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48. This doesn't demonstrate a very high opinion of your fellow DUers.

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:17 AM

Oct 2017

"Because here on DU, the fact that its a white guy will open the flood gates from many in the OTHER direction. Thats OK? "

All I was saying is the hatred that would spew from SCROTUS & his cult would be unbearable if the shooter had been any race but white, then you jump down my throat & say that DU will be disparaging, I don't know, white guys, just like right wingers would be spewing hatred at a non-white shooter.

And I honestly don't know why you've been here "for years" if you have such a low opinion of your fellow DUers, that's all.

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Stephen Paddock: Las Vegas gunman identified by police as 64-year-old white male [View all] pnwmom Oct 2017 OP

Not the time to talk about gun control or anything! durablend Oct 2017 #1

It never is. pnwmom Oct 2017 #2

Just imagine Scarsdale Oct 2017 #13

Probably about the same. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #64

But it is always the time to talk about the wall rpannier Oct 2017 #56

Wow, that other guy named earlier is really going to have a hard time. Memories of Richard Pearl.. 7962 Oct 2017 #3

The Right Wing Crazies videohead5 Oct 2017 #5

They are already blaming Obama Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #35

Those people are idiots. The far-right idiots. rockfordfile Oct 2017 #37

They just keep videohead5 Oct 2017 #57

Yeah. Richard Jewell CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #24

That was fast IronLionZion Oct 2017 #4

How awful has our society gotten that I'm so relieved the shooter was white? catbyte Oct 2017 #6

You should be equally upset no matter the race. Anyone doing this terror is awful 7962 Oct 2017 #11

Are you kidding me? Do you know how badly Muslims, Blacks, etc, would be excoriated? catbyte Oct 2017 #12

Don't recall mentioning any hatred of DU. Been here for years. 7962 Oct 2017 #38

This doesn't demonstrate a very high opinion of your fellow DUers. catbyte Oct 2017 #48

SCROTUS! Thank u. I needed that after this incident. 7962 Oct 2017 #58

There is a reason ck4829 Oct 2017 #19

good point 7962 Oct 2017 #39

Totally agree. If he were brown, the round-ups would be starting by 8 a.m. Neema Oct 2017 #20

+1000 Bengus81 Oct 2017 #31

My absolute first thought. TNNurse Oct 2017 #26

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Oct 2017 #55

Don't feel bad. I thought the same thing. bitterross Oct 2017 #67

Oh, a white guy. Well thank goodness it wasn't terrorism. Thegonagle Oct 2017 #7

Yes, there must be a towel on a head Funtatlaguy Oct 2017 #9

UPDATE: Police have located his companion brooklynite Oct 2017 #8

Book deal...movie rights... Funtatlaguy Oct 2017 #10

I have heard reports that Paddock is a felon exboyfil Oct 2017 #18

More Rumors modrepub Oct 2017 #22

Apparently not even in the country muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #62

probably a stolen I'D is involved grantcart Oct 2017 #63

May be no connection, but Mesquite, NV is near the Bundy standoff area. Hortensis Oct 2017 #14

it's getting very fringe RW out there gay texan Oct 2017 #69

About 20-25 years ago I noticed people at parties and such announcing Hortensis Oct 2017 #85

"Where he died..." ? oberliner Oct 2017 #15

Why do you feel this sentence is inappropriate? brooklynite Oct 2017 #16

Why doesn't it say "where he was shot and killed by police" ? oberliner Oct 2017 #17

Perhaps details needed confirmation? This seems likely to a "suicide Hortensis Oct 2017 #21

It might have been an actual suicide and not "suicide by police." LisaL Oct 2017 #30

The reporter would've got the info that he died from police, who would've known how he died. Demit Oct 2017 #32

Yes, because reporting is always so accurate right after something happens. LisaL Oct 2017 #33

The police gave the reporter the information they wanted him to have & he included it in his story. Demit Oct 2017 #36

Some reports claim police killed him, and some reports claim he was already dead LisaL Oct 2017 #59

For heaven's sake! We were talking about the report in the OP, not the ones that came later. Demit Oct 2017 #77

Because it isn't clear that he was in fact killed by the police. LisaL Oct 2017 #29

Is Trump going to cut off travel from Stephen Paddock's country? IronLionZion Oct 2017 #23

trump just might use this shooting as an excuse to not go to PR. We just know he doesn't... brush Oct 2017 #40

I don't care if he goes IronLionZion Oct 2017 #44

I agree. He will be no help. It's something a president should've done days ago. brush Oct 2017 #46

"police have not called the shooting a terrorist attack" Cosmocat Oct 2017 #25

Well yeah, "64-year-old white male", they can't be terrorists. ck4829 Oct 2017 #27

Jesus Cosmocat Oct 2017 #47

No angrychair Oct 2017 #70

lol Cosmocat Oct 2017 #73

So, "police have not called the shooting a terrorist attack?" DFW Oct 2017 #28

If a Mooselim sounding last name we would "be under attack","Under siege","At War" Bengus81 Oct 2017 #34

"Loved guns" plus "a bit crazy" DFW Oct 2017 #42

At the least it should be called "domestic terrorism". 7962 Oct 2017 #41

Exactly. It's the very definition. n/t DFW Oct 2017 #43

+1 dalton99a Oct 2017 #45

So right now I am sitting in a hospital waiting room in Northern California. Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #49

Shows how stupidly blind some people can be. The shooter was on the 32nd floor.... George II Oct 2017 #50

Oh come on durablend Oct 2017 #51

Yes, incredibly stupid. Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #61

This is going to turn out to be a very well planned terrorist attack Not Ruth Oct 2017 #52

How long ago did he have to reserve that room exboyfil Oct 2017 #81

It was specifically planned to get around a crowd full of gun toting white people Not Ruth Oct 2017 #78

So, "mental illness"? Dopers_Greed Oct 2017 #53

White man equals 'lone gunman' no need to panic. NRA sez buy MOAR GUNZ... workinclasszero Oct 2017 #54

Lemme guess... Blue_Tires Oct 2017 #60

White, Christian, Terrorist ouija Oct 2017 #66

Some of the fringe media outlets are already trying to paint him as left wing gay texan Oct 2017 #68

This is the face of domestic terrorism & suicide. Sunlei Oct 2017 #65

ISIS claimed responsibility, it can be called terror now spotthebird Oct 2017 #71

Im going to need to see some evidence before I believe ISIS. yardwork Oct 2017 #72

You think, the people who will believe this don't spotthebird Oct 2017 #74

This may be the most successful ISIS/white Christian terrorist attack of all time Not Ruth Oct 2017 #75

The cops have said there is no connection to ISIS The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #76

Why would you believe the cops or the brother? Not Ruth Oct 2017 #79

Why wouldn't I? They know more about this The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #80

The brother knew nothing, the wife knew nothing, the cops probably know nothing Not Ruth Oct 2017 #82

The fact that people didn't know much about this guy The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #83

white male KKKristian attack...period. heaven05 Oct 2017 #84

Any psychopath can get a gun and mow down a crowd of people. Are any of us safe? YOHABLO Oct 2017 #86