I read here that 203 people were shot yesterday, were the killers all white? (Reply #12)

In the discussion thread: Mass Killings: Why American Men Are "Going Postal" [View all]

Response to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 03:51 PM

12. I read here that 203 people were shot yesterday, were the killers all white?

If a person/writer were to take a real look at violence in America it would expand well beyond the extremely limited framework of the current meme "white males are angry". The article attempts to do that but focuses on "At present, the US is home to a vast group of predominantly white, dispossessed, enraged men."

How about the 50 million poor people and/or the entire 99% -- not just the white ones. How about people without health care, people in prison, people who can't get a basic education?

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mass Killings: Why American Men Are "Going Postal" [View all]	sinkingfeeling	Feb 2013	OP
The last paragraph really sums it up well ... and then people wonder why ...	RKP5637	Feb 2013	#1
Something seems missing...	Eleanors38	Feb 2013	#2
This sounds like a Fox "News" transcript	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#6
Don't watch that stuff like some. Anything relevant, otherwise?	Eleanors38	Feb 2013	#25
No, if that were it non-whites and non-males would have been massacreing people for centuries (nt)	Recursion	Feb 2013	#8
I sure have noticed that DU's who claim male victimhood	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2013	#10
Plus a gazillion...	pkdu	Feb 2013	#30
Care to name some examples?	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#15
And what brings Americans together? The Superbowl, a very violent game	flamingdem	Feb 2013	#3
I'm not surprised	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2013	#9
"The decisions to export American jobs were based solely on corporate profit...	antigop	Feb 2013	#4
Where is Hate Radio/ Fox "News" in the equation?	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#5
yes, they give 'permission' (by example) to be callous and angry	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2013	#11
Is the gun a God	Big_Harry	Feb 2013	#7
I read here that 203 people were shot yesterday, were the killers all white?	just1voice	Feb 2013	#12
Article is limited to mass murders and even defines it.	sinkingfeeling	Feb 2013	#13
Do they explain why the mass murders done by those who are not white males don't count?	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#16
You obviously didn't even bother to read the first paragraph.	sinkingfeeling	Feb 2013	#17
Yes I did.	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#19
Ft Hood, Palestinian/American. DC shooters, African American...	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#20
Slightly more are black than white...	bobclark86	Feb 2013	#14
This thread was opened in 'good reads' to discuss the article. It's about mass murder.	sinkingfeeling	Feb 2013	#18
I have a simpler answer	Demo_Chris	Feb 2013	#21
I think you've summed it up.	alarimer	Feb 2013	#32
The white males who go postal are often highly intelligent.	undeterred	Feb 2013	#22
It is the definition of power	felix_numinous	Feb 2013	#23
What felix_numinous said.	love_katz	Feb 2013	#31
This sentence says it all:	Brigid	Feb 2013	#24
+100	lunasun	Feb 2013	#28
Women and minorities are disproportionately badly affected by the economy.	yardwork	Feb 2013	#26
Styx, "I'm just a prisoner in a king's disguise . . . "	patrice	Feb 2013	#27
Pieces of Eight	patrice	Feb 2013	#29

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