Another white guy

[EVT1]

After reading comments- and I know I should not do that- I ran across yet another story where a white asshat with a gun goes nuts.

I find it interesting that when it is a black man with a gun there is always about 7000 people, but a white man with a gun-squat.

www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/us/panic-at-new-orleans-airport-as-shots-are-fired-in-terminal.html

     NEW ORLEANS — A 63-year-old man attacked Transportation Security Administration officers with wasp spray and a machete Friday night before he was shot by a law enforcement officer at a security gate to a busy concourse at Louis Armstrong International Airport outside New Orleans, the authorities said.

     A little before 8 p.m., Mr. White pulled a can of wasp spray out of a paper bag and began to spray one T.S.A. agent and then another, the sheriff said. Then with his other hand, he drew a machete from his pants and began swinging it wildly at the agents. One agent tried to defend himself with a piece of luggage as Mr. White chased him and others through the metal detector,

    

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What about this story do you find interesting?  It sounds like a crazy guy went crazy.  With over 7 billion people in the world and news organizations having to fill space there will always be stuff like this in the news.

[NoNamePerson]

I clicked on the link and honestly I could not find a place to post comments. Some sites/papers don't give that option. If I overlooked it then my bad - you know old age and all that 

I did read the story on MSN (I think) but I didn't look at comments there so maybe you can find comments on another link/site.

[OldCoyote]

Geeess evt1,   The guy did not have a gun,   that alone should have kept you from posting it

[NoNamePerson]

EVT1 Here is a site that allows comments. It came from Google News: I clicked thru all the current ones on Google News and this is the only one that allowed comments - one had a tweet or two but that was all. Hope this helps. 

www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-investigate-report-of-shooting-at-new-orleans-airport/2015/03/20/5ccd9c6c-cf71-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html

[EVT1]

Wasn't about the gun- what I meant was every time there is a story with a black man going nuts in the news- guns or not- you get the 7000 comments full of racism, yet when it is a white guy not so much.  Actually I think I figured it out- commenters on Yahoo news are comprised of a lot of racists.  Going to have to stay away from there.  Must resist urge to click on comments

[NoNamePerson]

Clicking on the comments can be hazardous to your health.

That is the reason I don't read them. Makes my blood pressure rise, heart pound and the urge to throw up sometimes. But I also am in the feel good stage of my life so I am also selective about which links I click on for the news 

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After reading comments- and I know I should not do that- I ran across yet another story where a white asshat with a gun goes nuts.

I find it interesting that when it is a black man with a gun there is always about 7000 people, but a white man with a gun-squat.

The only people with guns were the police officers.

The man went after the TSA agent with a can of wasp spray and then a machete.

He's a nutjob, but why are you describing him as a white man and comparing him to what *might* have gone down had this been a black man?

Nowhere in the link was his race ever mentioned. His NAME is Richard White.


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[EVT1]

Actually he looks like a black man.

The point was the way the tone changes depending on race in the comment sections.   I noticed it with the story of the other nut- the white supremacist that went on a shooting binge last week.  Must be mixed up in the head this week.

[Robert not Bobby]

Mar 20, 2015 23:41:40 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

After reading comments- and I know I should not do that- I ran across yet another story where a white asshat with a gun goes nuts.

I find it interesting that when it is a black man with a gun there is always about 7000 people, but a white man with a gun-squat.

www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/us/panic-at-new-orleans-airport-as-shots-are-fired-in-terminal.html

     NEW ORLEANS — A 63-year-old man attacked Transportation Security Administration officers with wasp spray and a machete Friday night before he was shot by a law enforcement officer at a security gate to a busy concourse at Louis Armstrong International Airport outside New Orleans, the authorities said.

     A little before 8 p.m., Mr. White pulled a can of wasp spray out of a paper bag and began to spray one T.S.A. agent and then another, the sheriff said. Then with his other hand, he drew a machete from his pants and began swinging it wildly at the agents. One agent tried to defend himself with a piece of luggage as Mr. White chased him and others through the metal detector,

    

I like you and I share your sentiments,,,but why do this, even in such a small forum?

I have noticed that racial tensions have ramped up lately...don't add fuel to the fire.

[EVT1]

Actually I screwed the whole thread up from the title on- so I am going to pull a PBP and abandon it

[mmhmm]

Robert not Bobby has a point, IMO. As long as those of us who don't share these biases continue to give them space in our heads, and on our blogs, they fester. These people need to be ignored. They thrive on attention. They deserve none.

[Robert not Bobby]

Mar 21, 2015 16:40:25 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Robert not Bobby has a point, IMO. As long as those of us who don't share these biases continue to give them space in our heads, and on our blogs, they fester. These people need to be ignored. They thrive on attention. They deserve none.

You can call me Bob...all of my friends do.

And yeah...