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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:43 AM Jul 2012

Orgy of Monday morning "mourning"...sadly and sickeningly predictable, [View all]

an assault of feigned sorrow and fake concern--all wrapped up in convenient 7-minute, commercial-friendly segments. Such is the Monday morning corporate NOOZ coverage of only the latest US gun outrage--ever more egregious than the one before.

One obvious conclusion is that a lot of Americans must really get off on this collective mea culpa shit, at least to judge from the fawning "interviews" of victims, survivors and eye-witnesses.

Otherwise, why would the same sorry scenario be allowed to repeat itself--year after awful year, time after terrible time? Every attack more murderous than the last.

Looking on from abroad, one comes away with an obscene but inescapable impression. Some secret frisson, some "scary-movie" thrill keeps the American public on-board with this crap. Gun porn, indeed...

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Orgy of Monday morning "mourning"...sadly and sickeningly predictable, [View all] Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 OP

The disconnent is hard to convey to Americans who never lived outside of the states... Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #1

Thanks for adding the last relevant paragraph to my post, DiK... Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #4

you wrote: Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #8

Excellente question, mon chèr voisin...est-ce simplement Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #10

If we aren't going to do anything to change the situation, and we aren't.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #2

Excellent analogy, Fume. The obscene outpouring Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #5

I couldn't agree more. EnviroBat Jul 2012 #13

Great and pertinent commentary, EnviroBat... Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #15

My wife and I have been considering joining the ranks of the ex-pats. EnviroBat Jul 2012 #25

91 people were killed in Iraq recently Cestode Jul 2012 #3

Yeah, but their families and friends aren't media-friendly... Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #6

Any candles or teddybears in those commercials? malaise Jul 2012 #7

Oh, there's a huge pile of them building up Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #9

Don't forget the black ribbons malaise Jul 2012 #16

As the latest outrage just begins to break on the screen crawl, Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #18

So what does America do with its shock and outrage? turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #11

Get mad, go to the streets, strike, boycott, Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #12

But will enough do it? 99Forever Jul 2012 #20

For sure, 99Forever, the situation looks pretty dire... Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #24

We do nothing with it. EnviroBat Jul 2012 #14

Wow, EnviroBat, this post is so full of wisdom Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #17

So how do we take the passion and emotion out of discussions? turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #19

I think, turtlerescue, to remove the passion you have Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #22

Yoo-Essssay..Yoo-Esssay.. We're Number 1 SoCalDem Jul 2012 #21

+1,000 ! American exceptionalism reigns! Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #23

To me it seems like rubber-necking. snot Jul 2012 #26