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El Progreso

(21 posts)
3. I wouldn't expect a mom to react coldly
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 04:08 PM
Apr 2013

It's his mom. Her emotions and our emotions are different.

A person with empathy would not antagonize her or make fun of her no matter how many times she said her son was innocent and good and killed cruelly. Even if he was a terrorist, which he was.

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Did she really say that? treestar Apr 2013 #1
Verbatim. I couldn't get the link to work, but it's on CNN - not a quote - it's in her own voice. 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #4
She's Ma Barker. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #32
Being run over and dragged by your younger brother in a SUV is really cruel. FarCenter Apr 2013 #2
That was my first thought Hekate Apr 2013 #21
So is having both your legs blown off. name not needed Apr 2013 #58
I wouldn't expect a mom to react coldly El Progreso Apr 2013 #3
When she utters her first word of concern for the lives shatterred or ended by her "loving boy" ... 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #18
Cry me a river WI_DEM Apr 2013 #5
Ask and ye shall receive: 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #9
I'm finding it hard to imagine a way of being killed that isn't cruel. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #6
Perhaps if your sub-human POS eissa Apr 2013 #7
Occupational hazard, Mom. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2013 #8
I mean, it's her son. RedCappedBandit Apr 2013 #10
Well, considering her younger son is accused of running over her older son, maybe LisaL Apr 2013 #11
You know... I've seen the death photo and I Fawke Em Apr 2013 #61
His younger brother ran him over in a SUV while tossing bombs out the window at cops. Rex Apr 2013 #12
Just let her grieve and ignore her. Quantess Apr 2013 #13
It would be easier to ignore her eissa Apr 2013 #14
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #20
Hear, hear! n/t Mugu Apr 2013 #44
She's grieving. frogmarch Apr 2013 #15
Unfortunately she is lashing out to the press. LisaL Apr 2013 #16
Yes, it is unfortunate. frogmarch Apr 2013 #19
She needs to lash out in private not in public, she's bringing additional pain to Raine Apr 2013 #29
I agree. nt frogmarch Apr 2013 #33
The woman's half demented from grief Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #17
THIS nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #23
^ This. nt Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #24
This. xmas74 Apr 2013 #47
I agree gollygee Apr 2013 #48
(Okay, now explain the other half.......) lastlib Apr 2013 #54
so sue me nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #22
No need to sue you. The woman lost one son and is losing the other. madinmaryland Apr 2013 #31
Mommy Dearest needs to go visit some of the hospitalized bomb victims, Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #25
She can't. If she shows up here she's going to be arrested... DonViejo Apr 2013 #36
I thought I heard on the radio today that she and Dad are coming here at the FBI's request. nt Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #46
You may have, in which case the Feds can over rule a local judge and... DonViejo Apr 2013 #50
Well, with this story, I have just about given up on believing anything as first Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #53
Killed very cruelly by your OTHER son SoCalDem Apr 2013 #26
Oh, cry me a river, you stoopit b----. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #27
Grifter skipped town on stolen dresses BeyondGeography Apr 2013 #28
I feel for the whole Tsarnev family - except her and Tamerlan Mopar151 Apr 2013 #30
BREAKING NEWS -- MOMS ARE GONNA MOM Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #34
Well, aside from the fact that this is an absurd statement, this Mom Raven Apr 2013 #49
I'm just saying that hypothetically Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #60
So were his victims. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #35
Yeah, sorry, bomb a race, murder a cop and then throw down on a whole bunch more of them . . . hatrack Apr 2013 #37
This is one of those "walk a mile in their shoes" things. Captain Stern Apr 2013 #38
otoh.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #39
When she emerges from her narcissistic caccoon arthritisR_US Apr 2013 #40
That's exactly what she is: a narcissist laundry_queen Apr 2013 #55
Good Post! boguspotus Apr 2013 #57
I agree - see post #30, above Mopar151 Apr 2013 #59
She should STFU OhioChick Apr 2013 #41
Mom, it is alleged that one of your sons set a bomb down next to an 8 year old Raven Apr 2013 #42
Blah. Time to ignore here. Either she's in denial and lashing out due to grief, or she's a crazy octothorpe Apr 2013 #43
That's because Jokar is a psychopath ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2013 #45
How sad that the families of the deceased and wounded have to listen to this. MichiganVote Apr 2013 #51
We'll Mom rightsideout Apr 2013 #52
From what I've seen customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #56
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