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Roland99

(53,345 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2023, 11:17 PM Jan 2023

Awesome text from my daughter: "There's an active shooter at my old barracks" Ft Carson, CO [View all]

Ft Carson, CO

She’s living off-post currently.

Edit: awaiting verification
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Awesome text from my daughter: "There's an active shooter at my old barracks" Ft Carson, CO [View all] Roland99 Jan 2023 OP

"Awesome"? choie Jan 2023 #1

Sarcasm obviously Roland99 Jan 2023 #2

Not obvious at all. You should edit your post. It is disgustingly cavalier about something hlthe2b Jan 2023 #17

Awesome is a very sarisataka Jan 2023 #3

Classic armed forces sarcasm. nt NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #9

The term was used by the OP. hlthe2b Jan 2023 #16

Obviously you don't get it. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #18

I get use of terms to diminish a potentially dangerous event as though hlthe2b Jan 2023 #19

No, disgusting is you attacking the OP and me. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #21

I don't attack you but your defense hlthe2b Jan 2023 #22

As I mentioned earlier, clearly you don't get sarcasm. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #23

You are right. I will NEVER understand making gun violence a big joke as you both hlthe2b Jan 2023 #24

Sigh. An NRA troll would just stay silent. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #26

No, DUers are overwhelmingly serious about gun violence. If only hlthe2b Jan 2023 #28

My professor was murdered at Virginia Tech in classrooms I sat in. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #30

Yet you would be fine for that to be labeled "awesome?" hlthe2b Jan 2023 #31

Sarcasm and irony means the opposite of the chosen word. nt NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #32

So, then you think everyone should take everyting you say as sarcastic then. hlthe2b Jan 2023 #33

Dig into what? NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #34

Rep Santos says what? hlthe2b Jan 2023 #35

I don't care if you believe me. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #36

You know NOTHING of my activism on gun control in Colorado and are absoutely hlthe2b Jan 2023 #37

Great! I'm glad you know me better. NutmegYankee Jan 2023 #40

Only truth. Labeling threats of violence as "awesome" is indefensible, callous, and hlthe2b Jan 2023 #41

One injured following shooting on post at Fort Carson-- "Awesome," Nutmeg? hlthe2b Jan 2023 #42

Thanks n/t malaise Jan 2023 #20

I am familiar with military sarcasm and sarisataka Jan 2023 #25

"A person who is safe, a distance away, and in no danger being so flippant would be considered hlthe2b Jan 2023 #29

"Awesome" is incredibly disturbing terminology. Really? hlthe2b Jan 2023 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Jan 2023 #4

I hope everything is ok. I can't find any confirmation yet. emulatorloo Jan 2023 #5

All clear issued. Apparently some idiot shot someone with a BB gun and cops were called Roland99 Jan 2023 #6

glad she is ok BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #14

Good luck to her and her colleagues! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #7

That was scary. herding cats Jan 2023 #8

Rehearsal? czarjak Jan 2023 #10

I live just across the interstate from Fort Carson - soldierant Jan 2023 #11

I could not find any credible news source which referred to this event. Fox3Now remarked that it Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #12

See post number 6 in this thread Yonnie3 Jan 2023 #13

Multiple TV stations reporting it. brooklynite Jan 2023 #39

Awesome? MineralMan Jan 2023 #27

One injured following shooting on post at Fort Carson brooklynite Jan 2023 #38