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Author | Time | Post |
 CNN contributor: "Sikhs 'unfairly targeted'" (Original post) |
muriel_volestrangler | Aug 2012 | OP |
| winstars | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Jackpine Radical | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| pinto | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| CBGLuthier | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| Jackpine Radical | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| LiberalLoner | Aug 2012 | #26 | |
| awoke_in_2003 | Aug 2012 | #36 | |
| muriel_volestrangler | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| Heather MC | Aug 2012 | #17 | |
| Jackpine Radical | Aug 2012 | #41 | |
| Heather MC | Aug 2012 | #42 | |
| Jackpine Radical | Aug 2012 | #44 | |
| Heather MC | Aug 2012 | #45 | |
| Douglas Carpenter | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| malaise | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| msanthrope | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| winstars | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| Ghost Dog | Aug 2012 | #30 | |
| freshwest | Aug 2012 | #46 | |
| mountain grammy | Aug 2012 | #11 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Aug 2012 | #12 | |
| zeemike | Aug 2012 | #22 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Aug 2012 | #23 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Aug 2012 | #24 | |
| stockholmer | Aug 2012 | #40 | |
| Jeff In Milwaukee | Aug 2012 | #13 | |
| Robyn66 | Aug 2012 | #14 | |
| Ganja Ninja | Aug 2012 | #15 | |
| AlbertCat | Aug 2012 | #16 | |
| allan01 | Aug 2012 | #18 | |
| datasuspect | Aug 2012 | #19 | |
| pscot | Aug 2012 | #34 | |
| Bernardo de La Paz | Aug 2012 | #20 | |
| arely staircase | Aug 2012 | #21 | |
| dembotoz | Aug 2012 | #25 | |
| cthulu2016 | Aug 2012 | #27 | |
| AlinPA | Aug 2012 | #28 | |
| Tommy_Carcetti | Aug 2012 | #29 | |
| Douglas Carpenter | Aug 2012 | #31 | |
| Ghost Dog | Aug 2012 | #32 | |
| ashling | Aug 2012 | #33 | |
| YoungDemCA | Aug 2012 | #35 | |
| elias7 | Aug 2012 | #37 | |
| JI7 | Aug 2012 | #38 | |
| marble falls | Aug 2012 | #39 | |
| DFW | Aug 2012 | #43 | |
| JHB | Aug 2012 | #47 | |
| PavePusher | Aug 2012 | #48 |
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:20 AM
winstars (4,185 posts)
1. Been saying this since yesterday!!! It would be OK if they were Muslims? WTF!!!
Response to winstars (Reply #1)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:24 AM
4. I was saying exactly this to my wife. A commentator said they were "the wrong target."
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:23 AM
3. The word inaccurately has too many syllables for an american audience.
Response to CBGLuthier (Reply #3)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:25 AM
5. And a wjhole lot of them are now saying,
Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #5)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:29 AM
LiberalLoner (8,951 posts)
26. Yup. :(
Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #5)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:34 PM
awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)
36. We have a propaganda machine...
Response to CBGLuthier (Reply #3)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:32 AM
9. If he'd stuck to 'mistaken', it would be OK
Response to CBGLuthier (Reply #3)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:51 AM
Heather MC (8,084 posts)
17. I don't think the shooter cared.
Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #41)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 11:20 PM
Heather MC (8,084 posts)
42. It's our own fault for not being born white gun toting men with wifebeater shirts, we ask to be
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attacked. If god loved us we would all be bald white men with nothing better to do than shoot innocent people
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Response to Heather MC (Reply #42)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 09:38 AM
44. Hey, I'm an old, bald white guy.
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And I have a pickup truck, own guns, and live in the country.
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Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #44)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 01:40 PM
Heather MC (8,084 posts)
45. I am married to a bald white Military man with a pickup truck, but he doesn't
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:28 AM
6. like the hemophiliacs who are innocent victims of HIV
 I guess the media has to differentiate between the deserving and the undeserving |
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:28 AM
malaise (252,946 posts)
7. 100% correct
Response to msanthrope (Reply #8)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:37 AM
winstars (4,185 posts)
10. Why Muslims of course!!! I gotta a bad feeling on how this is gonna play out on...
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 07:56 AM
mountain grammy (25,135 posts)
11. But I didn't mean it like that..
Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #12)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:09 AM
22. It's all part of our national madness.
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:01 AM
13. I'm sure the shooter THOUGHT he was targeting Muslims....
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:04 AM
14. Don't you know there is a class of people its ok to target
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:13 AM
15. I was channel surfing this morning looking for more info on this shooting.
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:29 AM
16. Who IS "fairly" targeted?
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:58 AM
18. re:CNN contributor: "Sikhs 'unfairly targeted'"
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condoleces to the familes . and anyone who is "different " is targeted.
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Response to datasuspect (Reply #19)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 01:48 PM
pscot (21,005 posts)
34. Closer to Bahai than Islam, I believe
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 09:43 AM
20. "Never attribute to malice that which is explainable by incompetence"
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 09:46 AM
21. probably not what he meant
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:23 AM
25. i live in milwaukee area and this type of coverage is rampant in the local media
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:32 AM
27. When you think about it, we all do this with children
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:35 AM
28. It sounds like he is copying Fox "news". That something they would say.
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:40 AM
29. It's a double edged statement.
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 01:16 PM
31. I cannot help but wonder how the media and public would react if this had been a Mosque and it had
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 01:48 PM
33. That was my first thought
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Must have been like a mass murder gone bad
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Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 05:58 PM
elias7 (3,563 posts)
37. I disagree with most here
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 06:01 PM
38. There was a Sikh guy on with Don Lemon yesterday who responded to these type of comments
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 06:08 PM
marble falls (47,684 posts)
39. Insightfull point. Its not alright to target any class of people.
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 06:22 AM
DFW (50,012 posts)
43. Someone saw the film "Inside Man"
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 06:22 PM
JHB (36,125 posts)
47. Back during the Iranian hostage crisis these nuts would target anyone who fit their bill...
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 10:15 AM
48. Tempest, you need a bigger tea-pot.
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Yeah the guy chose his phrasing poorly; impromptu speaking can do that to anyone.
I have seen no evidence of malice involved. If someone has some, please present it. And if you want to fire him for this, you'll have to fire all talking heads everywhere, on every network. Heh, that might actually be a good thing.... |
