Fact check: No, the Astroworld tragedy wasn't a satanic ritual

Houston Chronicle ^

[MNDude]

the hours since news broke that eight people were killed and dozens more hospitalized after sustaining injuries amid mayhem at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Nov. 5, the city’s paper of record has aggressively reported and written about the tragedy: how rapper Travis Scott kept performing for 37 minutes as a ‘mass casualty’ unfolded, whether the festival followed its own plan for mass casualty events, and how the whole thing unfolded.

[MNDude]

Whatever a MSM "fact check" says makes me immediately assume the opposite must be true.

[waterhill]

Well the vids I have seen are some freaky shit, if not satanic.

[ifinnegan]

Sure it was.

So was Altamount.

So was 1/6 (Ashli Babbit).

There’s a lot of evil people.

It’s hidden and occult. We fight not against flesh and bone but principalities and powers in high places.

This means we put on the armor of God for spiritual battle.

We do not chase the chimeras they place for is to chase in physical struggle or we go down the rabbit holes and labyrinths set for us. We see examples of this a lot recently.

Understand who is a murderer from the beginning.

Know it, know Jesus.

But don’t chase the chimeras. It’s a house of mirrors meant to drive people crazy.

[reasonisfaith]

Your assumption is solid.

[hoe_cake]

I would like to read this, but the Houston Chronical keeps interrupting my feed with a sign in/sign up. Nonetheless I get the jest here. The MSM is corrupt.

[Jeff Chandler]

Wait, what?

[Fester Chugabrew]

Satan does all in its androgynous power to deny, obfuscate, confuse, lie, deceive, and murder. The efforts and results are plain to see, and broadcast constantly in our midst.

[DoodleBob]

I'm not an expert on satanic rituals. But if I was going to run a 'fact-check' exercise, I'd do some research or interview some satanists or priests who may know a thing or two on the topic.

Instead, Leftist hack Ms. O'Rourke basically says "we've spoken to people who know zero about satanic rituals, and they say it's not a satanic ritual, because like, ya know, there is no WAY it could be, like, satan or whatever."

Like the Houston Chronicle, the AP and the Times — or any other credible news organization — didn’t report on any evidence of a satanic ritual at Astroworld. The only such news coverage explores how this narrative has emerged. But as officials are investigating and assigning blame for what happened over the weekend, a popular rapper executing a death rite in front of 50,000 fans doesn’t register in reality.

I honestly think Ms. O'Rourke isn't trying to deflect. I think she hates the 'knuckle-dragging herd' that is asking if this was a satanic ritual, and is hoping to quash the idea by condescension.

Or, maybe she's running interference.

Either way, she's a terrible writer.

[ccmay]

Whatever a MSM "fact check" says makes me immediately assume the opposite must be true.

Especially when the headline is a smug “No, X isn’t Y”. It almost always IS TOO f**king Y.

[AzNASCARfan]

Well I just watched this 15 min video last night and I don’t believe that for a second... Watch it and decide for yourself!
Does anybody really think they would tell you if it was??
https://youtu.be/z_12_F-zKUI

[\/\/ayne]

This confirms it was a Satanic ritual.

[HollyB]

I’m glad we’ve got the Houston Chronical to set those facts straight. (Eye roll.)

[HollyB]

It’s interesting to see so many ‘kids’ swearing it was pure evil.

[HollyB]

People were passing out who were outside and not even in the crowd before Travis even played. They said there was this strange looped beat which made them feel really strange.

[DesertRhino]

If it wasn’t, we can sure make do with this till a real satanic ritual comes along.

[Crim]

Fact check = true.

[Steve_Seattle]

I don’t know this singer or his music, but something does not have to be literally a satanic ritual in order to be evil in intent or to attract demonic influence. Much of today’s pop culture has crossed the line into presenting demonic themes and imagery in a spirit of advocacy. The Houston Chronicle is playing semantic games, just as the left has been doing with “critical race theory.”

[Allegra]

Whatever a MSM "fact check" says makes me immediately assume the opposite must be true.

Especially when it’s the Houston Comical. It’s been a leftist rag for decades

[Steve_Seattle]

It’s interesting that the Chronicle puts “mass casualty” in quotes, intending to minimize what happened. I bet they never put quotes around the “deadly insurrection” on January 6th.

[LegendHasIt]

It has become quite obvious that these days, any person or group who calls themselves "Fact Checkers" are not interested in presenting the truth, but are "checking" the facts: as in the second definition of verb (used with object):

2: to restrain; hold in restraint or control.