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CakeGrrl

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35. It IS a relatively "fond" memorialization compared to Michael Brown

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 07:36 PM

Oct 2017

...the unarmed 18-year-old murdered by Darren Wilson in Ferguson:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/michael-brown-spent-last-weeks-grappling-with-lifes-mysteries.html

Compared to that, this armed killer sounds like some gentle everyman with a pesky, expensive gambling habit.

Why do we need to know what kind of things he liked? That's a move to normalize a killer and invoke sympathy, very similar to the way the media posted pictures of Dylann Roof opening Christmas presents as a boy.

By contrast, black victims are portrayed as having troubled histories and/or criminal pasts, to influence a reader into thinking 'Well, maybe there was a reason they died as they did.'

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White Privilege is committing the largest shooting in American history and being fondly memorialized [View all] HipChick Oct 2017 OP

I think they're rather trying to draw on the stark difference that he was perfectly "normal" and JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #1

No...that's not what the intent is...is the constrast of how a non-white is depicted HipChick Oct 2017 #2

This "Headline" Makes Us Sick and Is.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2017 #33

yup trump said bdamomma Oct 2017 #45

Right on bdamomma iluvtennis Oct 2017 #55

Stockpile (34?) of guns thbobby Oct 2017 #34

People are asking those questions oberliner Oct 2017 #50

Do you know that he was a supremacist? 58Sunliner Oct 2017 #72

Didn't mean to imply he was supremacist thbobby Oct 2017 #73

I think the point is that if the shooter were black, the Tweet would be about Aristus Oct 2017 #8

Amen uponit7771 Oct 2017 #16

are you saying if this latest shooter had a record of arrest and drug use it would not be mentioned? Skittles Oct 2017 #23

It will be brought up eventually. There are already some posts about how his father was on Aristus Oct 2017 #26

I understand there is racism but the example provided in the OP is utterly ridiculous Skittles Oct 2017 #29

I agree. Aristus Oct 2017 #36

No one thinks a mass murderer is "a neat guy".. whathehell Oct 2017 #52

That's just projection... Baconator Oct 2017 #65

In the media where I live black victims are not tainted with suspicion. 58Sunliner Oct 2017 #71

It doesn't say "racism." It says "white privilege." 6000eliot Oct 2017 #43

And what they aren't stressing was that his father Ilsa Oct 2017 #63

Like being shot multiple times for jaywalking? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #30

I mean ANY record Skittles Oct 2017 #31

Exactly, the "framing" of white vs black is stark. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #28

This murderer seems to have had a well-developed plan gratuitous Oct 2017 #12

Exactly...to have that specific suite... HipChick Oct 2017 #19

Without a doubt. greytdemocrat Oct 2017 #44

two suites also bdamomma Oct 2017 #46

I think so too.. whathehell Oct 2017 #40

I think they're calling attention to the fact that he seemed to have it all, and yet.... Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #54

What "agenda" are you talking about? ehrnst Oct 2017 #74

That you think he's being "fondly" memorialized says something about you onenote Oct 2017 #3

It was retweeted by Chelsea Clinton, so are you insulting her as well? HipChick Oct 2017 #5

If she retweeted it she was wrong to do so. onenote Oct 2017 #14

Who are you to determine what is right or wrong for Chelsea Clinton? HipChick Oct 2017 #17

What she apparently didn't see melman Oct 2017 #32

I'm someone who is entitle to have an opinion onenote Oct 2017 #47

You've certainly moved your goalposts LanternWaste Oct 2017 #78

Link, pease, to Chelsea's retweet. Petrushka Oct 2017 #24

It IS a relatively "fond" memorialization compared to Michael Brown CakeGrrl Oct 2017 #35

The Mike Brown stuff didn't come out for about a week after he was killed. Ace Rothstein Oct 2017 #61

First impressions are lasting. CakeGrrl Oct 2017 #70

Jesus lunasun Oct 2017 #4

If he had a serious gambling addiction he was no ordinary guy, imo eleny Oct 2017 #13

Damn Skippy, HipChick MrScorpio Oct 2017 #6

exactly gopiscrap Oct 2017 #7

That's an enourmous stretch... Baconator Oct 2017 #9

No one is making anything up....there is a double standard HipChick Oct 2017 #11

We would see the same story... Baconator Oct 2017 #15

Nope... HipChick Oct 2017 #18

Keep hammering away... Baconator Oct 2017 #20

Denial Is A River That Can Run Deep... LovingA2andMI Oct 2017 #37

Is that really worse... tonedevil Oct 2017 #21

Except we already have evidence that such a story could be written... Baconator Oct 2017 #38

That would be a reasonable.. tonedevil Oct 2017 #39

Thank you. whathehell Oct 2017 #41

In what country? tia uponit7771 Oct 2017 #58

Who is supposed to be fond in this scenario? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2017 #10

a one-sentence description is hardly "fondly memorializing" Skittles Oct 2017 #22

Ridiculous melman Oct 2017 #25

He's a fricking domestic terrorist. PatrickforO Oct 2017 #27

...... raven mad Oct 2017 #42

Trump needs to call this what it is... Dopers_Greed Oct 2017 #48

You should tell the FBI whatever info you're witholding. linuxman Oct 2017 #62

Answers: LovingA2andMI Oct 2017 #64

"Drag Queen: Anti-Gay Terrorist Omar Mateen Was My Friend" oberliner Oct 2017 #49

You'd have to be pretty thick to read that as a memorial. linuxman Oct 2017 #51

Just your average American, loved country music, apple pie, hot dogs, guillaumeb Oct 2017 #53

Exactly... HipChick Oct 2017 #56

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2017 #59

Who is fondly memorializing him?? Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #57

Oh horseshit. nt 7962 Oct 2017 #60

Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #66

So you are calling Chelsea Clinton disgusting and saying she should have rough sex with Alex Jones? HipChick Oct 2017 #68

He is now FFR BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #69

Seems this Dick was a Cryptoad Oct 2017 #67

An actual comparison to a real muslim African American Sniper, not your imaginary one Rilgin Oct 2017 #75

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Disagree matt819 Oct 2017 #77

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