Ten years ago, instead of following a link affixed to a submission of gushing sentiment on Twitter and Facebook, most folks would've learned about the catastrophic event in Orlando through the front page of a printed newspaper.
My heart goes out to the victims and their loved ones. Really it does.
Cue the finger-pointing.
Cue the obligatory performances by high-profile celebrities to leave no doubt in anyone's mind regarding their solidarity with the victims.
Cue the Facebook avatar filters.
Without going into detail or providing point-by-point parallels in bullet-form, I do get the faint impression that the official narratives emerging in the aftermath of mass killings in recent times almost seem to be outlined in advance of the events themselves. I will say that it's not inconceivable that motives are more easily obfuscated when the perpetrator ends-up included in the death tally. Of course, five out of seven people in the western world seem to have no qualms about cementing all manner of intimate thoughts and reflections online. Have you read my blog?
But are they really cemented? Are they not malleable after being written? If I can edit the words on this page whenever I want, what's to stop someone else from doing so, presuming they can access my account? Do these words I write, and images I upload appear the same on my computer screen as they would appear to someone in India? Would it not take a computer forensics specialist to properly ascertain whether or not my genuine submissions haven't been altered in some clandestine fashion?
I'll leave it to you, esteemed readers, to get to the bottom of whatever potentialities may or may not exist. I can promise it'll be a perplexing pursuit given the labyrinthine experience of attempting to research anything online. Conflicting agendas, spin, opportunism, memes, 'click-here'... it's a quagmire of confusion to be sure.
Until next time, I'll continue to avoid mass gatherings and simply experience the world from behind my pixelated 'reality' zone.
My heart goes out to the victims and their loved ones. Really it does.
Cue the finger-pointing.
Cue the opportunistic political angling.Agenda: Mainstream Media Blames Guns, Not ISIS, For #Orlando Massacre https://t.co/LHjjCGkRrk #2a #tcot #guncontrol— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) June 13, 2016
Cue the false-flag conspiracy theories.Rubio Contemplates Senate Run After Orlando Shooting https://t.co/QpKR7chG0I via @RollCall— Mark Steyn (@MarkSteynOnline) June 13, 2016
Cue the obligatory performances by high-profile celebrities to leave no doubt in anyone's mind regarding their solidarity with the victims.
Cue the Facebook avatar filters.
Without going into detail or providing point-by-point parallels in bullet-form, I do get the faint impression that the official narratives emerging in the aftermath of mass killings in recent times almost seem to be outlined in advance of the events themselves. I will say that it's not inconceivable that motives are more easily obfuscated when the perpetrator ends-up included in the death tally. Of course, five out of seven people in the western world seem to have no qualms about cementing all manner of intimate thoughts and reflections online. Have you read my blog?
But are they really cemented? Are they not malleable after being written? If I can edit the words on this page whenever I want, what's to stop someone else from doing so, presuming they can access my account? Do these words I write, and images I upload appear the same on my computer screen as they would appear to someone in India? Would it not take a computer forensics specialist to properly ascertain whether or not my genuine submissions haven't been altered in some clandestine fashion?
I'll leave it to you, esteemed readers, to get to the bottom of whatever potentialities may or may not exist. I can promise it'll be a perplexing pursuit given the labyrinthine experience of attempting to research anything online. Conflicting agendas, spin, opportunism, memes, 'click-here'... it's a quagmire of confusion to be sure.
Until next time, I'll continue to avoid mass gatherings and simply experience the world from behind my pixelated 'reality' zone.
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