3. TIL: That during the Columbine massacre, two 9.8 kilogram propane bombs were pla...

TIL: That during the Columbine massacre, two 9.8 kilogram propane bombs were planted in the school cafeteria right before lunch. Had the bombs not fail to detonate, it is estimated that 488 students in the cafeteria at the time would have been killed or severely injured as a result.

[And when his questioning joins in with a roar of troglodytes, forming online communities to harass the victims of those crimes?] What then? They should go fuck themselves too? That's your answer ... go fuck yourself?

He has a right to question whatever the hell he wants. But when that happens in an anonymous forum that makes it so easy to just fling statements out there -- with no proof required, and no consequence for inaccuracy -- bad shit starts to happen. If he really had serious doubts, he'd be hiring his own lawyer, or taking it up with the mayor, or his state representatives. But no, that would take too much effort, and of course he's not really that serious, is he. Just flinging turds on the interwebs. What could the possible harm of that be?

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