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delrem

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5. How many Arab shooters are described that way?

Reply to theycallmetrinity (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 02:30 AM

Jun 2015

If the shooter is an X or can be associated with X's and the people doing the describing associate themselves with X's, then the shooter will likely be described as an outsider. The description will contain exclusionary language - for purposes of absolution.
If the shooter is a Y or can be associated with Y's and the people doing the describing consider themselves to be at war with Y's, or fundamentally opposed to Y's, the language will be inclusionary and incendiary.

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Does it bother anyone that everytime a mass shooting happens they describe the shooter [View all] theycallmetrinity Jun 2015 OP

No, it doesn�t bother me, not if pogglethrope Jun 2015 #1

I think it is rather that those who harbour murderous thoughts Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #10

I don't agree. Extroverted psychos are a menace delrem Jun 2015 #11

Are you saying that extroverts are strangely excepted from Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #12

I'm unsure of your meaning. delrem Jun 2015 #14

Not really. romanic Jun 2015 #2

As an INTP - it does disturb me. alittlelark Jun 2015 #3

Hi Kalidurga Jun 2015 #4

I'm INFP AND i never see my type. bravenak Jun 2015 #6

Yep Kalidurga Jun 2015 #7

True! bravenak Jun 2015 #8

How many Arab shooters are described that way? delrem Jun 2015 #5

Yes, it bothers me. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #9

INTJ here 1939 Jun 2015 #13

Seems to me that mass murderers are a very small subset of -everyone- Shamash Jun 2015 #16

It bothers me in this instance malaise Jun 2015 #15

He picked his friends and his friends picked him, delrem Jun 2015 #17

What would a friend of his who took his threat seriously have done? Fumesucker Jun 2015 #18

Given his previous run ins with the law they may have malaise Jun 2015 #19

Most kids that age 1939 Jun 2015 #20

Fear-mongering is promoted when military contracts can be had. Home-grown terror ain't worth much. WinkyDink Jun 2015 #21