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So... the secret service did their job this time? Rather than waiting while someone was camped out on a roof taking ages to miss a shot?
Technically this guy was in the area for over 12 hours before being thwarted.
While the secret service is in charge of the security detail, and they were securing the area inside the rally perimeter fence, they had also used local law enforcement personnel to secure the area outside the perimeter fence.
The rooftop in question was outside that fence, where the locals were supposed to be keeping things secure .
... So did you wake up this morning and just say to yourself "I need to defend some cops"
The secret service were in charge of trump's security detail. There was an armed gunman on a roof for a ridiculously large amount of time. No matter how many punisher skulls you have tattooed on your wee wee, they fucked up. Simple as that.
In your anger at everything with a badge you seem to have missed that I was blaming the local cops for not properly doing the job they had been assigned.
The secret service are cops too.
But hey, I guess I am just angry at badges and not at increasingly militarized orgs that have no problem violating people's rights (breaking up protesters and the like) but can't even do the fucking job they are allegedly shitting on civil rights to do.
That's not how that happened, but okay.
I bet “that’s not what happened” with zero elaboration has a single digit success rate
It was explaimed in detail from day one, the actions of all security involved, who was responsible for what, and the timeline of events and interactions. Obviously there isn't an unlimited secret service arsenal and army travelling the countryside with former presidents, packing planefuls of sniper teams and other special units.
You need that elaborated on? All the information is the same as it has been https://duckduckgo.com
Nah don’t care, that subject itself doesn’t affect or interest me. Just saying that you convinced no one and that your comment provided no value besides a few upvotes for me, which don’t even matter on this site. I also intended it more for others who might be inclined to do the same thing rather than you yourself.
If you actually ever want to change minds or prevent the spread of misinformation (which I’m still not convinced it is because again, you provided no evidence and I still don’t care), it’s a good idea to actually elaborate instead of just saying “not true”. The only people convinced by empty comments like yours will be convinced the other way by the next evidence-free claim.
Btw I genuinely don’t see how the info would change my life for the better so if you are gonna start trying now, just edit it into your og comment or something, I probably won’t be back in this thread again
That was an extensive way of saying you roam around making quips at others with disinterest of context and little concern.for much else. How charming.
While I don’t care much about the subject, I do actually care about ineffective communication and how it presents. Indeed, I have made a few comments like that— specifically putting the reason a comment failed to communicate— in the hopes that at least one person will avoid that particular pitfall next time. I don’t do it as much as I’d like to because sometimes it’s hard to condense why a comment failed, but this one was pretty easy.
For the sake of argument though, making quips would still be better than worthless comments like your original one even if they didn’t communicate something. Among every form of discourse, quips are vastly better liked than “not true but I can’t prove it” to everyone but the guy being called out.
And that digit is 0