# The AR-15 and the Navy Yard shooting **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443 "2013-09-22T14:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 138
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443/138 "2013-09-24T20:06:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Very confusing, **Counselor**. On the one hand, you firmly deny offering any sort of conspiracy theory. On the other hand, you offer us posts that insinuate and suggest a conspiracy of sorts. Is there some principle of rhetoric that you can go ahead and insinuate something so long as you deny you are doing so? > > Is it some sort of “conspiracy” born out of an unrecognized bias, that all the liberal media tilt in a certain direction, hence, report the news consistent with that bias? That might be plausible, however, impossible to prove. I have answered this precise question in post #17 of this thread: > [@Bricker](#): > > Now, as to “conspiracy.” > > I didn’t use the term, despite your placing in quotes and discussing what I said. A conspiracy is an agreement. When actors are similarly motivated, they act similarly. No agreement is needed. > [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps if you boil this down to a single thesis, one that does not depend on insinuation and suggestion, but is readily falsifiable? Clear and crisp, with defined premises and sharp edges? That’s a remarkably ironic request coming from you, isn’t it? In an earlier thread, I asked you: > [@Here's your "all white jury", race hustlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-all-white-jury-race-hustlers/664621/197): > > Do you have an actual, plain, clear, answer? And you replied: > [@Here's your "all white jury", race hustlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-your-all-white-jury-race-hustlers/664621/198): > > Sure! You don’t deserve one. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ar-15-and-the-navy-yard-shooting/669443)._