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In reply to the discussion: White Privilege is committing the largest shooting in American history and being fondly memorialized [View all]onenote
(46,172 posts)I'm someone who doesn't think anyone is immune from criticism.
And I'm someone who read the article that supposedly supports the tweet and didn't read it as constituting a "fond" -- meaning affectionate or loving -- recollection of him. I read it as a matter of fact description of what has been learned about him so far. A guy who seemed to blend into the background -- regarded by one neighbor as a good neighbor and by others as "reclusive" or "weird" or a "nothing" or "aggressively unfriendly" -- not exactly terms of endearment. A guy who was a "high stakes gambler." A guy who had no recorded interactions with police.
In other words an article that described what could be learned about him. If you know something that shows that he was in fact a monster before he committed this horrific act, you should let the media know. But otherwise, it is a stretch and then some to suggest that a story that describes what is known about him -- often in unflattering terms -- is describing him "fondly."