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Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:52 PM Apr 2013

Tucson Shooting Survivor Yells "Shame on You" at Senators as They Sink Manchin-Toomey

When the vote came down—54-46, not enough to replace the gun bill with the Manchin-Toomey compromise—an impromptu family of gun control activists was watching from the gallery. The activists looked glum but not surprised; they'd gone into the room aware that the votes weren't there. But before she left, a survivor of the 2011 Tucson killing spree named Patricia Maisch stood up and broke the rules of the Senate.

"Shame on you!" yelled Maisch.

Typically, when someone yells from the gallery, security hustles to bounce the heckler out of the room. Maisch wasn't elbowed out very quickly. Two years ago, she was one of the people who effectively shut down Jared Loughner's rampage. She saw him coming, she lay on the ground, and when Loughner fumbled his reload and was tackled, Maisch snatched away his extra magazine. And no one really ushered her out of the Hill today as she told reporters why she yelled.

"I could not stay still," she said, standing in a scrum of reporters. "They should be ashamed of themselves ... if it had been a yes vote, I wouldn't have said anything. It was spontaneous—but I was prepared to do that."

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Tucson Shooting Survivor Yells "Shame on You" at Senators as They Sink Manchin-Toomey (Original Post) Generic Other Apr 2013 OP
I would have done the same nt flamingdem Apr 2013 #1
Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #2
What do you do when you don't get your way? flamingdem Apr 2013 #3
thank goodness that one didn't last long. sure we will see it again, though. niyad Apr 2013 #6
I hope they're paid, if not yeeech flamingdem Apr 2013 #7
Go back to the radioactive septic tank you oozed from. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2013 #4
I think it emerged from the fertilizer fire in Waco!! nt flamingdem Apr 2013 #8
I leave the room for one minute and what happens? Generic Other Apr 2013 #9
Is it about fear? flamingdem Apr 2013 #10
Aren't bullies cowards? Generic Other Apr 2013 #11
I really don't know. But I do know that psychology used to tout the bully as "insecure" but flamingdem Apr 2013 #12
VIDEO on the link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #5

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flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
7. I hope they're paid, if not yeeech
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:09 PM
Apr 2013

it's worse if they mean it, if guns are truly all that to them. gak

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
9. I leave the room for one minute and what happens?
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:28 PM
Apr 2013

When are they going to learn that the level of fear that inspires them to arm themselves and froth at the mouth about their gun rights is what makes them dangerous to the rest of us?

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
10. Is it about fear?
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:30 PM
Apr 2013

It feels more like the bully behavior. That's why we have to stand up to them in a big way, big big way.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
11. Aren't bullies cowards?
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:02 PM
Apr 2013

I always thought so. I do think some people buy guns because they are afraid, and they think guns will lessen that fear. They are afraid of minorities, foreigners, strangers. They are afraid of change. Afraid of being victimized. Afraid to walk the streets after dark. Afraid to unlock their doors. Afraid the country is collapsing. Afraid they are being cheated out of something by society. And mostly afraid of the future. They will do anything to mask their fear.

And that is why they scare us.

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
12. I really don't know. But I do know that psychology used to tout the bully as "insecure" but
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:54 PM
Apr 2013

further examination has defined a bully as aggressive I believe. Maybe I'm just describing my own experience with pop psych terms. I used to feel sorry for such people and now I do not. It's a kind of me first attitude, if someone is going to die it ain't going to be me. That is selfishness and not fear to me. We can see it in Stand Your Ground etc where the person prefers to shoot an unarmed person rather than risk the tiny percent they may be hurt. Then again that does fit your idea of fear.. but it's fear with a selfish and bullying ethos that says they deserve more than others.

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