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rustydog

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10. One may not be worse than the other, but the nation requires a tipping-point

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:01 PM

Dec 2012

before actionn is taken. The senseless murder of 20 children and 6 adults may be that tipping point.

It doesn't need to be a mass killing. What about Trayvon Martins senseless murder?
the child, in bed, hit by a stray bullet in a gan-related drive-by? What about my friend being shot in the back 5 times by his soon to be x-wife?

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Why was there no similar outrage for the Amish school mass murder in 2006? [View all] Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 OP

There was. elleng Dec 2012 #1

It was during the Bush years. intheflow Dec 2012 #2

Are you kidding? There was both enormous coverage and outrage cali Dec 2012 #3

VA Tech was worse than this one. And nothing changed. Why?? Only children matter I guess. Logical Dec 2012 #7

There was outrage, but not as much coverage. But that makes sense, pnwmom Dec 2012 #11

There was nat'l coverage and people were horrified. But no Repubs on TV talking about gun control... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #13

Oh God I remember that... one_voice Dec 2012 #4

It was horrible and an outrage. bigendian Dec 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #6

+1 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #18

baloney H2O Man Dec 2012 #8

The Amish wanted no publicity. People were respecting their wishes. n/t pnwmom Dec 2012 #9

One may not be worse than the other, but the nation requires a tipping-point rustydog Dec 2012 #10

I was just as outraged by the Amish school shooting as I am this most recent one. GObamaGO Dec 2012 #12

Because their extraordinary forgiveness and embrace of the shooter's family became the story. rug Dec 2012 #14

Good point derby378 Dec 2012 #15

The way that Amish community responded, I thought, should have made them "Person of the Year" underpants Dec 2012 #16

AMish school shooting DID get Huge coverage, but the AMish don't go on TV and do interviews JI7 Dec 2012 #17