Ohio shooting

[hollohas]

Something being connected doesn't mean it has to be a "massive" conspiracy. A half dozen people who have never met but communicate in a private online chat room could plan to do something bad without anyone else ever knowing they discussed it. Did it happen here? Maybe not likely but we'll never know. The point is it does happen.

Look at the flash mobs that rob Walgreens? Dozens of kids show up to rob the place at the same time. No one knows it going to happen and I've never heard of anyone figuring out who was the master minds. Happens somewhat frequently. Why is it so hard to believe that murders just might plan together too?

You really think the nut job in El Paso never chatted with like minded individuals online? Do you really think it's unlikely he never said "I'm going to do something about it" to his group of like minded individuals? Do you really think it's impossible he never said "you should too" to those same people? Do you really think there aren't people somewhere online saying "let's do this, it will force changes"...? There are people just like him out there.

Connected doesn't mean conspiracy.

Are these connected? Who knows. But it shouldn't be so easily dismissed.

[FoxtArt]

Something being connected doesn't mean it has to be a "massive" conspiracy. A half dozen people who have never met but communicate in a private online chat room could plan to do something bad without anyone else ever knowing they discussed it. Did it happen here? Maybe not likely but we'll never know. The point is it does happen.

Look at the flash mobs that rob Walgreens? Dozens of kids show up to rob the place at the same time. No one knows it going to happen and I've never heard of anyone figuring out who was the master minds. Happens somewhat frequently. Why is it so hard to believe that murders just might plan together too?

You really think the nut job in El Paso never chatted with like minded individuals online? Do you really think it's unlikely he never said "I'm going to do something about it" to his group of like minded individuals? Do you really think it's impossible he never said "you should too" to those same people? Do you really think there aren't people somewhere online saying "let's do this, it will force changes"...? There are people just like him out there.

Connected doesn't mean conspiracy.

Are these connected? Who knows. But it shouldn't be so easily dismissed.

Even that can be relatively well dismissed. There's little doubt that online activity can "radicalizes" the extremist of all types, but not in a tight conspiracy way. The probability of any kind of computer activity eventually getting discovered - at least after the fact - is almost all but guaranteed. I'm only aware of a single example of a suspect that could be alleged to have the skill and resources to pull off the digital work necessary to go dark (the Las Vegas shooter). It's not easy. That doesn't mean they don't exist, but yeah, it means that for 99.9999% of the public, if you do something, they will have your search history going back to 1995, together with pretty much all your online activity, and will be able to track the Nigerian scammer down that messaged you in 1998 if they want to.