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40. I think it is more about fitting a particular narrative.

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:00 PM

Oct 2013

Can't help but conclude race has something to do with it. That shooter wasn't white, so it didn't fit the narrative. Same with today's events. When reality didn't fit that narrative, and couldn't be made to fit that narrative, interest faded. Thoughtful threads such as yours being the exception.

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Capitol Hill Shooting Update: Miriam Carey, 34, Dental Hygienist suffered from Mental Illness [View all] KoKo Oct 2013 OP

How very sad. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Grateful for Hope Oct 2013 #3

Yes, I agree. Grateful for Hope Oct 2013 #4

Yes...there's still so much we don't know but her daughter looked well KoKo Oct 2013 #5

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Bye! cyberswede Oct 2013 #37

I won't miss him. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #39

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another jokester on what should be a serious, solemn thread CatWoman Oct 2013 #9

No it doesn't... Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2013 #10

Or, maybe� regnaD kciN Oct 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Oct 2013 #13

Maybe. Wilms Oct 2013 #15

Huh? arcane1 Oct 2013 #17

a joke ? nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #23

Never liked her music, but sending condolences Ishoutandscream2 Oct 2013 #6

um CatWoman Oct 2013 #8

Of course. Ishoutandscream2 Oct 2013 #14

So, she apparently drove from CT to DC? Barack_America Oct 2013 #7

This is sad, but there'd be little pitty if she had been a white male, as Skip Intro Oct 2013 #12

You think African American women get all the breaks? n/t gollygee Oct 2013 #16

No, I think this place crawls with hypocrites from time to time. Skip Intro Oct 2013 #18

No, the poster's just stating what happens around here. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #19

Recommend... KoKo Oct 2013 #30

You forgot that they are supposed to be NRA gun nuts .... oldhippie Oct 2013 #35

You may mean...because she wasn't a TeaBagger...interest wanes...? KoKo Oct 2013 #20

Many DUers were postively salivating about the Boston bombers being teabaggers, Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #33

Mental Illness.... BronxBoy Oct 2013 #21

On the many minorities communities, mental illness goes untreated.. HipChick Oct 2013 #22

True...and even those of us who consider ourselves sane these days... KoKo Oct 2013 #24

True...... BronxBoy Oct 2013 #28

Waned as well when it couldn't be used in gun debate, so some might actually discuss the person The Straight Story Oct 2013 #25

I couldn't get past your ROFL..to understand what you were saying above... KoKo Oct 2013 #26

Oh yeah, that too. Skip Intro Oct 2013 #27

white males do the majority of the killing. i am sorry that bothers you. but that is a reality. seabeyond Oct 2013 #29

Ummm..... sorry, but that is not a "reality" or a "fact". Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #36

i am talking mass killing seabeyond Oct 2013 #44

White males are responsible for a majority of murders? You might be wrong pediatricmedic Oct 2013 #38

i am talking mass killing seabeyond Oct 2013 #43

As you can see above, that is not reality, not a fact. n/t Skip Intro Oct 2013 #41

i am talking mass killing. seabeyond Oct 2013 #42

you certainly didn't make that clear in the post people are responding to- cali Oct 2013 #46

i get it cali. hence, three posts for clarification. but to be clear, when people say "white male" seabeyond Oct 2013 #47

and btw cali, at the beginnning of all this, we thought it was something that it was not. seabeyond Oct 2013 #48

BTW..yes...Twelve People died in the Navy Yard Shooting...and it disappeared KoKo Oct 2013 #31

I think it is more about fitting a particular narrative. Skip Intro Oct 2013 #40

REALLY??!! Oh, so now, Black women have it easy as pie in the justice system...RIGHT? Ecumenist Oct 2013 #45

her daughter might not remember any of this which would be good madrchsod Oct 2013 #32