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"An Inconvenient Truth" Inspires Man to Take Discovery Channel Hostage [UPDATE: Dead]
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Why is no one talking about this?
How is this situation going to play out? Will his actions hurt the image of the environmental movement?
MSNBC wrote:Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and that Discovery should develop programs to sound the alarm.
“I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it,” the alleged manifesto reads, adding:"Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.”
Lee said he experienced an ‘‘awakening” when he watched former Vice President Al Gore’s environmental documentary ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth.”
How is this situation going to play out? Will his actions hurt the image of the environmental movement?
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I laughed very hard upon reading that.
It always makes me laugh when people say animals are more important than people.
He's a smorgasbord of crazy.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
This part will either be ignored in the media, or given a little nudge nudge "well at least one stance was reasonable" that fox news gives shit like that. Like how the guy who crashed a plane into an irs building was a folk hero because he hated taxes.
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This will end up being just another thing for people to point their fingers at and say "See! They are crazy!".
I completely agree with preacher here.
100%
His manifesto reads like the ramblings of a LaRouchite.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
To be fair, those shows are fucking gross, though I was surprised to learn TLC in fact was not a channel.
Of course, my favorite demand is the last one. "Oh, yeah, fix unemployment and housing while you are at it."
Crazy guy is crazy, film at 11.
Edit: never noticed that #10 is the same as #2. Crazy guy needs to proofread.
I suspect conservatives are going to run this as "Left Wing Terrorist attacks TV station!"
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
"Global Warming Terrorists Strike Terror into Hard Working Americans!"
then, for an absolute mind fuck, tie in the anti immigration bit to claim liberals are the real racists.
And why wouldn't they? Obviously he's not a terrorist, but he's certainly a liberally-inclined extremist. Are you trying to play down the fact that he's holding hostages to get his message out?
He already has two pipebombs strapped to him. And 2 canisters.
What the difference between 'pipebomp' and 'canister' is I dunno.
One holds Pringles!
Which leads me onto my second problem with what he said. "Humans? The planet does not need Humans" - Now, while we really arent needed on the planet, it really bothers me that this would even make a diffrence to him! It's really quite mindblowing that he said this! As (perhaps with one or two exceptions) there is no species currently that stands as a requirement for continued life on this planet... So why point it out? Does that statement mean we as a species shouldnt go on? If so, than surely all other species that aren't "required" for life on the planet must be in the same situation?!
Lastly (and I only just noticed this) - Is he directly demands that people stop breeding! "Find solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy. Find ways so that people don't build more housing pollution which destroys the environment to make way for more human filth! Find solutions so that people stop breeding as well as stopping using Oil in order to REVERSE Global warming and the destruction of the planet! " I'm sorry but just...What?! I really I just... Dont know what to say, I'm sitting here with my mouth wide open at this statement. I cant believe people really believe things are this simple!
Anyway, What do you guys think?
P.S: First post!
Like that guy in Pittsburgh that killed those cops. Or the guy in DC that shot the guard at the Holocaust Memorial. Or...
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Does a human being explode into meaty chunks like in the movies?
MYTH CONFIRMED!!!
I'm guessing the other is a bottle of Gatorade. Holding hostages makes one thirsty.
GATORADE IS THE NECTAR OF IMPERIALISTIC SWINE!
and it kills squirrels.
To be fair, it's not often left-wing terrorists go after actual people. They usually restrict their stupid to condo construction sites and SUV sales lots.
I don't think this guy likes babies.
Let's be fair. The militant vegans also drive the rest of us pretty damn crazy.
BOOM
"Thanks for standin still."
Supposedly this guy has a bomb with a dead man's switch.
First off, he's openly environmentalist. That's -300 cable news points right there.
Second, he's using bombs and not guns (from the reports I'm reading), so he's subconsciously associating himself with bombers and avoiding the nice, powerful phallic imagery of the handgun. -200
He's championing causes (as much as he's doing anything remotely cohesive) that are shared by the portion of the population who see violence as universally abhorrent, so there's nobody riding to his defense. -200
Even if someone was willing to defend him, he's not holding up cable news scum, he's holding up the Discovery Channel. They've gone downhill, but they're still held in relatively high regard by most of the people who would think his basic message has any redeeming value at all. -100
So he's sitting at around -800. That puts him between Osama Bin Laden and The last guy who murdered a newsworthy white girl in terms of support from cable news. No way this guy's getting canonized.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
Gatorade's got what eco-terrorists crave.
Yeah wasn't that embarrassing. Nothing like sitting US Senators standing behind the actions of a deranged man who crashed a plane into a building.
I'm guessing shot, perhaps bleeding.
Certainly deranged.
But won't someone think of the squirrels?
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.