WTF?? ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING

[gnihcraes]

I just found this on facebook, and I can only assume it's legit, but I like it regardless.

TURN OFF THE NEWS.......

Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened yesterday :

"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine?
Disturbedpeople who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."

[spittoon]

I agree. It makes me question if an AR was even involved or the media is just spreading fear by saying he used an assault rifle

from day one they said the rifle was in the trunk of the car wtf

[jerrymrc]

from day one they said the rifle was in the trunk of the car wtf

Now they are saying that he just shot his way in and that with an Assault Rifle it is easy to just make your own entrance.

[buffalobo]

Now they are saying that he just shot his way in and that with an Assault Rifle it is easy to just make your own entrance.

Just saw this as well, national network news/talk show.

[BREATHER]

From several posts I have read on here, it would appear that there is no grasp of what mental illness is. I am not here to explain it, you will have to look it up yourselves. Research it. The pros like to say it is like any other physical ailment. I have problems with my arteries, Do I want to go out and shoot someone,,, the answer is hell no. The question one has to ask is .... is being mentally ill make you evil or is being evil mentally ill......

With these younger assholes that are going out and killing people how is their behavior not noticed?? In my current job I base alot of decisions based on observations. Take the Columbine issue... Where were the fucking parents ????

Then there is the fact that the media glorifies these assholes, they give the sick fucks what they want... ATTENTION...Why ,, because their making a buck is more important than the problem...

Back to glorifying assholes.. When the Colombine "memorial" was built, what did that cost? a couple of millions dollars??? Would'nt that couple of millions dollars have bought a whole lot of parental education..educating parents and the public what to look out for... I wrote a letter to the editor in the Post with that question and was published,,, where did the question go?? nowhere with the public, because it was the truth. Colorado now has a rock wall that tells all the other sick shits, look you go out and do something catastrophic and we will imortilize you..

[Byte Stryke]

http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2012/12/...n-connecticut/

This shooting is yet another tragic example of the failed, grotesque insistence on helpless victim zones where any crazed gunman can be assured of a large number of disarmed, undefended, helpless victims, all crammed into one place, where he can kill many children before an armed defender arrives from elsewhere.

[StagLefty]

I lost it last night when Emilie's father was on TV and then they listed the kid's names and ages. My thoughts and prayers are with the victim's families today.

[HoneyBadger]

I just found this on facebook, and I can only assume it's legit, but I like it regardless.

TURN OFF THE NEWS.......

Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened yesterday :

"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine?
Disturbedpeople who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."

So you know, Snopes is saying this is unconfirmed and probably written by someone else, then they put Morgan Freeman's name on it to give it gravity. I posted this on facebook, then I had someone call me out for it.

Edit: here is the snopes link: http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/newtown.asp

[Fmedges]

As I was watching tv the other day I had the same thought. The media sure does sensationalize the hell out of this stuff and it makes me sick.

[BuffCyclist]

from day one they said the rifle was in the trunk of the car wtf

Now they are saying that he just shot his way in and that with an Assault Rifle it is easy to just make your own entrance.

Yes, I noticed that too. Now they're saying he only used the two pistols to shoot his mother and finally himself. The rifle was used entirely in the school and he ALSO had a shotgun in the trunk of his car. Where the heck is the shotgun coming from?!

They are also shocked and wonder HOW he was able to acquire so many high capacity magazines for his assault rifle and so many factory magazines for his two pistols. 30rd rifle magazines are NOT high capacity, they are STANDARD capacity. Sure, in comparison to pistol mags, they have a HIGHER capacity, but they aren't like the Surefire or whatever brand 60 round mags, or the beta mag drums. If he had fewer, 10rd mags, he would have just bought a vest to carry the extra mags and just keep reloading. Makes me think we'll see a ban on high capacity mags and also makes me want to go buy as many PMags as I can afford, in all of the rainbow colors, just because. If nothing else, I'll be set with magazines for multiple rifles!