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• Monday, April 16, 2007 04:51 PM

  listening to MSNBC now at 1745 (1945 EDST), I'm appalled at the tone ... I cannot believe the skepticism and blame being heaped on First Responders ...

  demanding to know why some families have not been notified; fomenting anger over the "gap"; anger that the shooter has not been identified.

  While there is mention of opportunistic supporters of gun control, there is "reassurance" that the SECOND AMMENDMENT 'RIGHTS' are not up for discussion with the usual pablum that if any of the victims had been armed "perhaps" the shooter would have been taken out ...

  This country lost its heart a while back ... I live in Colorado, knew people who had kids whose older siblings were at Columbine ... the Columbine aftermath of viciously blaming the parents for the bad acts of their 16-17 year old (suicidal) "children" was awful .... maybe I'm just cursed with a long memory ... but what I'm hearing tonight on TV really chills me, particularly the degree to which the media appears to be SETTING THE AGENDA, DEFINING THE CONTROVERSY ...

  Living with uncertainty is part of TOLERANCE, part WISDOM, but mostly ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY ... there's stuff we will NEVER KNOW...

  Like I said, what I'm hearing -- the blaming, the second-guessing, the "pointed" questions -- is chilling and, imho, pointlessly cynical/skeptical and ultimately damaging for the survivors and those whose grieving has just begun.

  Sound too much like hate-mongering to me. I'm hating this.

  —susan sunflower Read susan sunflower's other letters
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