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sarisataka

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23. I believe there are two reasons for this

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 02:02 PM

Oct 2022

One reason has to do with the victims, the other has to do with the shooter.

Both relate to an established narrative and the reasons not fitting.

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tiedrich tweet: holy fucking shit, there was another school shooting yesterday and it barely made a [View all] orleans Oct 2022 OP

Mass shootings are becoming commonplace. Meanwhile, Texas is issuing DNA kits to students Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #1

Yeah. My neck of the woods. forgotmylogin Oct 2022 #19

That's the take I got from hearing a little of the interview FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #31

only two.... This is so fucked up. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #51

559 mass shootings so far in 2022. Today is the 298th day of the year. NullTuples Oct 2022 #38

Yesterday? Try TODAY - 17 year old kills family member wounds 2 others Minnesota TigressDem Oct 2022 #49

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2022 #50

TV announcer: "Now it's time for our daily roundup of school shootings around the nation." nt Wicked Blue Oct 2022 #2

The shooting didn't meet the required minimum number of students killed. sop Oct 2022 #3

Right Erik the UNred Oct 2022 #35

We have had our government deliberately paralyzed in this area by extremists. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #4

article link orleans Oct 2022 #5

Thanks for this link. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #45

Non-school mass shootings not getting coverage either unc70 Oct 2022 #6

I got numerous alerts and links to articles about it throughout the day AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #7

but if this happened in literally any other developed country it would have been front page news dsc Oct 2022 #9

Same here. Treefrog Oct 2022 #17

I didn't see anything on the news or MSNBC.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #40

Google has four pages of links to news stories from the past 24 hours AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #42

Well.... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #48

First thing I thought of when I woke up this morning... as I'd waited all day for any degree of hlthe2b Oct 2022 #8

MSM is too busy with"Democrsts in Disarray" or "Surging Red Tide" narrative TheRealNorth Oct 2022 #10

+1 Meadowoak Oct 2022 #11

+1000. nt ecstatic Oct 2022 #56

It was one of the top stories sarisataka Oct 2022 #12

My experience is that whenever anyone says "Why isn't the MSM covering this?" AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #14

Being well covered means you don't have to search for it. It will just be in your face. Lucky Luciano Oct 2022 #54

We have to make sure everyone knows what Trump is doing or saying. blueinredohio Oct 2022 #13

What have we become..... Hope22 Oct 2022 #15

I saw it on the news and heard it on the radio. Treefrog Oct 2022 #16

I believe there are two reasons for this sarisataka Oct 2022 #23

I agree. Treefrog Oct 2022 #30

In red state gun totin' Missouri lees1975 Oct 2022 #18

... until it IS. calimary Oct 2022 #20

Not that I'm making any fun of any shootings, but we have this many shootings over a weekend in the SWBTATTReg Oct 2022 #21

I'll tell you what: this nation is psychopathic .. ananda Oct 2022 #22

sick. barbtries Oct 2022 #26

Mentally and physically. ananda Oct 2022 #27

me too. barbtries Oct 2022 #33

Me too. ananda Oct 2022 #44

that's kinda funny. barbtries Oct 2022 #46

Do you mean abuse of the 2nd Amendment? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #52

Abuse of the First Amendment. sop Oct 2022 #57

no. although that is real. barbtries Oct 2022 #60

Shooting people is Freedom of Speech? Religious Freedom? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #64

yes, you are. barbtries Oct 2022 #65

The actual shooting of people is not a 1st amendment thing. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #66

you're so off base. barbtries Oct 2022 #67

You have nailed it Cosmocat Oct 2022 #59

Republicans worship guns and fetal cells, while claiming to be pro life. Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #24

Not enough carnage. catbyte Oct 2022 #25

This IS what we've become! TeamProg Oct 2022 #28

Mass shooting of the day... dlk Oct 2022 #29

Why, would something have happened if it got more coverage than it did? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #32

In my job 4 years ago, a co-worker said the media coverage encourages copycats. Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #34

My understanding that after 9/11 Jimbo S Oct 2022 #37

We are now a shithole country. NewHendoLib Oct 2022 #36

I nearly just posted the same sentiment. sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #39

It's tragic - didn't have to be like this. Catalyzed by TFG. NewHendoLib Oct 2022 #41

K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Oct 2022 #43

Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #47

The US Media$$$$$ has been Cha Oct 2022 #53

Two nurses were shot dead in a hospital in Dallas ismnotwasm Oct 2022 #55

It was the top story on every broadcast network newscast yesterday. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #58

It's not considered a "crime".. kentuck Oct 2022 #61

Shit-hole country?? Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #62

And post doesn't even say where it was. Weirdly ironic Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2022 #63