Times Square “active shooter” panic(motorcycle backfire)

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07 Aug 2019, 3:18 am


Sign of the times


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07 Aug 2019, 4:51 am

There has to be some way of pinning this on Trump.



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07 Aug 2019, 4:54 am

People are in panic nowadays because lord knows what the orange one has in store



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07 Aug 2019, 5:04 am

Orange man bad terrifying.



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07 Aug 2019, 5:21 am

The anti-christ would be totally peeved that Trump stole his thunder



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07 Aug 2019, 6:31 am

cyberdad wrote:
People are in panic nowadays because lord knows what the orange one has in store


Regarding the motor-cycle backfiring, this is not the first time a vehicle has been mistake for fire arms. Just google it. Hondas are prone to that, it seems. As cars moved from carbureted systems to fuel-injection backfiring became less common. Now it is only heard on antique autos, hot-rods/rice rockets, racing cars, and small engines such as lawnmowers and motor-cycles which use carburetors.

The panic is not about Trump. It's about getting shot by idiots. NYC, Chicago, Baltimore aren't known for being peaceful strongholds of "right living and plain thinking."


And stealing the antichrist's thunder? No problem. He already has Fascism, Socialism, and Communism doing it for him!


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07 Aug 2019, 7:00 am

From 1989:



It is amazing how far back in time trump terror reaches.



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07 Aug 2019, 8:50 am

I remember that film and that car.

"Backfire Scene". As if that car backfired only once! :mrgreen:



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07 Aug 2019, 8:55 am

It's a combination of fear of street crime---and of "active shooters."



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09 Aug 2019, 3:35 am

EzraS wrote:
There has to be some way of pinning this on Trump.

It will happen I’m sure.