• theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    All of his activities on that day are relevant to creating a complete picture of what occurred, and journalists choosing to withhold details and information is kind of a slippery slope?

    EDIT, including this here so it is higher up in this argument thread:

    Police will disclose and journalists will often report the number of weapons and ammo or any explosive devices found at the perpetrator’s home, even if they were not brought to the scene or used in the crime. I think the ladder is a detail in the same vein because it is equipment that he had available to him.

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          4 months ago

          So it’s not important that every detail be shared then.

          Good. Glad we got that cleared up.

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                4 months ago

                Uhh, I am the user who said that… are you a bot that doesn’t contextualize by username, perhaps? Probably just a simple mistake by a human.

                It’s a false equivalency: taking a shit is not equivalent to the shooter buying a ladder, and I don’t think any reasonable person or journalist would count how many times he used the bathroom as part of his activities.

                That’s as much engagement of your semantic argument as you’re going to get out of me.