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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
21. But ...
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:23 PM
Dec 2012

Malvo was considered a menace, before he was considered psychologically unstable and Muhammad was never considered psychologically unstable (despite the fact he obvious is/was).

Pretty sure that's not the Mayor. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #1
I know :) but that's who this person thinks they are on twitter. jillan Dec 2012 #3
Yep. We ask "why do white males go on spree killings?" Recursion Dec 2012 #2
Do black men actually go on spree killings? I'm open, just haven't heard of any. DesertDiamond Dec 2012 #24
I take that back, there was one in the 1990s in Washington D.C. But seems comparatively rare. DesertDiamond Dec 2012 #25
Wasn't Colin McFergason (sp) a Man of Color? WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #30
He was a middle classs Afro-Jamaican man malaise Dec 2012 #38
Yeah...I'm Not Disagreeing... WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #40
which makes him totally not black arely staircase Dec 2012 #67
LOL malaise Dec 2012 #68
Not that I recall; the DC snipers were serial killers, as was Wayne Williams (Atlanta) who was a Nay Dec 2012 #31
The DC sniper mastermind, John Muhammad, wanted to kill his wife. MADem Dec 2012 #63
Yes. There were those two snipers in the NE...older one and younger one. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #53
meh. Timothy McVie and Terry Nichols Schema Thing Dec 2012 #4
I don't know about that - I hear McVie & Terry Nicholas' names coming up alot lately as examples jillan Dec 2012 #7
seriously? they had clear, stated, political aims. Schema Thing Dec 2012 #45
It a tweet from someone called "Atlanta's Mayor..." KeepItReal Dec 2012 #5
seems legit Lex Dec 2012 #6
That's easy, Mayor Bok_Tukalo Dec 2012 #8
that Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #9
They where? Tsiyu Dec 2012 #10
please Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #12
You totally missed the billh58 Dec 2012 #16
The VA Tech shooter, Asian. The DC snipers, African American. Fort Hood's Hasan is Palestinian-Ameri Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #20
The difference between DC snipers and Hasan/VA Tech shooter is that the DC snipers would be Nay Dec 2012 #33
95% of spree killers in the US are white males. nt brush Dec 2012 #55
do you have a link for that percentage? thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #64
Link here brush Dec 2012 #65
thanks for the link and for the honesty. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #66
On DU, using facts to point out examples of racism, is in itself racism. RC Dec 2012 #23
well heaven05 Dec 2012 #39
As a white guy, I see the post as extremely accurate Tempest Dec 2012 #15
A racist tweet ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #18
Persecution complex BainsBane Dec 2012 #56
+1! uponit7771 Dec 2012 #59
How is it racist? gollygee Dec 2012 #22
you datasuspect Dec 2012 #26
I really think it has to do with the situation... McDiggy Dec 2012 #11
I was about to post the same thing. progressoid Dec 2012 #13
But ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #21
Plus, those two were NOT spree killers -- they were serial killers. There HAVE been a few Black Nay Dec 2012 #35
The Kirkwood City Council shooting case. caseymoz Dec 2012 #41
I agree that that case is a bit different. I don't remember how the FBI categorizes something like Nay Dec 2012 #47
As I read the other day. caseymoz Dec 2012 #49
That makes sense to call them all 'mass shootings' and them break them down into other Nay Dec 2012 #50
More troubling is ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #14
That's right Tempest Dec 2012 #17
Yup. nt Nay Dec 2012 #34
+1000 billh58 Dec 2012 #19
What is even more troubling than that is that the majority of these mass murders has been by jillan Dec 2012 #27
And most white men would agree with you...those who have dealt with their libdem4life Dec 2012 #32
Yep! Yep! Yep! qanda Dec 2012 #28
Nails it down even more treestar Dec 2012 #61
I believe the African American man Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #29
Certainly. But he is not in the category of serial/spree killers that is the topic of this post. Nay Dec 2012 #37
No ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #42
That's an important distinction I missed Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #48
Sorry. Not a fair comparison. caseymoz Dec 2012 #36
Yeah, where IS Homeland Security on all these mass shootings? bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #43
Nailed it!! A Tweet from "Atlanta's Mayor" going around FB The CCC Dec 2012 #44
The Mayor of Atlanta is Kasim Reed and that post is not from him. nt mfcorey1 Dec 2012 #51
That is this person's twitter name, as you can see from his tweet. jillan Dec 2012 #57
Destructive bigbadR Dec 2012 #46
White men don't kill...they just stand their ground... radhika Dec 2012 #52
Excellent reply :) jillan Dec 2012 #58
Yep, you nailed it, and came up with a real slogan for the NRA mountain grammy Dec 2012 #62
CORRECT Skittles Dec 2012 #54
Spot on! nt valerief Dec 2012 #60
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