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25. I have some young, distant cousins on my Facebook

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:11 AM

Sep 2012

friends list, and I'm horrified by a lot of what they say. I hide their feeds for the most part, but on a birthday or something when I end up on their page, I see how they and their friends use all sorts of slurs and sexist/bigoted terms (their friends are diverse and it's interesting to see how both black and white kids openly call each other the "n" word, playfully, of course) Not sure what's to blame, but my first guess would be a poor educational curriculum that doesn't challenge them or hold them accountable, little or no responsibilities, spoiled at home, plenty of time to post ignorant things on social media.

Reporting Alyssa doesn't bring me much comfort because I know that she's incapable of "getting it." She's incapable of understanding what she did wrong. It troubles me that someone that young could have such a cruel, uncaring attitude and so little common sense.

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THE CHOICE: When 16 Year-Old Alyssa Douglas Calls For The President's Assassination on Twitter [View all] kpete Sep 2012 OP

I'd bet the family tunes in get the red out Sep 2012 #1

Bingo. Scuba Sep 2012 #7

+1 n/t n2doc Sep 2012 #13

Word Doctor_J Sep 2012 #16

Did you originate that-"Dittiot"? TexasProgresive Sep 2012 #40

No, it's Franken's Doctor_J Sep 2012 #41

OOOH another good one-thanks TexasProgresive Sep 2012 #45

Dang! These are GREAT!!!! Dittiot and Limbecile! calimary Sep 2012 #90

CWA 4340 here in cleveland ohio just sayin hi ... nt leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #91

Are you with ATT? TexasProgresive Sep 2012 #96

yes - att outside tech install and repair of dsl - their version of cable tv(u-verse) pots etc leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #110

Glad to me ya! TexasProgresive Sep 2012 #113

i remember those co's all the relays all that noise .i got hired in 81 leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #120

You might like the term "teabilly" caseymoz Sep 2012 #50

Who is she? And when does she meet with the Secret Service? aquart Sep 2012 #2

you might have missed this. warrior1 Sep 2012 #3

I'm sure her parents taught her well. liberalmuse Sep 2012 #4

So did Rush Limbaugh and his ilk. Auntie Bush Sep 2012 #112

You just know that good old mom and dad had something to do with that. panader0 Sep 2012 #5

where we, as a society, have gone wrong; why we, as a society, have failed seabeyond Sep 2012 #6

We actually have not failed, but improved immensely. Kurovski Sep 2012 #8

+1 n/t MrBig Sep 2012 #53

Here is a CB Radio story AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2012 #99

Both -- this young lady used her real name and photo obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #122

She's a Bully schoolgirl growing up to join the adult bully Repugnants. Cyber bullying, and then? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #9

As much as I despised (and still do despise) George Bush deutsey Sep 2012 #10

I wouldn't wish that either. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #21

Too many of my heroes have been gunned down, I guess deutsey Sep 2012 #23

which right-wingers have been assassinated, again? yodermon Sep 2012 #54

I don't know...Wasn't my point deutsey Sep 2012 #71

No, he's making a fair point... Scootaloo Sep 2012 #104

Yeah...the left's leadership was practically wiped out in the '60s and '70s deutsey Sep 2012 #117

I think the ledger is definitely on the right wing side but here are some to think about exboyfil Sep 2012 #107

Anybody remember Randi Rhodes exboyfil Sep 2012 #108

Can you give a link to that? Thanks in advance. n/t Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #128

The SLA core was quite Fascist, just like the Manson Family obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #123

I'm sure you are aware that John Hinckley's family were friends of the Bush's? Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #127

Never heard that exboyfil Sep 2012 #131

The unabomber was an anarchist. Would probably be a teajadist these days Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #129

I never wanted anyone to kill him either Drale Sep 2012 #30

+1. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #68

As much as I hated Bush, I never wished him dead. lob1 Sep 2012 #102

I wanted them both executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity after trial and conviction Occulus Sep 2012 #111

when kids were young and addressing these issues with bush, the rule was.... seabeyond Sep 2012 #32

+1 that's my first thought treestar Sep 2012 #43

CORRECT Skittles Sep 2012 #51

Agree, but I always wished and advocated for Bush being tried for war Cleita Sep 2012 #83

lol deutsey Sep 2012 #84

Yeah, there is that..but, Cha Sep 2012 #115

Then you understand Democracy rock Sep 2012 #130

Her main twitter acct is off line temporarily but life long demo Sep 2012 #11

That's the hashtag that she used on her assassination tweet obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #126

My sixteen year old nephew and Ten year old niece abelenkpe Sep 2012 #12

And grandpamike1 Sep 2012 #35

Has that sixteen yr.-old been talked to by the Secret Service? Just yesterday, some delegate sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #14

I was on Twitter when she posted that. so many of my progressive feeds homed right in on it.... NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #15

Devil's advocate here, MadHound Sep 2012 #17

Wow. you run with a tough crowd. Never, in my LIFE, have I or my friends or family EVER said that.. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #24

Go read some of the counter culture literature of the sixties and seventies MadHound Sep 2012 #29

"The only dope worth shooting is Nixon" Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #73

U mean the same Hunter Thompson... PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #81

I mostly agree, but I'll quibble with one point. lob1 Sep 2012 #103

post 32. and then there is parenting and teaching our children. our responsibility. seabeyond Sep 2012 #33

So where was Hunter Thompson's parenting, MadHound Sep 2012 #39

WTF?? Skittles Sep 2012 #55

Lots of people do, MadHound Sep 2012 #59

I don't care how many people do it Skittles Sep 2012 #62

Yes, but the fact of the matter is it does happen MadHound Sep 2012 #64

Not necessilarily in anger either... PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #85

You could say I am guilty of wishing ill on a president. RebelOne Sep 2012 #58

I Admit To RobinA Sep 2012 #66

most would survive PoliticalBiker Sep 2012 #86

I would wager a guess that her "frustration" comes from the color of the President's skin MagickMuffin Sep 2012 #87

She is from a suburb of Cincinatti, which proves you are right obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #125

Yes. As you stated, this is a digital age of instant mass communication. Avalux Sep 2012 #92

Does "I wouldn't piss on *ush W if he was on fire to put him out" count? Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #119

Then all of you also broke Federal law obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #124

Fox Noise... absyntheminded Sep 2012 #18

When I was 16 years old I didn't give two shits about politics; LeftinOH Sep 2012 #19

+1 madaboutharry Sep 2012 #105

I emailed her school principal vlyons Sep 2012 #20

Makes you wonder if they even teach anything about the Kennedy era... progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #28

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #22

I have some young, distant cousins on my Facebook ecstatic Sep 2012 #25

The portion of your post about kids using the n word LibertyLover Sep 2012 #48

Put her ass in jail, pronto adigal Sep 2012 #26

She's just a product of the prevailing culture. AngryOldDem Sep 2012 #27

Also the internet culture of trolling/attention whoring Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #36

A culture of Cyber-Bullying; it's pandemic in the schools & out of control. Vile, vicious, damaging. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #44

and it is feeding into society as a whole, feeding into who we are as a people. seabeyond Sep 2012 #52

My son lives with it almost everyday. AngryOldDem Sep 2012 #63

Best wishes and strength to your son. His eyes are open; no need to make him afraid. He's brave. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #74

Thank you. I am very proud of him. AngryOldDem Sep 2012 #88

Sept. 22 will be Billy Sipple Day in San Francisco AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2012 #100

wow heaven05 Sep 2012 #31

Tho some people are defending her saying that it wasn't "inciting violence" her hashtag is telling. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #34

This all has probably begun before she turned 16. Usually kids are products of their environments.. nc4bo Sep 2012 #37

The GOP celebrates hate & fear & calls for violence, and this is what they've wrought. mother earth Sep 2012 #38

There's a song in........ Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2012 #42

Thanks for the reminder -this song really affected me when I first heard it solara Sep 2012 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Jamaal510 Sep 2012 #46

About 2 a.m. this morning was at a site turtlerescue1 Sep 2012 #47

Sigh - and people wonder why I don't do social media. Initech Sep 2012 #49

A 16 year old's decision gael Sep 2012 #57

I was just thinking... Jamaal510 Sep 2012 #60

UPDATE: (link) Robb Sep 2012 #61

thanks for the update. savalez Sep 2012 #67

Consequences. WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #70

good. parents can read thru the trash tweets her daughter has posted. and be humiliated seabeyond Sep 2012 #75

"Bloggers and Twitter users followed the incident today with a discussion of hate speech." AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #76

it takes a village grasswire Sep 2012 #65

Teenagers will do stupid things Dash87 Sep 2012 #69

HER ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DELETED and AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #72

Watch her emerge as the next Joe the Plumber flamingdem Sep 2012 #77

She is probably a someone whose parents AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #78

Or Carrie Prejean - "Waaaaaahhhhhh...my freedom of speech has been taken away!" bullwinkle428 Sep 2012 #80

Had she done this under Bush Politicalboi Sep 2012 #79

I think they should have booked her HappyMe Sep 2012 #82

I didn't realize this was a local story Carly Sep 2012 #89

This will probably follow her the rest of her life. Some mistakes made at 16 kiranon Sep 2012 #98

I hope she and her lovely family have gotten a visit from Agent Mike and his colleagues. Bake Sep 2012 #93

Exactly. bunnies Sep 2012 #94

Totally agree. smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #116

You can say anything you like about a President, but you can't Cleita Sep 2012 #95

Lots of stupid hyperbole all around. D23MIURG23 Sep 2012 #97

Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team) xxxhelal Sep 2012 #101

I would edit the asshole's name out of the title graham4anything Sep 2012 #106

I'm fine with leaving this to the Secret Service. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #109

I just don't understand where the hatred comes from.... YoungDemCA Sep 2012 #114

She needs professional help or removed from her parent's custody. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #118

I'm one of many who reported her obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #121