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- Godel, on 10/12/2007, -10/+109Who the ***** is Debbie Schlussel?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -17/+82I had to submit the printer-friendly version because idiots had already submitted the story in a positive light. Who the hell thinks Debbie is "brave" for stereotyping Muslims and debasing a tragedy?
- Chutch, on 10/12/2007, -8/+68Wow Tyrannosaurus, you just ad hom-ed some Digg users as "jihadists" because they object to cheap political fear mongering. I don't think anyone has defended "jihadism" or terrorism of any kind against the United States. People in this forum have made the argument that an individual of any political ideology, SHOULD NEVER turn a tragedy into a political talking point. You are doing a disservice to those that are grieving for lost friends and family by conflating a horrific crisis, into a platform to rail against foreign students, which is exactly what Debbie Schlussell, in here infinite cowardice, has perpetuated.
You say... "the issue about the girlfriend is hearsay"... interesting considering its one of the only confirmed connections established in the case ...and it cant be a larger example of 'hearsay' than lets say.... ::gasp:: assuming that they are "jihadists"...
You say... "We don't even know yet how many perpetrators were involved!" ...I say ...interesting considering that if there were more than one shooter, the state of Virginia would be organizing a massive man hunt to find the gunman... wait that's not happening... wait ballistics confirms shots fired by the same gun in both incidents... must be the work of those sneaky "jihadists" ... its just like them to make us think that this horrible tragedy is nothing more, when in all actuality, its a massively orchestrated plot to overthrow American freedom...
You Say... "It should be obvious to everyone by now that at least some of you who keep looking for every opportunity to defend jihadists or deflect suspicion away from jihadists are doing this because you yourselves ARE jihadists." ...I Say... Funny how us c*r*a*z*y leftists are never linked to massive scale terrorist violence... seeing as how... Al Queda perpetuates a reactionary religious right-wing ideology, and justifies the use of wide scale violence in order to impose a political ideology... yeah ...its funny how us "lefties" want to stop reactionary ideology like the one Schlussell adopts from being used to destroy those that disagree with us...
You Say "look in the mirror!" ...I Say... lets not get into a big argument here... not because I cant win, but because I know your rebuttal -- Your gonna say.. "You disagree with me, I am for freedom, you are a jihadist" This impenetrable logic hurts my will to live... I'm gonna say... "You disagree with me, your a facist, masturbate for peace" - UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -11/+63No need to be sexist. She's just an *****.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+53I'm not taking the terrorists side. It's fine to ask the question, but you shouldn't begin to draw conclusions until there is proper evidence. That is what I object to.
- chickentonight, on 10/12/2007, -6/+49She's updated the page:
**** UPDATE #2: The shooter has now been identified as a Chinese national here on a student visa. Lovely. Yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students. ****
... wtf? I've got nothing. - aldente, on 10/12/2007, -7/+50This is my favorite quote from her posting: "Even if it does not turn out that the shooter is Muslim, this is a demonstration to Muslim jihadists all over that it is extremely easy to shoot and kill multiple American college students."
Oh dear! This incident has alerted terrorists of a new way to kill Americans that they probably never even thought of! By, you know, shooting them! More than one at a time! Damn those college students for making such easy targets for our enemies!
Even Fox News should hurl her back into obscurity for that idiotic statement. - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46wow, first kick out the illegals, now the legals. unless she's native american, she's got no grounds to protest legal immigration.
- Ecowarrior, on 10/12/2007, -4/+41Obviously it’s the goddamned godless communist Chinese-Arabic jihadists….
- jonathansaurus, on 10/12/2007, -12/+46what a bitch!
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -7/+40This isn't terrorism, it's an emotionally deranged person who has lost his mind.
- kjcdude, on 10/12/2007, -11/+43wow, what a piece of ***** she is
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -8/+38It works like this: If a muslim does something, anything, it's due to his religion, even if he did it because, say, his girlfriend left him. If a christian does something, anything, it's due to him having personal problems, even if he did it because, say, he heard Jesus tell him to.
- azzrik, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31I have to agree, she claims she said Muslim because of lack of information and by the police saying of Asian appearance, that they have generalized all Asians, but by her calling them a Muslim without the facts is just as damaging to a group that may have absolutely nothing to do with it and may cause them undue attention, and maybe worse.
- Egoist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23So you rail on her because she "probably" hates muslims for being muslims, then announce how much you hate Jews for being Jews. That's some winning logic you have there.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26Calling her a bitch is being kind.
What a *****. - Boeing, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25"Who the hell is Debbie Schlussel?"
She is best thought of as a fat Ann Coulter - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22oh ... and "Paki" is WITHOUT doubt a racial slur. No different than "*****".
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paki
Paki (plural Pakis)
(pejorative, offensive and racist) A Pakistani, or, more generally and incorrectly used, a person who is perceived to be a Pakistani; often wrongly applied to persons of any South Asian or Indian Subcontinent origin.
I'm sure Rupert and Roger will fire her. - infohandyman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24Meanwhile 65 people were killed in Iraq yesterday. 63 of them were Iraqi nationals...
- whickywhickyjim, on 10/12/2007, -12/+29@Godel
Debbie is that repugnant, miss piggy looking, kingsize Snikerbar doublefisting pearbody who was spouting intolerance at atheists just a few months ago.
see this historical digg article.
http://digg.com/politics/CNN_Anti_Atheist_Hit_Piece_write_them_to_protest_unanswered_hate_speech
- nixr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20FTA: "Why am I speculating that the "Asian" gunman is a Pakistani Muslim? Because law enforcement and the media strangely won't tell us more specifically who the gunman is. Why?"
I actually felt myself get less intelligent while reading that. - Lane5slacker, on 10/12/2007, -9/+25Wow, she even laid our her wonerfully theory as to why the shooters MUST be Muslim. It's because she has no other proof/confirmation.
"Why am I speculating that the "Asian" gunman is a Pakistani Muslim? Because law enforcement and the media strangely won't tell us more specifically who the gunman is."
That is like saying "MMmhhhh, I don't know what the book is. So it HAS to be Harry Potter!!!" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21@underthelinux
go to England and call a Pakistani a "Paki"
call me after you get punched in the face. - happyfappy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18"Federal law enforcement authorities said his name was Cho Seung-Hui."
Debbie's insticts were correct! Cho Seung-Hui is CLEARLY a Pakistani Muslim! - marjo9, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22this is the same blonde that was foaming at the mouth on CNN's "fair and balanced" atheist segment
- kurttrail, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23@tyrannosaurus
Boo!
Did you just ***** your pants?
Good! - Sp00k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17@ tyrannosaurus:
Ya know, ive always had one rule about people:
If they never swear or they hold people who do in low regard, i dont trust them. For me, it has proved to be an incredibly accurate test of a persons character.
Swearing has its place. Some think it is for those whom are lacking in vocabulary... i think it is for those who know how and when to use it effectively.
I cant think of a better situation to use the word ***** than when someone is using a tragedy to further their own agenda, trying to score cheap political points and inciting hatred against a minority who had NOTHING to do with the issue at hand. - ChrisGranger, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18"maybe her other stuff isn't completely stupid..."
It is. - jcdick1, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17@pintomp3:
The difference is that a suicide bomber has a political motive behind his or her actions, a desperate desire to achieve a goal for the group he or she represents. In this case, I highly doubt the person's motives were in any way to actually instill terror in the populace. He just wanted to die, and take as many others with him as he could. - MarWillis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11American Heritage Dictionary:
ter·ror·ism (těr'ə-rĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism - Dalrek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12@scrabbydoo
A terrorist isn't defined as such because he creates fear; we label him a terrorist because he uses this fear for political means. - rio197, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9(I'm not talking about extremism, just syntax and semantics).
Gee whizz, take note during the first twelve hours of news reporting they mentioned the guy was "Asian". In media English, or in this case American English, generally you say Asian when the guy looks East Asian, for example Korean, Chinese, Japanese etc.
Even in French they would call him "un Asiatique".
Even though technically the Middle East is in Asia, wouldn't the media had called him "an Arab" if he was from that region? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11as a Jew, I gotta say ... shut up you stupid jew.
- openmicmike, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Hahah....oh man....that was insane. I'm still mildly in shock.
You know the line from Austin Powers where his dad says he hates people who are intolerant of other peoples' cultures, and the Dutch? This is like that, but real life, not a mildly funny, low-budg comedy.
"They're generalizing Asians, Asians must be pissed" - "It was probably a Muslim jihadist, like all the other Muslims."
"It must have been a Muslim, but even if it wasn't, he's helping the Muslims."
People like her hurt my head. People who listen to that garbage and call it 'news' hurt my head almost as much... - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16I e-mailed this bitch and told her to ***** off.
- plAcid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12I think my favourite bit of this article is the great flying leap of logic: "the shooter was "asian" (read "not white") "there are a lot of muslims there (read "not white people")" . Therefore he was clearly an asian muslim terrorist. from space. who certainly maybe sacrificed goats in worship of satan.
Seriously, lets get rid of news reporting and just make stuff up instead. That way we can flatter our prejudices AND have sensationalist crap to read.
oh and "VTU lobbied against students having guns on campus for personal protection". Well DUH! what were they going to protect themselves against exactly? Martians? Seems mostly like they need protection against each other, because with a climate of fear so strong that university students think they need guns, it was only a matter of time before some poor bastard flips and you end up with a horror like this one. - APHughes, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16When a tragedy happens people turn it into politics.
I graduated with a Bachelors in Poli Sci and I HATE watching tragedies turned into policy on either side.
Grieve, don't point fingers, learn, improve, move on.
We all mourn the random deaths of innocents and we will learn from this.
Do not be drawn in by the extremists because we need some gun control but we all have the right to protect ourselves, families and home. - crashflow, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9you forgot to add "who immigrate illegally..."
- gladgd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9This is an example of how social news websites can inform the world. Even though I don't reside in the States (I'm from the U.K) I have come to know about this woman and how repugnant her stance and views on important modern day issues are. She's a disgrace to her profession and her country. It's very unfortunate she's allowed to be in a position of public influence but sometimes this is actually the best place for these people, so that they can be exposed for what they are.
- ceralor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Who is this Tyrannosaurus person? I guess I blocked him a while back to avoid reading the retardedness.
- Phaniman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Wow..little does she know that Education is one of Americas top three exports.
Not like the Dollar isnt unstable enough because of the federal budget and trade deficits...
Not to take away from the loss at VT , but did she just get away with calling the alleged perpetrators 'pakis' ?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ... I'm Indian and I think thats pretty racist - aggierandy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12If you read here wikipedia page you will see that she has a long history of both inflammatory and anti-Islamic remarks. I personally feel this stems from her semitic background and here staunch right position. She is just another ignorant racist in the world. Its a shame she is allowed on TV to influence people and it is even worse that someone like this is held in any sort of esteem by anyone.
- stublag, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Debbie Schlussel is a ***** idiot.
- Sp00k, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Yeah, this whole argument about the ban on guns being responsible doesnt hold any water.
I wonder, how many times in the past, had someone at the school got really ***** upset and flipped out. They might've punched the wall, kicked a bin over, smashed something or even assaulted someone.
But how much worse would it have been if this person, who wasn't in control of their emotions at the time, had a concealed, deadly weapon on their person?
It's a ***** argument built upon a foundation of diarrhea. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+14Tomorrow, and every day of every year in America, there will be at approximately 60 people murdered with guns.
Some will be targeted.
Some will be innocent bystanders.
Some will be children.
Some will be black.
Some will be white.
Some will be in their homes.
Some will be killed by a person they know.
Some will be on their way to school.
Some will be on their way to the store.
Some will be dealing drugs.
Some will be at work.
Some will be old.
Some will be unemployed.
Some will be teachers.
I'd like to know why, as a nation, we care so little about these 60 people, murdered with guns every day. - CanIGetAWitness, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9There is nothing difficult about a suicide mission to kill unsuspecting anyone, much less students that are studying.
My hearts out to the family and friends. - dy01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I'm South Asian of Pakistani descent living in Canada. Up here and in the States people of Pakistani descent are referred to as either Brown or South Asian. Terms like "Paki" are deemed racist my most brown people.
- actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"i take it from her name she is a jew. that explains her views." "Righty jew fox regular lawyer that secretly wants to bed down Rosie"
Way to fight prejudice with prejudice. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11Tomorrow, and every day of every year in America, there will be at approximately 600 people murdered by automobiles.
Some will be targeted.
Some will be innocent bystanders.
Some will be children.
Some will be black.
Some will be white.
Some will be in their homes.
Some will be killed by a person they know.
Some will be on their way to school.
Some will be on their way to the store.
Some will be dealing drugs.
Some will be at work.
Some will be old.
Some will be unemployed.
Some will be teachers.
I'd like to know why, as a nation, we care so little about these 600 people, murdered by automobiles every day.
See any difference? Idiot! - masonreloaded, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6@awap: "According to wikipedia, in Britain the term is usually taken to mean South Asian, i.e. India, Pakistan... "
Yes, I am from the UK and "asian" definitely is taken to mean India/Pakistan and the surrounding area, not China/Japan. We would be more likely to say "oriental" to refer to these countries. -
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