Let's look on the good side

[sarisataka]

They terrorists are white- HOORAY- this proves they are racist white supremacists and (young) old white males
They are from a Muslim family- BOO- since Islam=Middle East all Muslims and foreigners darker than a piece of paper will be blamed

They had guns- HOORAY- this shows how lax our gun laws are
It happened in Massachusetts- BOO- they are held as an example of a state with good strong gun laws (even if it was Romney who signed many)

Therefore they had to go out of state- HOORAY- it shows how criminals will break laws to get guns
Wait, that's an NRA talking point- BOO

Maybe now the government will take serious action- HOORAY- maybe the Dems can push for GC- HOORAY- and Repubs can push for secret lists of people to watch and limit their activities without due process- HOORAY- wait, no we don't like that BOO, but more than a few on DU love the idea of an authoritarian state that constantly monitors everyone... I'm confused, let's just move on...

Repubs will push for more scrutiny of foreigner visitors and probably want the suspect sent to Gitmo.........



Hmmm, maybe this whole situation sucks and we can gloat what is and is not true about the suspects but in fact there are no winners only victims

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Me, I am waiting for a republican to call for banning pressure cookers...

because there is not right to keep and bear Culinary Contraptions, and because guns don't kill people, pressure cookers kill people.

[sarisataka]

2. In this Escher-esque world

it would not surprise me

[busterbrown]

3. Victims of what?

It would be nice if people would actually stop and just feel for the victims and their families.
But this ain’t gonna happen. Too much money and power involved with this story.. fear sells!

[sarisataka]

4. So true

there have been nearly 200 injured and killed by these men this week but what do people want. The hear from the suspects family and friends, what did they tweet, what schools they went to, every piece of minutiae they can get.

Meanwhile in a Boston hospital today there is more than one conversation between a doctor and patient about getting fitted for prosthetic and a plan for physical therapy; no news program will mention that.