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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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623 points franzb | 1 comments | 14 Nov 15 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jmspring ◴[14 Nov 15 00:45 UTC] No.10563642[source]▶
The repeated attacks, heavy immigration of refugees...I'm hoping for the best, but I feel like there is a powder keg here. Whether or not it is based in any fact, how this is handled and plays out is a serious concern.
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PhasmaFelis ◴[14 Nov 15 00:48 UTC] No.10563659[source]▶
Indeed. I'm sure a bunch of dipshits are already claiming that this is what happens when you allow Muslims into your country, somehow. Gonna wind up hurting a lot more innocent people.
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mikeash ◴[14 Nov 15 01:13 UTC] No.10563803[source]▶
Can we at least wait until people start saying these things before we complain? I'm getting tired of seeing a bunch of comments complaining about other people supposedly making arguments of which I see no trace.
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TeMPOraL ◴[14 Nov 15 03:54 UTC] No.10564367[source]▶
"Howdy, lefties? Still arguing for disarming the citizens and letting in imigrants without control?" -- a (translation of a) friend's post on Facebook I just saw.

Yes, they will make those comments. They always do, even if nothing is happening.

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mikeash ◴[14 Nov 15 04:04 UTC] No.10564393[source]▶
Yes, and they should be kept to Facebook and news article comment sections where they belong, not brought preemptively here.
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TeMPOraL ◴[14 Nov 15 04:06 UTC] No.10564400[source]▶
Fair enough.

But it doesn't change the fact that general population will say these things, and it's them, not HN crowd, that shapes policy. I am seriously, true to God, afraid of what's going to happen now - afraid of overreaction of people and governments.

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1. mikeash ◴[14 Nov 15 04:16 UTC] No.10564430[source]▶
I just want to see intelligent discourse, whatever the topic may be. Preemptively stating some nonsense before the people who believe it can get there hurts discourse just as much as when it's stated for real.