Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin
Shooting Attacks on North Carolina Grid Cut Power to Thousands (gizmodo.com)
3 points by rbanffy on Dec 5, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


While this seems more like "hillbilly rage" wasn't there an event a couple years back where someone shot at and disabled a power grid that was suspected to be foreign probing/terrorism?

Maybe it was this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack


If it turns out to be locally done, they can take the repair costs out of the homeowners and churches that house and foster the bigotry. Apologies if my assumption is incorrect, but I’m basing it on how things look from outside the us. Doesn’t seem like much “judge not lest ye be judged” going down, which is odd given all the rhetoric.


This is such a hot take. Your assumptions aren't just wrong, they are unintelligent. You have zero evidence on which to base any one of 1,000 possibilities, but you go right to blaming middle-America "homeowners" and "churches." As if homeowners have an interest in destroying their supply lines of electricity, and churches preach "thou shalt not have transmission lines."


If we’re confiscating from bigots we could begin with yourself.


I wasn't there protesting the event, nor did I visit Colorado. For better or worse, I'm not an isolated poster: https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/12/gypsies-tramps-.... I'll eat my words if wrong, but I believe the rhetoric that's been produced the last 4+ years. I agree with Maya Angelou. Opposing bigotry isn't bigoted.

Shooting up power stations would be, unfortunately, some of the less violent things that have been done.


Persecuting groups because of individuals actions sounds like a recipe for disaster.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: