashioned themselves movie buffs, often going into trivia around what various actors, directors and what not said in interviews about their own work and methods, differences between different cuts of movies or how true they were to the events or works that inspired them.
Guess they just conveniently dismissed what Alan Moore said about reception of Rorschach.
entropicdriftMan, they really missed out, too. That show was amazing!
That’s quite the picture, but there’s no snow in NC right now. Also, as crazy as this is, FEMA has a little bit of a reputation that has contributed to this.
The photo caption mentions that is from a group in Wyoming.
Presumably the group in NC is still figuring out a social media person.
Presumably the group in NC is still figuring out a social media person.
I’m not giving dailykos a click. I don’t see that caption on the Lemmy post. I’ll take your word for it though.
I mean, sure, hate whatever media outlet you wish.
You don’t have to believe what they report, and you don’t have to even bother with reading with what they report, but you offered your thoughts without reading the article, not me.
Best to move on without commenting, or even attempting inferences based on the photo or headline in that circumstance, isn’t it? Otherwise you risk misunderstanding, falling victim to misinformation, or even creating your own misinformation.
I wonder if anyone read your comment, and skipped the article with the assumption that ‘liberal’ news outlets are manufacturing reports of anti-FEMA sentiment.
Well, at least if they don’t also read the article, they’ll know why there’s snow in the photo - assuming they read my initial reply comment. At least there’s that!
Ironically the photo is misinformation, or just clickbait. It depicts a group from Wyoming who was opposed to the reintroduction of wolves, not the people hunting FEMA. They grabbed a random scary looking picture and used it for their article.
I’m not sure if I agree about misinformation, but the photo is definitely clickbait. However, highlighting that it’s clickbait, and - as you’ve done - offering context about the real story of the photo (which I didn’t know) is, well, great. It identifies the issue without leaving it up to question as to what the issue is.
And that’s where you differ from the other commenter. They left things pretty darn vague, and I didn’t like the impression they seemed to be building toward - especially as their comment ended with a statement that I took to mean that they were justifying violence against FEMA workers, right after expressing doubt for the validity of the photo.
Which is well-placed doubt, but I mean - read the article, which explains things, don’t just assume and make ill-informed comments. When I make a mistake, I just shrug and go “Ah, crap, you’re right” rather than double down and go ‘Well, I’ll never read anything from the publisher anyway[, even though I’ll spend time and effort commenting on it]!’
What I took from their comments is that they’re alt-right and they’ve been told to hate FEMA, so they hate FEMA. There’s not really any reason to continue talking to someone who only has opinions they’re told to have, and dismisses any other information.
It’s a Good Thing these people are ONLY trying to Murder Federal Disaster Relief Agents! IMAGINE what might happen if they were a Black Kid with a Backpack!
DasusOn a side note, I don’t think these white hoods hide a lot of black faces beneath them.
Those white hoods aren’t related to the people in question. To garner clicks, the article used a picture of a completely unrelated group from Wyoming.
You might be right about the image, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re completely unrelated.
I’mma go ahead and assume the people hunting FEMA and the people in this image have lot of shared political views.
I’m not just guessing, they said so in the article:
Note: The group pictured above was in Wyoming, not North Carolina. The picture is 10+ years old. They opposed Federal plans to reintroduce wolves. I cannot find any pictures of the group in North Carolina that is the subject of this diary. I suspect that they would be camera-shy. I have edited the photo to mask out the dead body of a wolf, apparently shot by this group. Some commenters said that the unedited photo was too graphic.)
The national guard is already deployed? Send them
The National Guard were literally the ones who found them…
Who is “them” in your statement? The National Guard found these domestic terrorists? Did they arrest them? If so, problem solved.
OK, pull up a chair and get comfy while I read the article to you
Yay! Hold on a minute while I grab a blanket and some hot tea.
JK. I didn’t continue with the article because the very first thing I read is how they’re using a 10 year old picture of a completely different group, from another state to get clicks. That kind of put me off because it’s very click-baitey. I’ll go read it if you say that it’s otherwise good, with solid source.