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Updates on both sides of things from Tucson

Jan 12, 2011 13:55

Giffords moves arms, survival odds at '101 pct'

One of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' doctors declared Tuesday she has "a 101 percent chance of surviving," as she made more progress, moving both arms and breathing on her own for the first time - just three days after a bullet shot through her brain.Doctors emphasize she is in for a long recovery, and ( Read more... )

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salienne January 12 2011, 06:01:14 UTC

a menacing handwritten note in the suspect's home with the words "Die, bitch."

Hatred of women this strong makes me feel sick.

fofomazuzu January 12 2011, 06:02:38 UTC

Giffords has to be the Bionic Woman the way she has made progress recovering.

ladyanneboleyn January 12 2011, 06:05:06 UTC

IA with your assessment of the coverage of the family. CNN tonight was all "they had a suspicious fence around their backyard!" and "he had started wearing *gasp* black!"

salienne January 12 2011, 06:08:43 UTC

Yeah, mte.

Why do we need to know that he liked 'progressive rock' or 'Donnie Darko'? I do too--does that mean I should be on a terror watch list? It's clear they're so desperate to build a picture of someone "mentally unstable" that they're grasping at teeny tiny straws.

doverz January 12 2011, 06:12:39 UTC

This. It's really pissing me off.

salienne January 12 2011, 06:17:33 UTC

Same. Blaming the assassination on mental illness--even if he were mentally ill, and it weren't just an absurd and bigoted knee-jerk--also makes little to no sense. I mean, men are more likely to commit violent crimes than women, but no one in the media is going "OH, IT'S BECAUSE HE'S A GUY." Because that would be ridiculous.

*Cough*

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wind_hover January 12 2011, 06:08:22 UTC

The Loughner detail seems to be trying to paint him as "deviant" and "strange" already: it's a form of distancing, to say "it's only people who do this that will act like he did, and not people like us so we're safe, it's not our - or our culture's fault".

doverz January 12 2011, 06:12:48 UTC

Yep.

windy_lea January 12 2011, 08:35:47 UTC

Yes, this is pretty much what they're doing.

salukfan January 12 2011, 13:38:00 UTC

MTE.

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lizzy_someone January 12 2011, 06:10:28 UTC

"He always said, 'Hi, Mrs. Osler. How are you today?' When he left he made a point of coming over and saying, 'Thank you for having me over,'" said Roxanne Osler, noting that was not typical for Zach's friends.

Uh, then most of your son's friends aren't very polite...?

fluorescenta January 12 2011, 06:11:37 UTC

lol, mte.

doverz January 12 2011, 06:13:23 UTC

What's wrong with kids these day saying "Please" and "Thank you?" They're such hooligans!!

salienne January 12 2011, 06:18:07 UTC

lol srsly

This is me, all the time.

OH MY GOD KEEP ME AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE, I MIGHT BE NICE.

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