So what happened to the wise practice of naming mass shooters as infrequently as possible?

[LAS14]

Two out of four Google News headlines name him. E.g., Who is Maricio Garcia? Now I wonder why the change in policy????????

[Wingus Dingus]

1. There's so fucking many of them, it has zero effect.

That was always a myth. Name them and shame their families.

[sarisataka]

4. Which will accomplish...

What?

If they are dead what good does shaming their family do? It may give a vicarious feeling of vengeance however it is possible the family is suffering as well, knowing what the person did.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. I don't care if Garcia's family suffers. I don't care if any of the mass shooters' families

suffer. I don't care. Don't...fucking...care...

[sarisataka]

7. Ah, I see

It is simply about lashing out at someone. Culpability is irrelevant.

Should we punish the shooters descendants as well? Kick their kids out of school?

[Wingus Dingus]

8. It's not lashing out. It's acknowledging that these people

raised, supported, enabled monsters. They aren't entitled to good, happy lives when the victims' families will forever endure changed and damaged lives. "Society" didn't produce the Garcia's or Crumbley's or Cruz's or Klebold's or Harris's or Lanza's of the world, the parents did-- with their actively shitty parenting, or their neglect of mental or emotional support, or their provision of firearms and gun culture worship, or their self-absorption with their own lives, and so on. These killers don't arise from a crack in the ground. Someone made them.

[sarisataka]

11. Should the standard

Of blaming parents and/or other family members) for the actions of the criminal be limited to only mass killers?

What about Atlanta? He only killed one but shot several more. Should his parents be left in peace or publicly shamed?

[Wingus Dingus]

13. I guess it sucks when a close family member slaughters people, doesn't it?

Bad publicity! People don't love you as much! Neighbors aren't sure about you anymore! Man, that's too bad.

[sarisataka]

15. Why not go full

Old Testament then?

Exodus 34: 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

[Wingus Dingus]

16. LOL, I'm talking about not keeping the perp's name private--

because the family that produced the monster doesn't deserve to have its privacy protected by keeping the name out of the public sphere. I have no idea what you're on about. Tell you what, maybe you can start a GoFundme for the mass murderer's family, since you feel so bad for them.

[sarisataka]

19. To refresh your memory

Name them and shame their families.

I don't care if Garcia's family suffers. I don't care if any of the mass shooters' families

suffer. I don't care. Don't...fucking...care...

I don't believe in punishing people who may be innocent, at least not until it is shown they have some direct responsibility for the person's actions. YMMV.

[Wingus Dingus]

20. The media using the murderer's name in reporting on

the murder is "punishing" the family who produced the murderer? Are you serious? And yes, I'll repeat. I DON'T CARE if the killer's family suffers. In fact, they should suffer, even if only mental anguish--but a lot of them won't because they're bad people who raised a bad person. It takes a conscience and morals to suffer anguish and remorse.

[ck4829]

2. A result of the "Do anything but talk about guns" policy

[NoRethugFriends]

3. It doesn't matter. No evidence at all that it does.

And they've all been named, regardless of ethnicity

[RockRaven]

6. Probably some analytics saying it's better for clicks/ratings to use the names...

It's always about money.

[maxsolomon]

9. How was it "wise"?

I see no evidence that the identity of the mass killer impacts anything.

Even showing the mangled bodies wouldn't change minds in America.

"No Infringements" overrules everything else.

[Prairie_Seagull]

10. Pesonal ethics and honor out the window where big money is involved.

I really want to add, not always, but...

[brooklynite]

12. What policy are you speaking of?

Other than in discussions here, I haven’t heard that of any policy to be followed.

Should we not mention that Vladimir Putin is responsible for the deaths in Ukraine?

[LAS14]

14. There were discussions about the advisability of giving...

... mass murderers the publicity they craved, thinking it might encourage copy cats. Since those discussions it's been clear that their names, though available, are routinely not mentioned in news reports.

[brooklynite]

21. Again: discussion by WHOM?

[LAS14]

22. Talking heads at news outlets. nt

[brooklynite]

23. You mentioned a "practice"...news to me.

[onecaliberal]

17. He is a Nazi piece of shit.

[dembotoz]

18. folks need to know who the f they are

we need to show that bad things happen to bad people

justice needs to be seen to be believed.....