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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
For whatever reason, we just see this differently. IMO race, and a liberal political agenda ( anti 2nd amendment, etc) was the reason for the story.
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That's what I said (except for the "liberal" part).
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How many dozens of black youth have been killed by gunfire in Chicago, alone, since Z and TM became a national story? If the death of a black youth had been the reason for the story--there would been dozens or hundred more stories coming out of Chicago, alone.
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You lost me. Are you saying that race was a reason for the story getting so much attention or that race was not a reason?
And I wonder why Rush Limbaugh would single out Chicago along the lines that you mention -
Are Chicago Murders Being Used as a Gun Law Optic? - The Rush Limbaugh Show Could it have anything to do with a certain black president from Chicago? No way that could be.
I don't know why the lack of coverage of Chicago murders makes the Zimmerman story any more or less newsworthy. It's an entirely different type of story. Maybe you could explain the logic on that one.
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Why does the Chicago political machine hate blacks? Oh, its run by blacks--guess we can't use that stir up the pot of racial tension.
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If the Chicago machine hates blacks, then it must not be happy that violent crime is declining there. Chicago is on pace to have the lowest murder rate in 50 years.
Chicago's Homicide Rate Does Not Rank Near the Top Among American Cities