Charlottesville Schools Close After Online Threat of 'Ethnic

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22 Mar 2019, 5:40 pm

Cleansing'

The Root: Charlottesville Schools Close After Online Threat of 'Ethnic Cleansing'

What, white supremacist violence isn't on the rise. You're just hysterical and imagining things.

Nope, nothing to be concerned about here.

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22 Mar 2019, 7:37 pm

Probably just some kids were weren't prepared for a major exam. I mean, come on? Growing up, didn't we all phone in one of those ethnic cleansing scares for an afternoon off?

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22 Mar 2019, 7:43 pm

This kid of stuff has to be taken seriously...

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22 Mar 2019, 8:08 pm

^ Of course, I agree. I'm a little curious as to why there's a link to 'The Onion' at the top of the homepage. Is this a satirical news site?

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22 Mar 2019, 8:35 pm

Slate.com: Teenager Arrested for “Ethnic Cleansing” Threat That Shut Down Charlottesville’s Schools for Two Days

ABC News: Teen arrested over 'ethnic cleansing' threat that closed Charlottesville schools for 2 days

AP: Teen charged with making racist threats in Charlottesville

The Guardian: Charlottesville schools close over 'ethnic cleansing' threat

The Hill: Charlottesville schools close after online threat of 'ethnic cleansing' at high school

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_(magazine)

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"The Root is an Afrocentric progressive online magazine. It launched on January 28, 2008, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald E. Graham, and was owned by Graham Holdings Company through its online subsidiary, The Slate Group.[2][3]

In 2015, Graham Holdings sold The Root to Univision Communications.[4] The site was subsequently re-launched under the Kinja platform used by other Gizmodo Media Group (formerly Gawker Media) websites."

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22 Mar 2019, 8:38 pm

Who knew you could look up what things are online by using resources like online search engines and Wikipedia and stuff. I guess some people were still unaware of that, in 2019, somehow. :lol:

They say you learn something new every day.

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22 Mar 2019, 8:38 pm

A thread about this topic was already posted before this one.

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22 Mar 2019, 9:13 pm

Oops, wrong thread.

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24 Mar 2019, 10:54 am

VegetableMan wrote:

Probably just some kids were weren't prepared for a major exam. I mean, come on? Growing up, didn't we all phone in one of those ethnic cleansing scares for an afternoon off?

This was not a childish prank. This was a terrorist threat, complete with a plan to carry it out.

And no, I never phoned in an “Ethnic Cleansing Scare”.

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24 Mar 2019, 11:39 am

Fnord wrote:

VegetableMan wrote:

Probably just some kids were weren't prepared for a major exam. I mean, come on? Growing up, didn't we all phone in one of those ethnic cleansing scares for an afternoon off?

This was not a childish prank. This was a terrorist threat, complete with a plan to carry it out.

And no, I never phoned in an “Ethnic Cleansing Scare”.

:roll:

It's called a joke. And I will never apologize for my dark humor. It's what gets me through life.

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24 Mar 2019, 12:03 pm

VegetableMan wrote:

And I will never apologize for my dark humor. It's what gets me through life.

Amen

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25 Mar 2019, 3:53 am

Ban semi-automatic weapons in the US and the kiddies threats seem less potent.

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25 Mar 2019, 4:41 am

What are the gun laws like in Oz on automatic weapons ? It looks like NZ are pushing for bans.

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