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61. What was even worse was the fact that CNN was covering it before any of the local Chattanooga

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:59 PM

Jul 2015

stations were... for the first hour or 2, all the stations were showing CNN clips and referring to them. I have a good friend whose father was on the scene as it was going down. She had a facebook post saying "My daddy is at the shooting scene in Chattanooga, please pray for him. At least he's wearing a bulletproof vest though".

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As a Tennessean, it is odd to see how the murderous rampage [View all] redstateblues Jul 2015 OP

It's not the state that matters ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #1

You're right. cwydro Jul 2015 #8

Yep Ex Lurker Jul 2015 #9

I've haven't seen much about the burned black churches either treestar Jul 2015 #42

I don't want to type pecwae Jul 2015 #66

It's 'the optics'. X_Digger Jul 2015 #68

Agree and disagree gratuitous Jul 2015 #2

Thanks for you thoughts. When it's close to home redstateblues Jul 2015 #3

Close to home does make a difference. gvstn Jul 2015 #12

I don't address it here for two reasons: it's depressing and futile steve2470 Jul 2015 #4

Sad but true. redstateblues Jul 2015 #6

Plus 1 JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #15

Seriously I still haven't gotten over both the deaths of those little children malaise Jul 2015 #49

It was difficult to watch the trip to Dover. gwheezie Jul 2015 #5

+1 nt steve2470 Jul 2015 #7

Ban all Guns!! PowerToThePeople Jul 2015 #10

Ban All Guns, fine by me . SammyWinstonJack Jul 2015 #48

I think we're starting to numb out. irisblue Jul 2015 #11

I think, for some posters, ronnie624 Jul 2015 #13

I don't think that is fair murielm99 Jul 2015 #14

The identity of the victims and the identity and motivation of the killer are the deciding factors Fumesucker Jul 2015 #16

What you said. cwydro Jul 2015 #28

This. :( TexasMommaWithAHat Jul 2015 #37

Man, some DUers were practically *salivating* over this TN shooting, Romulox Jul 2015 #44

That's quite a smear. Care to cite one example. snagglepuss Jul 2015 #53

If it doesn't apply to you, shrug it off. Romulox Jul 2015 #54

Which was what? Henryville Jul 2015 #69

I agree. ronnie624 Jul 2015 #52

You got it melman Jul 2015 #62

ITA. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #72

You could probably find the reaction you are looking for RandiFan1290 Jul 2015 #17

That was uncalled for. nt cwydro Jul 2015 #33

I gave up after Sandy Hook. Vinca Jul 2015 #18

I really got pissed after Nickel Mines gratuitous Jul 2015 #45

It is the south, and DU considers southerners as subhuman. AngryAmish Jul 2015 #19

nothing like some good-ol' bigotted region-bashing to get the DU blood flowing DrDan Jul 2015 #20

Oh please gollygee Jul 2015 #23

You proved my point. AngryAmish Jul 2015 #24

Ok then. . . gollygee Jul 2015 #25

Next time something more serious than a toe-stubbing happens in Texas...... Paladin Jul 2015 #47

Well, South Carolina is in the south too. cwydro Jul 2015 #30

Your statement is a rather broad, and rash Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2015 #46

Oh baloney. Codeine Jul 2015 #58

So you think DU is mocking the South by not having enough threads treestar Jul 2015 #60

I had a TN woman friend drop me on fb after the Charleston murders mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #21

It is horrific how often we are having mass murders by gun gollygee Jul 2015 #22

I'm not sure I'm horrified anymore JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #26

It's been in TV news coverage constantly since it happened. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #27

Another day, another shooting Novara Jul 2015 #29

Perhaps you should start a thread countingbluecars Jul 2015 #31

You think we're ignoring it because we don't like Tennessee? treestar Jul 2015 #32

Do you remember the Azana Spa mass shooting spree in WI? Probably not. HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #34

There are 5 victims dead now . Just saw in a post here on DU Person 2713 Jul 2015 #35

I am from TN. Gallatin - north of Nashville. The state doesn't matter dballance Jul 2015 #36

See my post #21 about trying to open discussion with people whose hearts and minds mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #40

Your experience with that group is sad but all too common. dballance Jul 2015 #65

there's not much left to say treestar Jul 2015 #41

What can we say that hasn't been said 100 times already? tularetom Jul 2015 #38

Our morning paper called it an act of terrorism madokie Jul 2015 #39

True malaise Jul 2015 #50

OOPs, mybad madokie Jul 2015 #67

9 or 10 people will be killed in any given weekend evening in Detroit, Chicago, etc. Romulox Jul 2015 #43

There's a subject even less likely to be talked about here on DU n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #70

BUT WHAT IS THE OP **DOING** ABOUT IT???!!!???111??? Romulox Jul 2015 #71

I think with the radical Islamic ideology that is the fad now along with easy availability hollowdweller Jul 2015 #51

Most of the gun violence in the US is committed by white non-Muslim guys, though. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #57

Actually it is black males per FBI and DOJ stats madville Jul 2015 #59

uh... what? Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #55

The Gun Nuts have won. This is the now normal. Expect more and more carnage. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #56

What was even worse was the fact that CNN was covering it before any of the local Chattanooga Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #61

Tennessee does have gun death problems. russ1943 Jul 2015 #63

So, post your thoughts, redstateblues. Octafish Jul 2015 #64