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Here is another video about this: [url]http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/bestoftv/2013/01/16/ac-newtown-conspiracy-theorists-harassment.cnn[/url]
I was not even aware of this, but apparently there are conspiracy theories about the newtown shooting, which claims that the shooting was misreported, exaggerated, or completely fake in order for the US government to increase support for gun control. The most notable guy is a college professor who claimed that the shooting was not thoroughly investigated, and got the attention of Anderson Cooper. Survivors of the shooting are actually being harassed by some of these people, calling them liars and fakers.
Now, clearly these people are a very small minority who are only payed attention too because of the internet and do not represent gun advocates, these people are completely different. Still, this is just disgusting.
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I've seen some of the conspiracy stuff. I don't think for a minute that the shooting itself was a conspiracy. There does seem to be some evidence that crisis actors have been used, which I think is appalling. It's also undeniable that the entire tragedy has just been used as political fuel for the -blam!-ing garbage we let run our country(I mean both parties. I hate politicians). There shouldn't have been any way the situation could've been more sad, but here in America, we -blam!-ing find a way.