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Comrade Grumpy

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5. No substantive responses. Just sniping.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 01:42 PM

Jan 2013

Bloomberg has a point. The mass media is incredibly blase about the daily gun violence death toll. Ho, hum, another 33 people dead today. They were mostly young and black or brown, so who cares.

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Bloomberg: Media need to rethink gun violence coverage [View all] onehandle Jan 2013 OP

So Bloomberg approves of hammer violence? Remmah2 Jan 2013 #1

There are 3x more gun homicides than all other methods combined. flamin lib Jan 2013 #6

As well as glorifying support of Wall St. Considering all the people & wildlife it offs. raouldukelives Jan 2013 #2

isn't he part of the media samsingh Jan 2013 #3

bloombert has the resources to counter the nra if he truly wants to reduce samsingh Jan 2013 #4

He's doing just that, one legislative seat at a time. flamin lib Jan 2013 #7

it would be better if he took some repugs out samsingh Jan 2013 #9

He takes what is available and winnable. Most seats, both parties, are so gerrymandered flamin lib Jan 2013 #10

i think there are winnable repug seats if he has the will to invest in Democratic candidates samsingh Jan 2013 #11

No substantive responses. Just sniping. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #5

+10. Hammer violence? Not very clever or perceptive. NT reACTIONary Jan 2013 #8