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Smashingpmkns
07/05/17 1:12:55 AM
#53:


Forlorn_Ass posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
I mean he's an anti semitic racist. There's not much that would make me feel remorse for him


How do you know he is? I think I'm missing part of the story.


Post history of his racist, anti semitic remarks. He's apologized about them to save face.
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Antifar
07/05/17 1:13:06 AM
#54:


Forlorn_Ass posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
I mean he's an anti semitic racist. There's not much that would make me feel remorse for him


How do you know he is? I think I'm missing part of the story.

His Reddit history
https://imgur.com/a/hfUAo
https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/881553652116328448
https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/881536206680535044
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Axiom
07/05/17 1:15:17 AM
#55:


Forlorn_Ass posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
I mean he's an anti semitic racist. There's not much that would make me feel remorse for him


How do you know he is? I think I'm missing part of the story.

His tweets and other shit. They weren't even vague or anything either. He said to stay away from predominately black cities as well as called guns n****** repellant and those were just the ones I saw. CNN threatening him was messed up but he is also without a doubt a scummy piece of garbage
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B8ter
07/05/17 1:15:54 AM
#56:


Racists are always sorry for being caught.

Fuck him.
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Darmik
07/05/17 1:16:13 AM
#57:


The reporter is saying the line has been misinterpreted.

This line is being misinterpreted. It was intended only to mean we made no agreement w/the man about his identity.


FYI "HanAssholeSolo" just called me."I am in total agreement with your statement. I was not threatened in anyway."

HanAssholeSolo" posted his apology before we *ever* spoke him. He called us afterwards to apologize further

CNN specifically choose not to reveal this guy's identity and to say we threatened anyone is a total lie.


I mean I do believe him. I think this is a case of writing the article poorly. But the damage has been done, the story has blown out of control and the internet is outraged.
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Smashingpmkns
07/05/17 1:17:05 AM
#59:


Bloodychess posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...
Bloodychess posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...

C3NgWKS


He's literally defending a racist lol


Racists can still be victims. I don't condone any racism this user has done, no one should. But defaulting to "He's a racist, so who cares" is a terribly biased mindset that has little care for fairness or justice.


Terrible things happen to terrible people. You get what you give. Maybe he should have been a better person.

It's not CNN's job to instill justice.
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Lightsasori
07/05/17 1:17:37 AM
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Man, CNN is not even hiding this. With that said, CNN is basically blackmailing him not for his racist posting history, but because of the stupid gif he made. This is beyond ridiculous, I don't think even other news site would go as low as this.
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Tropicalwood
07/05/17 1:19:23 AM
#61:


Smashingpmkns posted...

Terrible things happen to terrible people. You get what you give. Maybe he should have been a better person.

It's not CNN's job to instill justice.

So you wouldn't mind if Fox news doxed you and posted your real name and address for all to see, along with all the hateful things you've ever said about conservatives.
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Smashingpmkns
07/05/17 1:21:06 AM
#62:


Tropicalwood posted...
Smashingpmkns posted...

Terrible things happen to terrible people. You get what you give. Maybe he should have been a better person.

It's not CNN's job to instill justice.

So you wouldn't mind if Fox news doxed you and posted your real name and address for all to see, along with all the hateful things you've ever said about conservatives.


Not really. I've never said things of this nature, no where near. At worst I've said things I could say at work.
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Axiom
07/05/17 1:21:39 AM
#63:


Darmik posted...
The reporter is saying the line has been misinterpreted.

This line is being misinterpreted. It was intended only to mean we made no agreement w/the man about his identity.


FYI "HanAssholeSolo" just called me."I am in total agreement with your statement. I was not threatened in anyway."

HanAssholeSolo" posted his apology before we *ever* spoke him. He called us afterwards to apologize further

CNN specifically choose not to reveal this guy's identity and to say we threatened anyone is a total lie.


I mean I do believe him. I think this is a case of writing the article poorly. But the damage has been done, the story has blown out of control and the internet is outraged.

Lmao yeah if that is true then it's the worst mistake they could make in the current horridly partisan climate cause even if it's what happened people will just say they are lying
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Tropicalwood
07/05/17 1:27:00 AM
#64:


Axiom posted...
Darmik posted...
The reporter is saying the line has been misinterpreted.

This line is being misinterpreted. It was intended only to mean we made no agreement w/the man about his identity.


FYI "HanAssholeSolo" just called me."I am in total agreement with your statement. I was not threatened in anyway."

HanAssholeSolo" posted his apology before we *ever* spoke him. He called us afterwards to apologize further

CNN specifically choose not to reveal this guy's identity and to say we threatened anyone is a total lie.


I mean I do believe him. I think this is a case of writing the article poorly. But the damage has been done, the story has blown out of control and the internet is outraged.

Lmao yeah if that is true then it's the worst mistake they could make in the current horridly partisan climate cause even if it's what happened people will just say they are lying

Because they are lying, they've been doing nothing but lying to their "stupid as shit" (their own word) viewers.
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Darmik
07/05/17 1:27:52 AM
#65:


Axiom posted...
Lmao yeah if that is true then it's the worst mistake they could make in the current horridly partisan climate cause even if it's what happened people will just say they are lying


Yeah it's a total shit storm now. I do think it's more likely that the writer was naïve enough to not understand the implication he was leaving instead of purposefully writing some vague threat towards someone he spoke to. But the damage has been done now and the narrative has been set.

Of course there is an alarming amount of people who think implied threats like this would be justified which is bizarre. I guess this is the climate we're in now.

It looks like this all the work of one reporter. I wonder if he'll get fired for this blunder.

Tropicalwood posted...
Because they are lying, they've been doing nothing but lying to their "stupid as s***" (their own word) viewers.


If it was a threat plain as day written on the article why would they lie that it wasn't? It's either a threat or it's not.

It looks like this is all from the one reporter as well.
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Tropicalwood
07/05/17 2:17:13 AM
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So apparently this was a 15 year old kid.
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Bloodychess
07/05/17 2:19:21 AM
#67:


Tropicalwood posted...
FYI "HanAssholeSolo" just called me."I am in total agreement with your statement. I was not threatened in anyway."

HanAssholeSolo" posted his apology before we *ever* spoke him. He called us afterwards to apologize further


Not inclined to believe a word of this, it's all too perfect for CNN
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Darmik
07/05/17 2:21:26 AM
#68:


Bloodychess posted...
Tropicalwood posted...
FYI "HanAssholeSolo" just called me."I am in total agreement with your statement. I was not threatened in anyway."

HanAssholeSolo" posted his apology before we *ever* spoke him. He called us afterwards to apologize further


Not inclined to believe a word of this, it's all too perfect for CNN


I'm pretty sure his apology on Reddit was indeed posted before the article. There's topic on here about that before this shitstorm.

I don't find any of it unbelievable. It's a bit different talking to a reporter on the phone compared to shitposting on the internet.

I'm not saying that the article was professional or anything though. They really should be paying better attention to things that can have implications like this.

Ironically unless they get the guy on camera to confirm it CNN can't do shit to combat these allegations.
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Tropicalwood
07/05/17 4:28:48 AM
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http://archive.is/TI7bH
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UnholyMudcrab
07/05/17 4:30:01 AM
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This is probably one of the stupidest news stories of the year, and that's really saying something
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spikethedevil
07/05/17 4:31:18 AM
#72:


So what did the kid actually do?
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xxdudeyy
07/05/17 4:40:29 AM
#73:


Can't wait to see Trump's tweet about this.
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bevan306
07/05/17 5:04:47 AM
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HogRiderreturns
07/05/17 5:08:15 AM
#75:


CruelBuffalo posted...
Literally holding people accountable for their speech. Wow.

Of course you would defend something like this. Typical liberal.
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HogRiderreturns
07/05/17 5:09:12 AM
#76:


spikethedevil posted...
So what did the kid actually do?

He made a gif of a wrestling match and put the CNN logo on someone's head.
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Rika_Furude
07/05/17 5:12:22 AM
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TheCurseX2
07/05/17 5:16:58 AM
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Somebody has to make a gif of HBK talking shit to Undertaker and Undertaker grabbing him by the throat.

HBK with CNN over his head.

Undertaker with Trump's Twitter avatar over his head.
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armandro
07/05/17 5:17:54 AM
#79:


LMAO

this is funny on so many levels

do you even know how to react to this???
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iPhone_7
07/05/17 5:22:30 AM
#80:


Whoever wrote the article really did fuck up though. It looks like they're oblivious of the narrative being pushed by Trump about their organization.
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HellsingOrg
07/05/17 5:26:02 AM
#81:


LOL getting butthurt over a gif literally millions of gif memes are made a day and these guys track the creator down and dox him?

holy shit did CNN just discover the internet?
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Broseph_Stalin
07/05/17 5:27:10 AM
#82:


lmao all these trump supporters suddenly sweating bullets
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l Dudeboy l
07/05/17 5:27:30 AM
#83:


CruelBuffalo posted...
CM_Ponch posted...
This is ridiculous. Literally censoring citizens via fear.


Literally holding people accountable for their speech. Wow.


B-b-but mah freedoms!!
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young_flip
07/05/17 5:30:47 AM
#84:


Corrupt, dumb media company attempts to censor even dumber kid

Big whoop
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EternalDivide
07/05/17 5:31:10 AM
#85:


Well thankfully I've been preoccupied with the holiday to watch the news. But whatever this is, without knowing anything. If my choice of which is more believable between some guy who made a gif vs. CNN being terrible. It's CNN being terrible by default. Worthless organization.
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chrono625
07/05/17 5:37:45 AM
#86:


everyone in this topic has at one point said or wrote something hurtful and dishonest about someone at some point.

imagine if some company came to extort you over it.

and if you say no, you're full of shit.
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Funkydog
07/05/17 5:41:53 AM
#87:


chrono625 posted...
everyone in this topic has at one point said or wrote something hurtful and dishonest about someone at some point.

imagine if some company came to extort you over it.

and if you say no, you're full of shit.

Im pretty sure most of us haven't said racist things to the degree the gif maker said. Or I would hope not.
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Broseph_Stalin
07/05/17 5:42:49 AM
#88:


chrono625 posted...
everyone in this topic has at one point said or wrote something hurtful and dishonest about someone at some point.


Why do so many people on CE think everyone goes through a neo-nazi phase?

It's not normal, you're fucking weird and admittance is the first step to fixing that. Hopefully that dumb kid changes before it's too late.
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chrono625
07/05/17 5:44:09 AM
#89:


Funkydog posted...
chrono625 posted...
everyone in this topic has at one point said or wrote something hurtful and dishonest about someone at some point.

imagine if some company came to extort you over it.

and if you say no, you're full of shit.

Im pretty sure most of us haven't said racist things to the degree the gif maker said. Or I would hope not.


I'm saying, anything hurtful or dishonest, in general. Stuff you wouldn't want leaked. It doesn't matter if its written or even a website you visited in your search history.

imagine someone tracing you down, finding you and then threatening you over a fucking gif anyone could have made.
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chrono625
07/05/17 5:45:53 AM
#90:


Broseph_Stalin posted...
chrono625 posted...
everyone in this topic has at one point said or wrote something hurtful and dishonest about someone at some point.


Why do so many people on CE think everyone goes through a neo-nazi phase?

It's not normal, you're fucking weird and admittance is the first step to fixing that. Hopefully that dumb kid changes before it's too late.


where did I isolate it to just racist comments?

the comments he made are irrelevant. if he never made those comments is CNN now wrong?
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iron jojo
07/05/17 5:46:41 AM
#91:


armandro posted...
we're living in weird times

i wonder what the history books are gonna be like.

Hopefully blank
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Broseph_Stalin
07/05/17 5:48:04 AM
#92:


chrono625 posted...
where did I isolate it to just racist comments?

the comments he made are irrelevant. if he never made those comments is CNN now wrong?


So you're just using a false equivalence then.

Ok.
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chrono625
07/05/17 5:52:17 AM
#93:


Broseph_Stalin posted...
chrono625 posted...
where did I isolate it to just racist comments?

the comments he made are irrelevant. if he never made those comments is CNN now wrong?


So you're just using a false equivalence then.

Ok.


So you're going to sit here and tell me you not once wrote or thought or said a derogatory joke or sentence at any point in your online/personal history?

there is no false equivalency.

you want to avoid the bigger picture here because of ignorance, that's fine.
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iPhone_7
07/05/17 5:53:01 AM
#94:


Searched his Reddit info on Facebook and his is set to public. That's some mighty tracking down.
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Broseph_Stalin
07/05/17 5:56:52 AM
#95:


chrono625 posted...
you want to avoid the bigger picture here because of ignorance, that's fine.


No you just want to ignore what was actually said knowing that's the reason CNN chose to report on it.

False equivalence.
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Scorsese2002
07/05/17 6:00:40 AM
#96:


CNN gon' CNN
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chrono625
07/05/17 6:02:56 AM
#97:


Broseph_Stalin posted...
chrono625 posted...
you want to avoid the bigger picture here because of ignorance, that's fine.


No you just want to ignore what was actually said knowing that's the reason CNN chose to report on it.

False equivalence.


CNN went digging over a fucking meme.

Get over it.

A 15 year old acting like a stupid 15 year old isn't cause to issue out a manhunt. It isn't reason to potentially out his public info (which, given his age, if they did they'd be in more trouble. Which is probably what stopped them). This also isn't news.
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Broseph_Stalin
07/05/17 6:06:13 AM
#98:


chrono625 posted...
A 15 year old acting like a stupid 15 year old


lmao

Broseph_Stalin posted...
Why do so many people on CE think everyone goes through a neo-nazi phase?

It's not normal, you're fucking weird and admittance is the first step to fixing that. Hopefully that dumb kid changes before it's too late.
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chrono625
07/05/17 6:08:32 AM
#99:


Broseph_Stalin posted...
chrono625 posted...
A 15 year old acting like a stupid 15 year old


lmao

Broseph_Stalin posted...
Why do so many people on CE think everyone goes through a neo-nazi phase?

It's not normal, you're fucking weird and admittance is the first step to fixing that. Hopefully that dumb kid changes before it's too late.


here you go being willfully ignorant. just like a 15 year old.
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Siaperaz
07/05/17 6:17:12 AM
#100:


CNN threatening a 15 years old kid. That's disgusting.
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SGT_Conti
07/05/17 6:26:55 AM
#101:


There's just so much wrong with everything in this

A 15-year-old kid doing racist shitposting
A president using what is basically an official White House channel at this point to post that gif
People making such a big deal about that gif, as unprofessional as I thought it was
CNN's threat in their article, whether it was intentional or not
The fact CNN even wrote an article about this entire goddamn debacle
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Alucard188
07/05/17 6:31:46 AM
#102:


Smashingpmkns posted...
I mean he's an anti semitic racist. There's not much that would make me feel remorse for him


As someone said, it's the principle. CNN actively sought out a private person and gathered information on him, just because he did a thing they didn't like. What he did is irrelevant to the fact that CNN absolutely should not have gathered this information to hold in trust, or at all. This was a total non-story, and CNN turned it into a story because they took the wrong message from a meme gif.

A fucking gif.

A meme.

That's what started this. It's downright pathetic. Good fucking hell.
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