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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
There are all kinds of tactical gear for bad-ass wannabes (FYI - Black Friday deals on tactical pants at tacticalgear.com). It's marketed to them as "military grade" or "tactical" but if the news reports it as such, it's sensationalism. Guy buys a tactical flashlight and bashes someone over the head with it, the news reports it as such and the news is being sensationalist? How about the people selling it?
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This whole "tacti-cool" trend just plain cracks me up. Opportunistic marketing targeting fat middle aged Rambo wannabes. Jesus H. Christ, I've lost track of all of the camo clothing and "tactical" gear being peddled. What a joke. Right down to camo wallets for hunters... I'm here to tell you, if I drop my wallet out hunting, I want the god damned thing to be blaze orange, or better yet, have a flashing light on it. Maybe a siren.
So, I think we both see the absurdity of that kind of marketing, and the folly of the idiots that buy into it. I see the very same thing at play with this kind of reporting, and the folks that buy into it.