Comments | ontd_political: Tucson shooting victim arrested at taping of ABC-TV special

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Tucson shooting victim arrested at taping of ABC-TV special

Jan 15, 2011 16:33

Death threat at ABC-TV Town Hall event SaturdayTUCSON (KGUN9-TV) -The meeting room at St. Odilia's Catholic Church on the city's northwest side was packed with local dignitaries, witnesses to the mass shooting Jan. 8, some of the witnesses to the shootings and the first responders to the scene for a taping of an ABC-TV special, a town hall event, ( Read more... )

fail, gabrielle giffords, arizona, facepalm

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hitmewakeme January 15 2011, 23:54:40 UTC

Was he actually in the supermarket when the shootings happened? I feel awful for him and what he must have experienced but there is no justification for what he did here.

celtic_thistle January 15 2011, 23:55:03 UTC

Yeah he was shot himself.

celtic_thistle January 15 2011, 23:54:46 UTC

What a stupid fucking move. I wonder what the comments were, though! Not excusing what he did, but I can imagine he's probably a little messed-up from what happened a week ago.

keithmex17 January 15 2011, 23:55:38 UTC

I like how this article doesn't say the contents of the comments Mr. Fuller took exception to.

Awesome journalism.

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keithmex17 January 16 2011, 00:03:41 UTC

Eric Fuller, took exception to comments by two of the speakers

What comments?

This is bad reporting.

laurie_springs January 16 2011, 00:07:03 UTC

ikr

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hitmewakeme January 15 2011, 23:58:44 UTC

Well, I think that a big part of WHY he is making threats has to do with what he just lived through. Being shot, watching people die ... it affects you.

Exactly this.

Also, this is happening really soon after his traumatic experience. People tend to react to shocks like that in different ways but it's not uncommon for the first few thoughts to be along the lines of anger, revenge etc. I'm not saying it justifies anything though. My point is just that maybe this is his reaction to his experience because he hasn't found a way to cope with it all healthily yet and come to terms with it.

baked_goldfish January 16 2011, 00:14:53 UTC

Completely agree.

mollywobbles867 January 16 2011, 00:55:16 UTC

THIS.

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lookin4theholes January 16 2011, 00:00:08 UTC

Not condoning what he did, but the man was just shot, people who were shot beside him died. PTSD and trauma do funny, irrational things to formerly rational people.

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lookin4theholes January 16 2011, 00:09:01 UTC

yeah :( though they don't play fair - if something like this hadn't happened, they would have straight made something up

schmiss January 16 2011, 00:11:04 UTC

I agree.

Although on the OTHER hand, I don't like that people are asking "what did they say" like it would excuse threatening someone like that.

nuances everywhere man

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