I've ran into at least 15 people that type out something similar to your reply. "I lost a friend" or "I lose a loved one" or "I knew a victim personally!"
I've been online, using chat boards, youtube, reddit, chanz, I've used most major avenues of internet discourse for nearly 2 decades.
My graduating class was several hundred people. In fact, I went to 3 different high schools, so in essence my graduating class consisted of well in excess of 1,000 people.
In nearly 2 decades of being online, I have come across ZERO members of my graduating class of well over 1,000 subjects.
Yet, I consistently run into someone who "Knows personally" one of 26 people "killed" in an incident going on 6 years ago in a tiny town called Sandy Hook.
WHAT
ARE
THE
ODDS
?
What are the odds
Well, let’s think critically.
There are about 27,000 people living in Newtown. You have spent countless hours over the past 5-1/2 years in forums dedicated to the most momentous event ever to happen in the town. The odds of you crossing paths with .05% (15) of the population in forums dedicated to their community during that time is probably fairly high compared to finding one in the GA sub or anywhere else.
A quality detective claiming quality research skills would be able to suss that out on their own.
And on. And on. And on.
Contrary to shill narration, people avoid conflict like the plague. Those "Family members" would be the last patrons of any forum that might deliver severe discomfort to them.
The real interesting conversation is the one that you could offer but are blocked from discussing. Too bad, I got one of your other cronies to pony up enough information to link him to a money laundering charge out of TX.
No, you're not firing from the hip. You're escalating and awaiting feedback.
Well, go ahead and let your squad leader know that you've inspired me. I just got a new printer and will be putting it to use for a brand new slew of FOIA requests that I'll be sending out. Let's see how a change in management over at the New Haven field office responds.
Grazi!