What annoys me about people regarding the Colorado shooting (I am talking to BOTH conservatives and liberals!)

by Ferηαηdσ [Clinton2016] Posted 2012/07/21 02:40:51

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You would think that during this terrible time, we would be mourning the death of the victims and keeping their families in our thoughts. This apparently is too much to ask of many people.

Whether liberal or conservative, instead of joining together I see people on various sites politicizing the terrible event. I haven't been on Sodahead at all today so I don't really know whether or not it has taken place here but who gives a crap whether he was far left or far right?!

Regardless of his political leanings, he was obviously mentally unstable. Why the hell do people feel the need to start pointing fingers when events like this take place? It happened when the Arizona shooting took place and I see it now. It's disgusting how some have the inability to cease attacking others over politics....the fact that they use tragedies like this to do so is even more pathetic.

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mich52 2012/07/21 04:35:11 (edited)

I agree

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We shouldn't be dealing in the usual bs on a day like today.. Its another tragedy..

But I'm going to make a point.O
One of the big blogs today was about ABC incorrectly saying Holmes had ties to the Tea Party, it was wrong and retracted.. But of course the blog was making assinine generalizations and Assumption anyways ( LIbs are scum, suck, stupid ) ignorant stuff.

But where's the anger over the NRA's dumbass mistake?

At 6:20 AM someone from the NRA Tweeted "Good Morning Shooters" this was well after the shootings and it took them longer then ABC to retract their mistake..

FACT!
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aneed2know 2012/07/24 06:30:49

I agree

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But can we be honest with ourselves, its not rather people are making this political or non-political what matters is how we Americans love violence. We never learn from violence, never. I was in Germany last week and just came home Monday evening, well i got the news by watching German TV and the headline was " Gunman kills 10 and wounds 60", the next morning turn on the news and the Headline was Death toll mounts" now i met some co-workers for breakfast that morning and the questions came. Why do Americans love guns, why dont you guys learn from your past, one young lady in asked me, why would anyone need a assault riffle to hunt?

All i could say is this, Americans love guns, but secretly i was thinking " WE love violence, this country was born in violence, we mainly only progress through violence and we never learn from the past".

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Jan Haskell 2012/07/23 02:11:54

I agree

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My sentiments exactly.

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**StarzAbove** 2012/07/23 02:04:43

I agree

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I agree. I put up a poll about this very same thing and it didn't stop anyone. This is a time to mourn not to pick fights with others over who's right and who's wrong.

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Bilingual required sucks 2012/07/22 11:00:13

I disagree

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As long as you NRA Republicans refuse to ban weapons like the assault rifle, this event has happened before and it will happen again. There is no need for a citizen to own a firearm that can spray 100 rounds in a minute. You NRA fanatics cry holy hell, at the slightest restriction on these types of weapons. If these weapons are not banned, there will be more tragedies in the future. The only firearms that are needed are for hunting, and if one desires a handgun for home protection.

One has to wonder how people get arrested every day for marijuana possession, and firearms like the assault rifle is legal. Our system is totally f*cked up.

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Murph 65 2012/07/22 00:47:10

I agree

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You put it very well, thank you.

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/07/21 21:31:11

Undecided

so , I take it you have sent a email to NBC chatising Brian Ross on linking the TEA Party with this tragedy ...if you have not...SHADDUP

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Guru Casper BN-ZERO 2012/07/21 21:26:27

I agree

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Remember the victims,pray that murderer gets the justice he deserves!
Forget your ideolgical prejudices!

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SA 2012/07/21 19:44:12 (edited)

I agree

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I wrote a post in memory of the victims of this tragedy today. All comments but one were very respectful, but naturally one had to post something political.

I asked that it be removed since it was not a political post, but so far it remains. So very sad

http://www.sodahead.com/livin...

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bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/07/21 19:22:42

I agree

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/07/21 19:17:10

I disagree

Haven't you noticed? Your plea for "peace" seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

Besides which, you're overlooking a few things...

http://www.sodahead.com/unite...

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Joe61 2012/07/21 18:26:05 (edited)

I disagree

I don't think this bloke is a nut case.....I think that there is much more still to come out about this particular case. Certain aspects, of what the police are telling us about the aftermath of the shootings and the booby traps in the house and the materials used( explosives and fuel). In my opinion this type of explosive combination is a favoured method of one particular grouping of people.

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Medulla Oblongata 2012/07/21 14:11:25

I agree

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I see it here, too, but it's mostly about gun control.

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oldlady 2012/07/21 13:07:39

I agree

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I hear you, these type of posts ARE PATHETIC!

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JimmyIIX 2012/07/21 12:36:16 (edited)

I disagree

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1.what the hell does being a conservative or liberal have to do with this shooting. This is NOT a political event. Stop trying to make it one. You know how insulting it is if a family member dies and someone tries to make it political.

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TheR 2012/07/21 09:10:01

I agree

And do you notice, it turns into a pro-gun debate, vs. gun control.

At times I wonder why people who do these senseless acts, don't do them at other places, such as at Banks, or Political Events, or go on a rampage at the White House Parking Lot, or, on Wall Street, or at Demonstrations?

But no the news is always about some crazy nut shooting up students at a School Campus, or Mall/ Movie Theater.

Maybe the NRA is paying these people to do the crimes on innocent American Citizens?

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Zeruke 2012/07/21 07:13:26

Undecided

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meh with how America is now everything is used as a political stance and put into the limelight by yellow journalism called "main stream media" ... so its not surprising people start doing the same thing

but I do agree it's annoying that such blaming happens

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DFA 2012/07/21 05:44:37

Undecided

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It's hard to not ask "WHY?" and not get political in these situations. Yet, there is a fine line between respectful and disrespectful.

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star 2012/07/21 05:32:11

Undecided

What would the Media say if he had used dynamite instead of a gun? Or a home made bomb? People are needs guns to protect ourselves. If there had been people there with a concealed gun lives could have been saved.

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Giantfan to star 2012/07/21 17:01:55

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Star what if say an anti government group of 20 members went in there with concealed weapons and decided to all start shooting people at the same time. Everyone could have been shot and many could have died. It will happen. Concealed weapons may save a life or may take many lives depending on who has the gun and why they have it concealed.

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Melizmatic to star 2012/07/21 19:02:42 (edited)

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That would have most likely only increased the the amount of 'friendly' fire, therefore increasing the number of injuries and deaths.

Unless every single person with a firearm was also an 'expert marksman', that is...

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kitkat42 2012/07/21 05:31:58

I agree

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Used to be tragedy would bring people together, but not so much any more. Sad statement of our time that there is so much hatred and anger, here on SH and elsewhere.

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aherbert 2012/07/21 05:16:53

I agree

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I concur ... our prayers and thoughts should go out to those that have lost love ones ... and for a speedy recovery for the injured.

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Pikachu 2012/07/21 05:16:51

Undecided

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I know I'm gonna sound biased, but I think Conservatives have a right to be upset that liberals seem to be blaming them for something like this, and for the record every Conservative I've talked to on this site agrees with your point completely

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mich52 2012/07/21 04:35:11 (edited)

I agree

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We shouldn't be dealing in the usual bs on a day like today.. Its another tragedy..

But I'm going to make a point.O
One of the big blogs today was about ABC incorrectly saying Holmes had ties to the Tea Party, it was wrong and retracted.. But of course the blog was making assinine generalizations and Assumption anyways ( LIbs are scum, suck, stupid ) ignorant stuff.

But where's the anger over the NRA's dumbass mistake?

At 6:20 AM someone from the NRA Tweeted "Good Morning Shooters" this was well after the shootings and it took them longer then ABC to retract their mistake..

FACT!

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Midnigh... to mich52 2012/07/21 05:19:18

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Great parallel you presented.

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mich52 to Midnigh... 2012/07/21 16:45:48

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Thanks, these right-wingers just irritated me too much with their hypocricy..

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Michael S. to mich52 2012/07/21 12:55:37 (edited)

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I'm not a huge fan of the NRA (on the one hand, they aren't pro-gun enough for me, and on the other hand, I don't like how they disrespect property rights and such either), but...

The difference between the media's "mistake" and the NRA mistake is that the media's "mistake" was a reckless and shameful attempt to demonize an entire political group collectively, whereas the NRA made an honest mistake that was not intended to hurt anyone but ended up making them look like total idiots. They looked even stupider for taking too long to take it down. It was a PR gaffe that did nothing but hurt them (and never could have either), so there's no reason to think the person who posted it (or took so long to correct it) had any idea what was going on, unless it was a sabotage attempt from within.

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mich52 to Michael S. 2012/07/21 16:50:22

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I see both as stupid mistakes period, I don't really see the point of judging how big a mistake is.. A mistake is a mistake..

I just find it almost ludicrous that he was able to post a Tweet and didn't recieve or look at any News?

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Michael S. to mich52 2012/07/21 22:04:45

I wasn't really talking in terms of "degree" though, or how big of a mistake each party made. My point was that they were qualitatively different types of mistakes made for very different reasons.

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The Bantam Seditioner 2012/07/21 04:35:00

I agree

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I'm not immune from having my own very strong feelings on the gun issue get the best of me at times like these, but it wouldn't be fair or respectful to the families of the departed or the survivors to try and turn their personal tragedy into a teaching moment...at least not until the smoke has cleared and heads have cooled enough to discuss it rationally.

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Giantfan 2012/07/21 04:23:28

Undecided

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I don't know if the man was a liberal or conservative or moderate and I could care less. He was and is a murderer. Innocent people were shot, wounded and killed by this wacco. My only problem is with lax gun laws. Any nutcase with the right amount of money can buy any weapon they want. That where I have a problem.

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Donnie to Giantfan 2012/07/21 05:12:47

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and yet strengthening them doesn't seem to stop that

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Giantfan to Donnie 2012/07/21 16:42:47

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That's because they have been constantly weakened over the past decade. The NRA is concerned only with money and the more they can scare people into joining the more money they get. Same goes for gun producers. The more they claim someone is trying to take their gun rights away the better the gun sales are. They don't care about the safety of you or your family they care about the bottom line. Profits.

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Defend ... to Giantfan 2012/07/21 11:44:50

the man was a liberal
the problem is that more Americans were victims of the Liberals FASCIST ANTI AMERICAN Gun Control laws

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Giantfan to Defend ... 2012/07/21 16:43:14

Why because he was educated?

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Defend ... to Giantfan 2012/07/21 18:58:52

i would say more like brain washed by the liberal progressive OWS

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Giantfan to Defend ... 2012/07/21 20:30:15

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Let's see now. He grew up in a higher class area near San Diago (a highly conservative area) so where do you get the liberal nonsense from. Every indication was that he had conservative upbringing but then again that would send any normal person right over the cliff or off the edge so to say. Look at you for example.

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Defend ... to Giantfan 2012/07/22 04:22:10

LOL you need to stop listening to the Liberal Propaganda Reich

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Giantfan to Defend ... 2012/07/23 03:13:45

As opposed to the crap you listen to. No thank you.

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Defend ... to Giantfan 2012/07/23 11:08:51

you listen to Anti Semites/Terrorist gun grabbers and Muslim terrorist lovers

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