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RoverSuswade

(641 posts)
131. Yes - the church bombing was shocking.
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 09:08 PM
Dec 2012

I was in a college fraternity (all white) and we sat around and talked about what a senseless tragedy this was. It touched everybody's heart and fostered an attitude change in race relations.

there is no denying that blonde, blue-eyed children bring more publicity Skittles Dec 2012 #1
Yes, obviously. Here is the pecking order BlueStreak Dec 2012 #91
No, I think it has more to do with Lionessa Dec 2012 #2
this was before the internet and all the 24 hour news channels JI7 Dec 2012 #3
Of course! tblue Dec 2012 #4
GMTA! I totally agree............. TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #106
Milk this tragedy? Bake Dec 2012 #127
Yes and No Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #5
Race probably does have something to do with it but there are other factors even more important Fumesucker Dec 2012 #6
I remember very clearly the Stockton coverage exboyfil Dec 2012 #7
The Atlanta child murders received so much... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #75
A black serial killer preying on blacks? Snoozefest. Quantess Dec 2012 #89
The killer's race/identity was unknown until he was, you know, caught. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #116
Are you arguing that anyone cared before then? Quantess Dec 2012 #121
I don't remember even wondering about the race of the killer Thirties Child Dec 2012 #126
1989 vs 2012 qanda Dec 2012 #8
This Egnever Dec 2012 #112
It is because there were so many and they were so young. n/t pnwmom Dec 2012 #9
If twenty kids at an all-black orphanage for troubled children were shot... Posteritatis Dec 2012 #10
White and rich is certainly a factor, but the usual daily death toll, though bigger, is spread out Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #11
Disgusting OP. How about that IT WAS THE WORST MASS SHOOTING? Do you NOT remember ATLANTA? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #12
It wasn't the worst mass shooting. and even if it were, there had already been a "worst mass HiPointDem Dec 2012 #15
So what is the OP's point, exactly? Only white people make the news? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #119
This. And, I remember the worldwide horror at young girls killed in Birmingham church… txwhitedove Dec 2012 #17
Yes - the church bombing was shocking. RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #131
Virginia Tech is the worst mass school shooting obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #18
Fine. It isn't exactly like Va. Tech went under the radar. The OP is STILL VILE. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #118
No. Let's see, yesterday an op complaining that the MSM isn't covering Newtown cali Dec 2012 #13
No. It's because they were six and seven years old. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #14
and a week (give or take) before Christmas. FSogol Dec 2012 #20
To be honest it's really hard to tell if this incident brings more coverage lunatica Dec 2012 #16
No, and this is offensive, race-baiting garbage. Shame on you (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #19
+1 n/t FSogol Dec 2012 #21
+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #36
Bullshit Cal Carpenter Dec 2012 #62
You're right...it's a sickening OP joeybee12 Dec 2012 #63
it is what it is Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #22
It is because they were little children. Justice Dec 2012 #23
It's probably a mix of factors gollygee Dec 2012 #24
They are making news because they are dead. Skidmore Dec 2012 #25
1... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #26
Thanks for the early morning dehumanization BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #27
Please don't go there....kids are kids, regardless of race. Please delete this thread. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #28
Not exactly union_maid Dec 2012 #29
Good Morning Union_Maid. Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #34
I agree with this post... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #30
Agreed Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #33
More than 20 children killed in Chicago every day? And no one cares? Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #37
Go read a Chicago paper...become informed. Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #68
"That many and more are killed in Chicago every day". 20 kids are murdered in Chicago every day? Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #38
Go read a paper...let I said go do some research.... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #69
Too Convenient ProfessorGAC Dec 2012 #124
I did not make anything up and even if one child... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #133
You're right, but are those kids in Chicago gunned down inside of their classrooms.. I think that's rainlillie Dec 2012 #46
Then my question would be... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #70
No it's not. Actually I would have agreed with you a few weeks ago. vaberella Dec 2012 #74
Bringing race into something like this is bad enough ... Lurker Deluxe Dec 2012 #51
And I ask why does "how many" died matter if... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #71
Except few of those murdered are small children Nikia Dec 2012 #100
You are wrong, and signifying about these children... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #109
I never said that most minority youth were in gangs Nikia Dec 2012 #120
Acting as if race has NOTHING to do with it relative to the facts is a conservative way of approachi uponit7771 Dec 2012 #81
The Eminem theory Recursion Dec 2012 #31
Maybe if you had spent a little more time searching Confusious Dec 2012 #32
Ah, race baiting. Where would DU be without someone churning the mud. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #35
Yeah, because Trayvon Martin was blue-eyed and blonde. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #39
They did ignore him until activist got involved!! You prove the OPs point in this post alone uponit7771 Dec 2012 #82
The Trayvon Martin case didn't get attention until African American activist got involved.. People rainlillie Dec 2012 #47
BULLSHIT! Sharpton and Jackson became involved BECAUSE it was getting attention. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #56
If it weren't for his family contacting Al and others the story would NOT have gone national rainlillie Dec 2012 #57
Thank God for Revs. Jackson and Sharpton for raising my awareness. Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #60
Cool beans! rainlillie Dec 2012 #61
Your sarcasm is sad...because you know the real truth... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #72
Yep. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #83
It did prepare the ground for other reactions to shooting Bad Thoughts Dec 2012 #66
Nope, it's because it hit to close to home for members of the news media tularetom Dec 2012 #40
I have been thinking the same thing Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #44
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2012 #84
Good point. But class and race are strongly correlated. BlueStreak Dec 2012 #92
Seems I had read before about the media bias to select white victims especially kidnap victims Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #41
you had to really work to make this theory even appear to fly. nt seabeyond Dec 2012 #42
This is why we need the unrec back. FSogol Dec 2012 #43
I never underestimate the racism within the MSM, that said.. rainlillie Dec 2012 #45
I think a big part of it is their age. With Columbine and other school shooters, they were older, Brickbat Dec 2012 #48
No. I think it's their age. If a mass school shooting happened in New Haven, Bridgeport or Hartford Jennicut Dec 2012 #49
i think it's mostly because they are dead. spanone Dec 2012 #50
It's already bad enough! And you have to bring race into it and change the conversation? For shame! Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #52
That incident did make news, and cause gun control to occur, which subsequent incidents have not. So still_one Dec 2012 #55
Thank you, is everyone trying to give the NRA a way out by changing the topic. JohLast Dec 2012 #80
Do you think it might be that 20 6-7 year olds were shot 11 times each? budkin Dec 2012 #53
Gun Control California: Stockton School Shooting In 1989 Was Catalyst For Gun Control still_one Dec 2012 #54
I think it's the internet and the different ways it is used. Sunlei Dec 2012 #58
Possibly treestar Dec 2012 #59
your question doesn't seem like race baiting at all to me renate Dec 2012 #64
Thank you for reason and truth....all these things do matter... Ivywoods55 Dec 2012 #77
It is wrong to analyze a horrible tragedy in such a way. Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #65
THANK YOU JohLast Dec 2012 #78
Its even worse to turn away from the facts and act as if they don't exist uponit7771 Dec 2012 #86
I really don't think so with respect to the amount of coverage. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #67
I've been saying that for days. Even some of the parents and neighbors subscribed to the racism. vaberella Dec 2012 #73
that is a natural reaction to shock. cali Dec 2012 #79
The initial reaction would have been the same, but Quantess Dec 2012 #85
uh, no you can't guarantee that. And you're wrong. History demonstrates that. cali Dec 2012 #90
25 years ago, mass shootings were not as common. Quantess Dec 2012 #96
Actually that is not a natural reaction. I would never ever ever say that. vaberella Dec 2012 #122
it certainly is a natural reaction. you are justwrong and furthermore cali Dec 2012 #129
No it's not a natural reaction. vaberella Dec 2012 #132
****EXACTLY***** "This doesn't happen here = we're different from those other places" uponit7771 Dec 2012 #87
I disagree cali Dec 2012 #93
How many people are interested in a serial killer who kills +/- 42 black women? Quantess Dec 2012 #76
Not even...what if it was White female. n/t vaberella Dec 2012 #123
I personally think white male victims would be even greater cause for a freak-out than white females Quantess Dec 2012 #125
no H2O Man Dec 2012 #88
No Denying Race is Part of the Issue-- Iggy Dec 2012 #94
I think a lot of this has to do with proximity to the nation press... WCGreen Dec 2012 #95
You've got it backwards, I think. This DOES deserve all the attention it's gotten. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #97
Yes. n/t dogknob Dec 2012 #98
Only in part Tab Dec 2012 #99
As an African American I don't care if they were striped or polka dot underthematrix Dec 2012 #101
It's a combination of factors. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #102
"Solid red"? Newtown is in a (D) US House district. alp227 Dec 2012 #110
Uhh... I was talking about Newtown, not the District DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #113
No and I think this is race baiting. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #103
I think it is the number and the ages that made it different life long demo Dec 2012 #104
Yes and No. Remember that back in 1989, there was really no internet and the flow of news was madinmaryland Dec 2012 #105
Age has more to do with it than race.... Mdterp01 Dec 2012 #107
Thinking About This Question WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #108
I don't know the answer to this and many other questions thucythucy Dec 2012 #111
Mostly white affluent community n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #114
WTF? Hello? Maybe it has something to do with 20 young children getting slaughtered Zorra Dec 2012 #115
uh, we didn't have social media and twenty-four hour news channels were just getting started in 1989 ibegurpard Dec 2012 #117
Is the Pope Catholic? nt valerief Dec 2012 #128
Not this time. agent46 Dec 2012 #130
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