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WSJ Columnist Asks if Women Saved By Boyfriends in Aurora Theater Shooting Were Worth ItBy Steve Huff
The New York Observer
Wall Street Journal columnist James Tarantos bad Tuesday night on Twitter is a tale of two tweets. First, Mr. Tarantos offending post, which started a firestorm. Referring to the three women whose boyfriends saved them from the bullets of a mass murderer in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater on July 20, Mr. Taranto wrote:
I hope the girls whose boyfriends died to save them were worthy of the sacrifice.
James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 25, 2012
James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 25, 2012
(snip)
To be fair, Mr. Taranto did retweet many who who took him to task for his musing. This angry, outraged response from a tweeter named Matthew Almont is an excellent example of the sort of bile Mr. Taranto was comfortable with relaying to his followers:
@jamestaranto To their boyfriends, they were. I guess thats what really matters.
Matthew Almont (@matthewalmont) July 25, 2012
Matthew Almont (@matthewalmont) July 25, 2012
A blistering reply.
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The rest, with links to follow if you have the stomach for it: http://observer.com/2012/07/wsj-columnist-asks-if-women-saved-by-boyfriends-in-aurora-theater-shooting-were-worth-it/
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No words. Just no words. (Original Post)
WilliamPitt
Jul 2012
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hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)1. I think Joe Conason spoke well for me.
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37m Joe Conason ?@JConason
Yes, @jamestaranto is reliably disgusting. RT @digby56: Your daily dose of right-wing misogyny, by @DavidOAtkins http://bit.ly/PlFPY7
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11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)2. Holy shit! What a fucking douchebag.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)3. This says more about Taranto as an alleged human being, than about the women or their boyfriends nt
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nichomachus
(12,754 posts)4. It's clear Taranto isn't worthy of anyone dying on his behalf
or even risk getting a hangnail
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)5. 3 words for him: Piece of Shit!!!!
Initech
(100,104 posts)6. What a fucking douchebag.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)7. Stupid is as stupid does...
Zorra
(27,670 posts)8. Classic example of institutionalized misogyny. nt
kentuck
(111,110 posts)9. I would not want to be the one making that judgement, Mr Taranto...
It's a little above my pay grade...