Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu View Post
Governor and Representative of the State Police just finished a press conference.

27 Dead, 1 additional at a separate crime scene.

20 are children under 11, very likely far younger.

Absolutely sickening and heartbreaking.

Worse, I am disgusted by the national and international press. Twenty young children are dead, and they are desperately seeking any and all information about the motherfucker who did this. They're throwing out random names, but admitting they're not really sure if that is who it is. The local press has been downplaying the ID of the shooter, focusing on the tragedy itself.

It can't just be a coincidence that days before a 20-something does this, another, similarly aged psychotic asshole goes and lights up a mall on the other side of the country, which in turn was months after another 20-something psychotic asshole shot in a theater full of people. Wearing what looked like body armor (turned out not to be), wearing what looked like body armor (turned out not to be), and there are already preliminary reports that this asshole was too.

They're psychotic, and they're after the attention. The solution to this is pretty straightforward: Stop reporting who the shooter is. Period. Media blackout on the identity, backed up by severe fines. Give them a number (Suspect #M23-002), release an age and gender (or better, include it in the number), and that's it.

It shouldn't be a media circus about the perpetrator. It should be about the victims.
At first I agreed it is a good idea to ignore the killer and focus on the lives lost, but reading a CNN report on the killings left me wanting to know who to blame, who to hate for this horrible crime. I think I'm in the majority in wanting to know who the killer was instead of just thinking of a phantom unnamed killer and all those dead. It's not like it's a hurricane or tornado; it's a person who did this, and he must pay in order to restore order and sense to the world. It just doesn't feel right not knowing.