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All the adults who died were women [View all] obamanut2012 Dec 2012 OP

Deaths of women don't get attention marions ghost Dec 2012 #1

The tv show The Voice had a lovely tribute on Monday obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #2

Thank you for that link! (and your post) Care Acutely Dec 2012 #52

I think it would be the same if adult males had died too WolverineDG Dec 2012 #54

Women who are HEROES are ignored too. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #70

and leave it to conservatives SemperEadem Dec 2012 #96

Yeah marions ghost Dec 2012 #103

My 12 year old asked me "why did the principal attack him when she knew she would get killed? Happyhippychick Dec 2012 #3

What a nice answer obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #4

I keep wondering if I could have been so brave in that situation. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #14

I know, and I hope not, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #16

I wondered the same thing. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #31

At first I didn't think I could have done that. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #79

I have no doubts whatsoever Skittles Dec 2012 #92

Would that we could all be so sure of ourselves. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #94

That and tactically speaking, sometimes your odds are better charging SWTORFanatic Dec 2012 #15

Well, John2 Dec 2012 #30

I've actually done that HockeyMom Dec 2012 #50

That was beautiful... Freedomofspeech Dec 2012 #44

... uponit7771 Dec 2012 #61

because they had the grit of a warrior inside pasto76 Dec 2012 #95

Three quarters of the children killed were female. n/t whathehell Dec 2012 #5

yep. n/t Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #89

Why is it marions ghost Dec 2012 #6

After the Oklahoma City bombing I felt the way you did, and I remember making the same points among Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

Humanity has a scale to which certain emotions hit them harder ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #12

I think we would be hearing more "tales of bravery" obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #18

You don't think the media has properly portrayed the women as brave? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #24

yes obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #25

Okay.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #26

I am dropping this with you obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #27

That's fine (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #32

I agree with the levels marions ghost Dec 2012 #53

I think you're about 2 for 5 there. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #59

I agree with your class levels for media attention kurosagi Dec 2012 #98

i hear stories of men dying, all the time, cause it happens often. and it breaks my heart seabeyond Dec 2012 #97

I thought that, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #17

This begs the question: did Lanza target that school in part because he knew women CTyankee Dec 2012 #51

There was a Daily Mail (UK) story that someone posted last night.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #63

That's been debunked. The school liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #75

My question had nothing much to do with whether his mother worked there. CTyankee Dec 2012 #80

I was responding to Proud's posting of the liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #81

I know, sorry. I didn't mean to misrepresent your position. CTyankee Dec 2012 #87

What the heck are you talking about? davidn3600 Dec 2012 #22

Except all of the too-many liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #76

+++++ Yes marions ghost Dec 2012 #91

In my opinion because adults already had some time to live life... snooper2 Dec 2012 #45

We also manage to ignore the daily death toll due to drones etc. By "we", I mean our society KittyWampus Dec 2012 #77

Please don't forget his mother was killed too lunatica Dec 2012 #7

She didn't deserve to be killed of course marions ghost Dec 2012 #8

You don't know all the facts in this tragedy lunatica Dec 2012 #10

As you say, there are no laws about who one may pity. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I have a mentally ill son who is just shy of 18, Throckmorton Dec 2012 #19

Good post and great point obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #21

What a painful decision, to say nothing of the process. JohnnyLib2 Dec 2012 #29

I would be curious as to whether or not the avebury Dec 2012 #33

Best wishes to you and your family (n/m) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #35

I am glad to see you on DU3 JanMichael Dec 2012 #41

Oh for heavens sake marions ghost Dec 2012 #46

well said. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #72

thanx marions ghost Dec 2012 #86

She IS a victim TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #73

Of course-- marions ghost Dec 2012 #82

I believe she was the first victim obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #20

I agree John2 Dec 2012 #47

K&R Chorophyll Dec 2012 #9

"Women and children first." TahitiNut Dec 2012 #23

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I believe my OP is straight forward obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #34

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He killed his mother first in her sleep HockeyMom Dec 2012 #88

Yes, it all makes one wonder obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #90

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some people used the Aurora shooting to attack women Enrique Dec 2012 #36

Yeah, I thought of that, too obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #39

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I take your point about 2012 being a rough year for women in general. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #37

The vast majority of elementary school teachers and paras are women... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #38

they were all government workers too Enrique Dec 2012 #40

Yup, lazy school teachers obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #42

The Trifecta for the Right: women, teachers, and union members obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #43

Back in the stone age when I was a student, about 80-85% of all teachers at my school were women krawhitham Dec 2012 #48

Huh. I thought this thread was going to be about the polio workers in Pakistan. Bucky Dec 2012 #49

Well, someone had a post claiming they were spies ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #66

03/24/1998 Jonesboro,AR 5 killed 10 injured-14 female TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #56

I never realized that shooting mainly targeted girls obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #71

Some mention was made at the time TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #74

Shooter at the Amish School in PA '06 targeted girls marions ghost Dec 2012 #85

That's why the coward went to an elementary school . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #57

Good point obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #65

and from the satellite photo, the school was pretty isolated. libdem4life Dec 2012 #84

I've been thinking this for days too. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #58

Agreed obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #67

Women put themselves in the line of fire (literally) but Congress won't stand up to the NRA. Lex Dec 2012 #60

**sigh** 99Forever Dec 2012 #64

Is there a chance Lanza had a crush on Victoria Soto or another teacher? mainer Dec 2012 #68

Nothing that's come out yet obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #69

CNN reported yesterday that he went to that School JI7 Dec 2012 #102

pink collar jobs in elementary schools..... amborin Dec 2012 #78

Truly Heroic actions Is That All There Is Dec 2012 #83

We respect their courage. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #93

AND... They Were TEACHERS... Iggy Dec 2012 #99

I mourn the women, I mourn the teachers, I mourn the children, I mourn the loss of innocence.... Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #101