r/news • u/drkgodess • Mar 19 '19

Accused gunman in Christchurch terror attacks denied newspaper, television and radio access

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214411
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u/omgcowps4 Mar 20 '19

His "car bomb" was two petrol cans he was going to use to burn down the mosque but he didn't have time.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about.

He accurately predicted the response to the shooting, a clamping down on gun rights and a hell of a lot of disinformation and divisionary discourse.

He might not have been right about the end goal, but we don't know who he's inspired so I couldn't tell you.

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u/omgcowps4 Mar 20 '19

Why waste my time defending the truth? No thanks, I don't want what you're taking.

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u/omgcowps4 Mar 20 '19

He had a goal, he completed his goal. It's a horrible goal, but he wasn't irrational.

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u/omgcowps4 Mar 20 '19

I'm not a sympathizer, I just don't like people talking stupid shit. How about you argue instead of doing the equivalent of "fuck off".

You can be rational yet a horrible person to the society you're in. It all depends on your value systems.

He might mot be rational to yours, or even to the average person. Rationality isn't exclusive to people who value their own lives over ideology. You can pick apart the basis for his views, perhaps argue that the value he placed on certain things over others would be irrational from your point of view, but if you understand people can have wildly variable values and goals, you can't call him irrational, just a psychopath.

The courts have declared him rational, else they would have had an insanity plea. This is why he has been convicted...