Just a reminder: the alleged shooter is a 22 year-old man, not a boy, not a kid.

[niyad]

I can just see the reichwing praising him as an assassin on one hand, but pretending he is very young, and therefore not responsible for his actions, on the other.

Usage and intent matter.

[SheltieLover]

1. "Troubled boy"

[niyad]

3. Yes, of course!

[SheltieLover]

11. Always the case.

[mcar]

2. According to the media, white men in their 20s are kids

and Black kids in their teens are men.

[niyad]

4. Yes!

[Johonny]

15. To be fair, most GOPers act like theyre 5

See Trump

[niyad]

20. Sadly, you do have a point there.

[Tribetime]

5. Wow, what are the odds?It was a white guy in his twenties

Who would have ever thought it

[niyad]

8. I know, right???

[RockRaven]

6. Don't forget a religous/forgiveness angle. They will do that too.

[niyad]

9. But of course!

[Johnny2X2X]

7. I was noticing the same thing

22 year old man, period. This wasn't some troubled teenager, this was a 22 year old White Nationalist from a relatively affluent Republican family.

[niyad]

10. But watch the pretzeling/knot tying begin!

[Omnipresent]

12. Oooh, a Republican family!

Where they are always brought up right!

[niyad]

27. Amazing, is it not???

[multigraincracker]

13. I've learned. Short cuts can hurt.

Glad this is being pointed out

[Baitball Blogger]

14. What a world the conservatives have created for us.

A 22 year old man who kills someone is called a boy. And a 13 yr old rape victim is called a woman. It’s time to to leave their rabbit hole behind.

[Zackzzzz]

19. That's Exactly What I Said

And then I read your statement.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Like his Fuhrer, a spoiled child in a man's body. But "adult" under the law, as it should be. . . . nt

[niyad]

28. Exactly!

[BattleRow]

17. Remember Gingrichs "youthful indiscretions"

[niyad]

22. Shudder!! unfortunately, yes.

[LeftinOH]

18. That's the same age as Thomas Fugate - currently head of violence-prevention

at the Homeland Security department.

[niyad]

23. Now there is an unnerving fact!

[Skittles]

21. I was a sergeant in the Air Force at that age

so no, he ain't no child, and neither was Monica L

[niyad]

24. Exactly!

[maxsolomon]

25. Glad to know my offhand reference inspired an OP.

nt

[niyad]

26. I know that yours was an offhand remark. But it served to remind me

exactly how that framing will be used by the chattering classes to make robinson look like a poor, helpless victim, so I wanted to remind people.