Post B1LWdeS2ohb4UexOHQ by phoneboy@lotuseffect.social
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 (DIR) Post #B1F8lGDZEjbjnqWNaC by DrChris@noauthority.social
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       We’re going to have to rely on 4Chan to ID the Brown shooter, aren’t we?
       
 (DIR) Post #B1F8lGfvXIIDDnn1mq by Killer_Mule@noauthority.social
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       @DrChris I think that's the standard procedure now.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1F8lHHVHaLn6LN2MC by Killer_Mule@noauthority.social
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       @DrChris Hmmm....
       
 (DIR) Post #B1F8oJMI13swPd3Vuy by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @Killer_Mule @DrChris It was a pony illustration. This is another brony terrorist event, like the DNC/RNC pipe bomber.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FNNRsxhgfuLszFlA by CoranDeo@noauthority.social
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       @DrChris @Killer_Mule @amerika 1. I didn’t go to Brown2. Don’t know anyone at Brown or anyone who attended3. Not my state4. Not my town5. I don’t shoot people6. I’m not scared, sad, upset, or otherwise emotionally involved in any way7. Doesn’t change my life or the lives of anyone I love8. I should probably take a long break from the news as this probably should evoke some sort of emotion, but it doesn’t9. Check, please.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FNNVGT8kGEpf0ZJg by phoneboy@lotuseffect.social
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       Who says you should have any feelings about this or any other story in the news…which is largely designed to seed and sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt about things “over there” that you have zero ability to directly impact?The best thing you can do for yourself is to disengage. That doesn’t mean being ignorant (I still scan headlines occasionally), but it does mean being a lot more selective about what you do consume and engage with.@CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule @amerika
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FkP8yXHPNzEDN5Bg by CoranDeo@noauthority.social
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       @Killer_Mule @amerika @DrChris @phoneboy Exactly. I’m not one for causes, or movements, or parties, groups, etc. Their agenda is not my agenda, so there’s no there there. Just junkfood for the brain.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FkP9cEtn93DLwn4a by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @CoranDeo @Killer_Mule @DrChris @phoneboy Hope your island has high walls. You are just making excuses for inaction.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FkUU2YOAH40WnSu8 by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @phoneboy @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule Yes: emotionally disengage. The news is a product.That does not mean disengage from the world, but be selective about what opinions you take in to your mind.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FkdOA5c8I6NkZHHs by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule For those of us who are newshounds, very little evokes emotion. The question is what events mean. We are seeing history in progress, every day.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FmL8rhwmdrdXOgTY by CoranDeo@noauthority.social
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       @amerika @DrChris @Killer_Mule I’ve been playing the news hound game for 30 years. Voraciously consuming. It’s a waste of time. It earns one nothing. Yes, I can connect dits. Big deal. Complete waste of life. I’m watching reruns. Trace history, same song echoing thru the ages. Nothing more to learn. And if there is fighting to do, it’s always for your own side. The only truth that matters is your own. The truth as you currently understand it all we have.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FmNjZsQF2g4rIDXE by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule As a nihilist, I affirm that there are no shared truths. However, there are shared goals, and sides are based on who you are not what you think you want to be.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1LWdarm95npNIxspc by phoneboy@lotuseffect.social
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       The forces that generate this fake news feed off the energy we give it through our engagement. Kinda like how they feed off the kids fear in Monsters, Inc. (a Disney/Pixar joint).Remove the engagement, starve the beast.@amerika @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule
       
 (DIR) Post #B1LWddj1W5aIF1tR6e by professortom@noauthority.social
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       @phoneboy @amerika @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule You know what isn't fake news? My Substack!https://professortom.substack.com/p/why-can-businesses-in-the-united
       
 (DIR) Post #B1LWdeS2ohb4UexOHQ by phoneboy@lotuseffect.social
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       Neither is The Lotus Effect…Saturdays at 5pm Eastern on https://lotuseffect.live with episodes on https://lotuseffect.show 😉@professortom @amerika @CoranDeo @DrChris @Killer_Mule