• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    A man was shot and killed while exchanging gunfire with Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies following a traffic stop in north Houston Sunday.

    He wasn’t shot because he was a Sovcit idiot, he was shot because he was shooting at police. Why even mention he was a Sovcit idiot? It doesn’t change the story at all.

    The site might as well have: “Man with blue pants shot, killed during exchange with Harris County deputies”

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        the man refused to exit his vehicle and identified himself as a sovereign citizen. Deputies engaged the man in conversation for over an hour in an attempt to remove him from the vehicle.

        It’s obviously relevant context. This situation wouldn’t exist if he wasn’t a sovidiot.

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          The line between “imply” and “provide” is pretty damn razor thin here. The first thing this sovcit with 2 felonies did was announce he was a sovcit then proceed to argue with the police for over an hour before driving off not recognizing their authority. Then he got into a shootout with said law enforcement.

          I mean this is “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…” incarnate. We are not a court of law here. We can draw conclusions based on this.

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      Why did he open fire on the cops?

      Meth? Personal grudge? Former cop whistleblower fighting for his life? Just hates cops and shoots at people all the time? Suicidal? It’s part of the Who What Where Why When formula.

      It’s a valid question, and valid to include in the story and, yes, in the headline.

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      The fact that he was a SovCit idiot prompted him to shoot at the cops. It’s relevant background.

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        Except they dont say “gunfire exchange” so the headline def means to slant towards sovcit being the victim

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          You have to read more than the headline:

          “After stepping out of his vehicle, the man, armed with a pistol, began shooting at deputies. They exchanged gunfire and the man was shot dead. No deputies were injured during the exchange, Gonzalez said.”

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            Im just commenting on the clickbait and slanted headline and its intended effects.

            I did read the article and thats how I came to see the slant, and why I chose to comment on it.

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          the headline def means to slant towards sovcit being the victim

          Or lazily slanting towards “ACAB”.

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      That would be like describing 9/11 as “Man flies plane into building, twice”. I imagine the cops screamed at him to submit, he refused then violence.

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      Because they had a conversation for an hour and a half talking to the guy before he drove off on them. That’s an hour and a half of sovcit circle talk bullshit.