ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:49 AM
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Looting stories are being used to deflect from the situation at hand. |
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It is my opinion that they are pushing the looting stories to cover the reality that it is the have nots who are suffering. It was those without transportation who could not leave...It was those who depended on city buses who were told they weren't running...it was those with inadequate shelter, inadequate means of survival, who are at the heart of this. The rage I feel is growing stronger with each looting story I hear...and each survival story that isn't told. :(
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:53 AM
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If the looters can be characterized as "bad people" we can then feel OK that tragedy struck them ... they deserved it, after all :sarcasm:
The more "we" vilify the victims, the better we can feel, because this proves really bad things don't happen randomly or to good people ... Ask Pat Robertson, he'll back me up on this :sarcasm:
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:54 AM
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3. You know it...How many times here in Michigan have we heard a story |
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of a killing in Detroit that "may have involved drugs". :(
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:00 AM
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9. ...or "what did they expect in THAT neighborhood?" |
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Well, gee they were extremely poor and they expected to work and raise their children the best they could.
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:54 AM
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2. I Am Not Hearing That Many Looting Stories |
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but, anyway, I think looting for food and water from a store is understandable. Looting for luxuries and consumer goods is not.
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:55 AM
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4. Our local ABC affiliate was all looting all the time from 5-7 AM |
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:57 AM
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6. several looting stories have been on the air. I do not know how wide- |
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spread it was. difficult to gauge when they show the same footage.
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:55 AM
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5. my wife made an interesting observation yesteray... |
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when they showed the line at the superdome - "the only white people are in the uniforms"
pretty much sums up who got left behind....
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Tue Aug-30-05 06:58 AM
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7. yes, she is right on. It is the poor, the disabled, the weak that had |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:00 AM
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8. portapotties now at the dome. see this thread. |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:17 AM
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12. An illustration of American racism broadcast via CNN worldwide |
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You think people would be more embarrassed to blame the victims.
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ScreamingMeemie
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:18 AM
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13. And yet, it even happens right here, on DU. |
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:00 AM
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10. psyop: trying to demonize the victims to reduce sympathetic response |
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Very transparent. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the looters on camera were paid actors.
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Tue Aug-30-05 07:11 AM
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11. While also throwing in stories of chauffer driven limos driving people |
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