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DirkGently

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12. The Pulse shooting itself eclipsed another Orlando gun tragedy

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 02:52 PM

Jun 2016

The previous night, a few blocks away, someone assassinated a young singer named Christina Grimmie as she signed autographs in a small venue near downtown. So Orlando was already shaken by an act of insane gun violence, when an even more (?) insane one blasted it out of the public consciousness.

Still no explanation for that one, either. " Another angry, obsessed man with a gun.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/11/entertainment/orlando-christina-grimmie-shot/

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I don't like that what happened in Orlando has already faded into being "the past" [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

It's no big deal... Human101948 Jun 2016 #1

This happens with virtually every story of note, short of a world-shaking event such as 9/11. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #2

Yes, I know. I think it has a cumulative callousing effect on the vox populi cali Jun 2016 #8

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #3

Remember when the news cycle was a languid 24 hours? Recursion Jun 2016 #4

*bitter burst of laughter. So spot on. cali Jun 2016 #5

I would bet that if you mention the "Orlando tragedy" today to a random person, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #6

Heck at this point BREXIT is the past..... Txbluedog Jun 2016 #7

Well Congress at least held a symbolic sit-in right before summer break. nt silvershadow Jun 2016 #9

It is not in the past here in Orlando. Still have events and vigils being held. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2016 #10

I'm referring to just how quickly one horrific event is ecllipsed by the next cali Jun 2016 #13

Gun-advocates at DU were quick to assure us that nothing would come of it Orrex Jun 2016 #11

The Pulse shooting itself eclipsed another Orlando gun tragedy DirkGently Jun 2016 #12

I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't even think of her as I wrote the OP cali Jun 2016 #14

It's hard to keep track of the senseless gun violence DirkGently Jun 2016 #17

How long 1939 Jun 2016 #15

Depends. So many horrific events happen and we're so tapped in cali Jun 2016 #16

I think part of the reason it's sinking is, snot Jun 2016 #18

I said that to someone this morning malaise Jun 2016 #19