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In reply to the discussion: WTF is so "special" about Dorner & the LAPD, that unleashes Attack-Trolls on DU? [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)125. It does appear to be the case, at least re: Dorner. Thanks for noticing. ~nt
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WTF is so "special" about Dorner & the LAPD, that unleashes Attack-Trolls on DU? [View all]
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
OP
Yeah...Dorner's in a firefight right now with Fish&Game & deputies after a home invasion. Maybe
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#1
Well, I'm waiting for the part of the Manifesto that justifies a home invasion and shooting at Fish&
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#7
Well, the leading authority on F&G shennanigans is Dorner! Which is why he shot at them! So let's
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#35
No--I'm suggesting something quite different. I'm suggesting that using Mr. Dorner's complaints
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#46
The OP is asking why people are so intent on shutting down discussion of Dorner's motivations.
EOTE
Feb 2013
#49
Yeah....I'm really tired of trying to figure out the motivations of murderers. Adam Lanza had
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#68
Educating yourself??? Off a Facebook page? Let me not stand in the way of your intellectual
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#90
Well I always wonder what makes a person go off like this. I always thought knowning
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#26
There's very little to be learned to 'help the next person' right now. He's engaged in shooting
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#54
I still would love to know why he snapped that he would go down to murder like that.
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#97
And how many times did we read that he'd NEVER harm anyone he didn't have involvement with? n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#60
Why do want to shut down a perfectly reasonable discussion about the injustices suffered by a spree
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#71
I hadn't thought about that. Here in Big Bear they can be real assholes too.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#73
We're being anti-intellectual, apparently. We're impeding the great understanding
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#95
And I have this burning yearning to understand his motivations... n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#98
Of course. Because his motivations will prove what a tortured soul he is....nt
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#100
Here's the FIRST time I read something like that... there have been many other instances.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#79
I'm sure someone will tell me how fucking important it is we discuss Dorner's
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#162
As the Republican Party dies more and more conservatives creep under our tent.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#56
Yes you are right. And the Conservatives among us would say that means he
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#137
In my opinion, some posters have latched onto the fact that people are interested in the story
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2013
#4
It does appear to be the case, at least re: Dorner. Thanks for noticing. ~nt
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#125
I saw but didn't read an article in a Twitter post that a friend of Dorners says he is
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#11
I didn't say that it did, sheesh. It does go against any meme that he's only just a thug.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#24
Nice to see that people are willing to entertain at least a 2-dimensional character study of a man
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#45
"There is a $1,000,000 bounty out for him. What does he know that they don't want him to tell?"
zappaman
Feb 2013
#48
Oh, so Dorner had his trial already & been adjudicated, found guilty? I wasn't aware of this.
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#13
Why are you insisting that I am somehow trying to "excuse" or "justify" Dorner
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#27
His fourth victim died while you were posting this apologia for him and starting
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#163
He's dead now, so I guess you can go on pretending that there's some great mystery as
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#173
NPR reported today that everyone who knew him, save an ex-girlfriend are completely shocked
shcrane71
Feb 2013
#177
Chief Beck isn't going to re-open the case. That's bullshit. LAPD LIE. Mayor Villaraigosa calls this
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#28
I notice that NO ONE's willing to even touch my "what's up w/ the double-standard?" issue. ~nt
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#38
I see you didn't repeat the claim that Dorner's killing spree might be a "staged event"...
Skinner
Feb 2013
#12
I really hear what those people have to say IF he's taken alive... n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#69
No, I read your post and laughed. When the episode ended yesterday, I thought everything
FSogol
Feb 2013
#63
It is an idiom often used in suppport networks. But also used elsewhere.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#44
Another troll-like "yawn" instead of substantive disagreement with the OP (nt)
villager
Feb 2013
#32
I didn't "yawn," but commented on yours. Though your "comments" certainly prove out the OP's
villager
Feb 2013
#40
I'm not completely sure what the yawner intended, JL, though it does seem to confirm the OP
villager
Feb 2013
#136
So you think 1) F. Scott F is the only person in the Universe to ever make that observation?
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#190
"People who kill other people are a tad crazy"? Not if they kill with drones, they're not.
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#119
I'm pretty sure the "attack trolls" went after you for "For all we know, it's a staged event"...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#47
You know, part of taking responsibility is to stop whining and playing victim.
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#84
It's rather dangerous that so many people seem to find the Dorner back story
shcrane71
Feb 2013
#186
This is the "new" DU -- You can't have discussions any more. You're always under attack.
gateley
Feb 2013
#61
Perhaps if you stopped whining how people reacted to your literally insane post
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#94
RW trolls got the memo to attack anyone who expressed the slightest concern
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#103
Actually, the OP is the one who posted something akin to rightwing nuttery.
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#106
The OP is not the only one who has been accused of supporting Dorner when they've done no such thing
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#121
The OP was again suggesting Dorner was framed even as his fourth victim was dying this
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#159
"At what point are we going to address police culture that created Dorner?"
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#105
Aside from the fact he's a murderer. I think the LAPD is a rolemodel for being corrupt, and
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#122
oh bullshit... You were not 'asking questions', you were creating conspiracies about President Obama
Ohio Joe
Feb 2013
#143
(That) anyone caught in #LAPD's warpath is just collateral damage should be addressed by media.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#145
As much attention was given to it as has been given to others' reasons for murdering people.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#176
The good guys with guns got the bad guys with guns and stopped the evil-doing.
shcrane71
Feb 2013
#178
Many of these "opinions" consist almost entirely of wanting me to just STFU.
99th_Monkey
Feb 2013
#193