And so "Umpqua" will now join "Columbine", "Sandy Hook" and "Virginia Tech" as euphemisms...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

....for horrific mass shooting events at schools.

That depresses me a lot.

What depresses me even more is that I know there will be more such euphemisms down the road.


Reminds me of the time at the height of the Iraq War when I drove past a Korean War memorial and realized that there'd be another war memorial to erect in a couple of years. It's just a very sobering thought.

[riversedge]

1. LA times-->Oregon college shooting live updates: 13 killed and 20 hurt; shooter is dead

[valerief]

2. Another South Park episode. That's all these massacres mean anymore. nt

[upaloopa]

3. We lost. People come right out and post that it isn't

a problem because violent crime went down in 2014. Then the poster makes fun of people who care about gun violence. That happened on DU today while we were reading about today's shooting.

[AngryAmish]

4. Why do you leave NIU off the list?

Not cool enough for you?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Not meant to be exclusive.

Those are the top three that immediately come to mind. But there are many others.

Sort of brings home the point, don't you think?

[Glassunion]

6. Who the fuck can memorize all of them?

There's too many.

[Botany]

7. The Umpqua River

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[smirkymonkey]

8. Has a motive been discussed yet? I haven't heard anything.

Such a senseless tragedy.