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Front page of the New York Daily News: When will it end? (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP
It will end when gun nut culture is CRUSHED. NT onehandle Jul 2013 #1
Guns weren't the cause of death of Emmett Till and James Byrd. Cooley Hurd Jul 2013 #2
But it includes them because many gun nuts arm up because of their hatred/fear of minorities. Hoyt Jul 2013 #3
Gun shows aren't filled with Dixie flags because they're red, white, and blue. onehandle Jul 2013 #4
That's true. Cooley Hurd Jul 2013 #5
it's the combination of guns & racism napkinz Jul 2013 #6
This should be on the front page of DU. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2013 #7
The DN gets it right for once shenmue Jul 2013 #8
A bit racist to include James Chaney here question everything Jul 2013 #9
Racist? Brewinblue Jul 2013 #12
Had the men on the list were white question everything Jul 2013 #15
I disagree. They could be added to roody Jul 2013 #13
Huge Kudos to the Daily News Brewinblue Jul 2013 #10
K&R Raffi Ella Jul 2013 #11
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #14
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
2. Guns weren't the cause of death of Emmett Till and James Byrd.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 12:26 PM
Jul 2013

Not making excuses for guns, by any means, but this issue goes beyond the Gun Culture.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
4. Gun shows aren't filled with Dixie flags because they're red, white, and blue.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 12:41 PM
Jul 2013

The heart of racism lives there.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
6. it's the combination of guns & racism
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 01:02 PM
Jul 2013

We have to crush the gun culture ... and the RACIST culture that still exists is this country.






question everything

(47,544 posts)
9. A bit racist to include James Chaney here
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:19 PM
Jul 2013

He was murdered in Mississippi with two other young men - white: Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. All three were there to get people to register to vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers%27_murders

To include Chaney only on this list is to belittle the murder of Schwerner and Goodman.

Brewinblue

(392 posts)
12. Racist?
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:51 PM
Jul 2013

An oversight perhaps, headlines always face space limitations, so it is quite reasonable that not every victim's name be included. Racism, however, implies intent, and the headline is for an article exposing our nation's history of racial violence -- not condoning it.

question everything

(47,544 posts)
15. Had the men on the list were white
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:50 PM
Jul 2013

they would not have been murdered, certainly not in the way they were.

Chaney would have been murdered regardless of his race, as were his two white friends. They were murdered because they ventured into KKK territory to register blacks to vote.

Brewinblue

(392 posts)
10. Huge Kudos to the Daily News
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:39 PM
Jul 2013

I can only imagine the response from the Post.

And why wasn't that this morning's headline at major newspapers across the country? Oh that's right, the Liberal Biased Media.

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