Anyone curious about the parents?

[liberalmuse]

Not a mention from the press. Not a peep from them. I'm sure they're devastated, but you would think they would appoint a spokesperson to express condolences for their son's victims. I'm not trying to blame them, I just know if my child had committed such a heinous act, I'd reach out and express some sort of sorrow and regret to the victims and their families. Other parents have done the same - as in the case of the Virginia Tech shooter. Just curious...

[spanone]

1. kick for curiosity

the media normally camps out at the homes of the criminals

[northoftheborder]

2. Could they be tea-partiers???

[Skidmore]

3. Me. I tried to google for information about them but all I could find

were endless numbers of tweets and posts for an online prayer circle for them. Starting will hillbuzz site, with which I am not familiar.

[AngryOldDem]

4. You don't know what they've been told to do.

Or what they are capable of even doing right now. They are collateral damage in this tragedy.

[valerief]

5. I wonder if they're ardent Teabaggers. nt

[stray cat]

6. Usually they have been blamed by now

[lunatica]

7. Here's an article about Loughner's parents

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/01/neighbors-jared-loughner-and-f.html?wprss=44

(snip)
Neighbors and former classmates from nearby Mountain View High School described Loughner and his parents as loners who rarely spoke even to their immediate neighbors.

"You try to say something, they'd just ignore you and turn around and walk back into the house," said Ron Johnson, 60, a retiree who lives directly opposite the Loughner's tan, one-storey home. "The kid - I never talked to him. He acted just like his parents and ignored you."

more...

[avaistheone1]

13. This article makes the family sound fairly anti-social.

[liberalmuse]

18. Hadn't seen this.

Very interesting, and it would make sense. Thanks for posting.

[MuseRider]

8. I hope they are being left alone

by the media. I can't imagine the pain they must be feeling. I don't care if they are baggers or libertarians or green and slimy they are parents and their son has done a horrible thing, ruined the lives or ended the lives of others, ruined his life and made theirs incredibly painful.

Yes, I am curious but not enough yet to hope to hear about them yet. I can't imagine their pain.

[lonestarnot]

10. MuseRider!

:hug: As always right on! Leave 'em alone even if they were fucked up before, they are more fuckd up now. Leave 'em be.

[emilyg]

12. You sound like a decent person.

[ceile]

20. Exactly

It's too soon. They are as much in shock (probably) as the rest of the nation.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. I have a very dear friend at work

whose cousin committed one of the worst murders (of a child) here in decades. He's in prison now - thankfully. But my friend has talked to me a lot about what this did to her family. It was just devastating.

Even despicable criminals can come from decent families. We need to remember that.

[kestrel91316]

23. They are probably teabaggers, and think their neighbors are

insufficiently teabaggerish, hence the rude antisocial behavior.

Guess we won't be hearing any apology or condolences for the victims and fimilies.

[emilyg]

9. They might have been told

not to make any statements. We don't know.

[Quantess]

11. How can you really blame friends or family of a mentally ill person for what he did?

Other than not getting him the help he needed, it's not immediately apparent that the parents raised him wrong.

They are probably avoiding the press for now, until they can make some sense of what happened.

[avaistheone1]

16. Unless they did not try to get him help or

gave him an home environment to grow up in which fostered mental illness. That happens frequently.

[NNN0LHI]

14. If that was my son I would have had a spokesperson release a statement by now

But everyone reacts differently to tragedy so I am not judging them.

Don

[frogmarch]

15. Has their son been formally charged yet?

If he hasn't, that may be why they've remained silent.

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[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Mom works for the government

Heard that on CNN this morning.

[kestrel91316]

22. If they do not issue a statement expressing sympathy for the victims by TODAY sometime,

we will know without a doubt that they are teabaggers. JMHO.