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Additional reporting from Bring Me The News. They have removed the following text from their coverage:

Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (14 children)

Yes, and I got that information from you, without having to watch the video myself.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (13 children)

    Correct. But I could be full of shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (12 children)

    It's also possible that you saw doctored footage. It's possible that you're mentally disturbed and don't realize it and that what you think you saw isn't actually what your eyes told you they were seeing. You could be a figment of my imagination. You could be an LLM bot. I could be an LLM bot. You could be trapped in the matrix.

    Lots of things are possible. Most things are improbable. You gain essentially nothing by watching a snuff film for yourself to agree with the millions of other people who have also all watched it and all agree that they saw what they saw.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (11 children)

    And unicorns might shit Lucky Charms. You only KNOW if you witness it yourself and form an opinion on your own.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    Yes, so don't rely on watching videos. The only way you know for sure is if you get shot yourself. Anybody claiming that you need to watch the video to truly understand what happened is deluded.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (9 children)

    Are you trying to be difficult? I wouldn't buy anything from you if you have this attitude.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Good thing I'm not selling anything.

    Instead I'm making a point that people who say that hearing what happened isn't sufficient, but watching a video somehow is.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (7 children)

    I don't think you are making any sense anymore

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    You're the one who suddenly started talking about buying things from me.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (5 children)

    Amazing that idioms are literal to you

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    Listen we both know you aren't smart enough to know what that is

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you? You can't just invent your own phrase and declare it an idiom.

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