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In reply to the discussion: Enough With the Terrorism Porn [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)133. Agreed!
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Just when I thought I couldn't be any more disgusted. I can't believe people want to stifle this
grossproffit
May 2017
#11
Not to mention The Blitz in WWII. Manchester was leveled with thousands of deaths.
catbyte
May 2017
#69
People shouldn't be impacted by this because "Manchester has seen worse"? They should what?
uppityperson
May 2017
#85
"It is the worst attack the city has experienced and the worst ever to hit the north of England.
uppityperson
May 2017
#129
Yeah, I'm tired of trump porn. Feels too much like propaganda. Mostly talking
notdarkyet
May 2017
#77
I'm going to call this generation the ADD Generation. Tweets must be too long for many!
WinkyDink
May 2017
#95
Children are missing, others are dead. This is reality. Ignoring it won't make it go away.
grossproffit
May 2017
#14
It's been 2 hours since it happened. People are seriously saying it's too long?
uppityperson
May 2017
#41
Who says so?? Not everyone watches TV on your schedule. And anyone who could say there was
WinkyDink
May 2017
#93
This IS news. If you don't want to see it then trash the thread. Others want to discuss it.
grossproffit
May 2017
#7
Seriously? Children are dead and many still missing and this is your concern? Talk about boorish.
grossproffit
May 2017
#18
Maybe they'll show grotesque blown up children to relieve your boredom with the story.
uppityperson
May 2017
#29
I always wondered why the networks didn't break away from their 9/11 coverage...
brooklynite
May 2017
#19
No. Manchester can be looked in on once every few hours. Unplug your TV.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#32
It just happened. Of course they'll be covering it. Let them at least get the bodies out.
uppityperson
May 2017
#27
I can only imagine the reaction of those people who have lost their loved ones in
cornball 24
May 2017
#28
Since the bodies haven't cooled, I doubt having your dead chikd on tv is of minimal importance
uppityperson
May 2017
#44
The risk of death via terrorism is dwarfed by other causes. But terror delivers eyeballs.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#30
This just happened 4 hours ago and you're sick of it? You're calling it porn?
milestogo
May 2017
#36
The moment we treat a terrorist attack as a non-story, we've essentially normalized it.
Bleacher Creature
May 2017
#43
"the news goes on a 24 - 48 hour terrorism orgy". Yeah, that's a really long time.
aikoaiko
May 2017
#48
You obviously do not remember when the media left after an hour or so when it did not involve
lovemydogs
May 2017
#64
Why are you concerned about imaginary revenge more than about the real murders? Muslims
WinkyDink
May 2017
#106
Actually I am streaming other things. I just find the whole terror porn obscene
lovemydogs
May 2017
#58
Yup. But it is a raw topic - time for tolerance and understanding more than anything else
NRaleighLiberal
May 2017
#62
Do People honestly think it would be nonstop coverage if it was not a muslim attack?
lovemydogs
May 2017
#57
How many attacks by white nationalists have killed dozens/hundreds/thousands at a time?
RhodeIslandOne
May 2017
#63
Ah. Truth will out. You perceive different victims here. Just not the dead ones.
WinkyDink
May 2017
#88
For an attack of this magnitude, of course there would be nonstop coverage. Just as there
Squinch
May 2017
#103
It is boring to hear the same old breathless coverage and pushing the muslim as evil
lovemydogs
May 2017
#66
Well, maybe if Muslims stopped their terrorist attacks: Manchester; Orlando; Paris; London; San
WinkyDink
May 2017
#89
I personally think the media needs to cover these things with alot more common sense
lovemydogs
May 2017
#71
What is your basic problem with calling an actual terrorist attack, terrorism?
WinkyDink
May 2017
#90
Gee, another thread on how this is all just "TOO MUCH MANCHESTER!!!" Wow. You can't even stand a
WinkyDink
May 2017
#87
This is a bizarre use of the term. Do you realize that DOZENS of CHILDREN were slain?? That
WinkyDink
May 2017
#92
Yeah, I know; I taught it for 30 years. Studied the history of it. That's why
WinkyDink
May 2017
#104
Look, this is a major crime and tragedy. It is simply, what would be the word, naive?
WinkyDink
May 2017
#109
On 9/11, as a New Yorker, I found I needed to watch the news about it somewhat compulsively.
Squinch
May 2017
#102
Especially considering it popped up within an hour or so of the news breaking.
Coventina
May 2017
#123
