What was wrong with the aurora victim-blamers?

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I won't debate victim-blamers. I will insult you and be nasty to you as a catharsis. You don't deserve a fair debate.

They think everyone lives as they do. 0
They think they are all-knowing and have a right to judge the Mosers. 5
They were scared and were using this as a distancing coping method. 4
They think they need to protect other people's children from a movie. 0
They are sociopaths or have a mental illness. 0
They are terrible people from childhood. 1
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  • dom180
    11 years ago

    I won't debate with people who insult others and are nasty to them because they cannot comprehend an alternative opinion. They don't deserve a fair debate.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      You mean the way the victim-blamers did? At the worst, I'm acting just like them.

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      • dom180
        11 years ago

        I'm sure there are a lot of victim-blamers willing to debate with you in a civilised manner. However, you stereotyping them all as insulting and nasty will hardly lead them to want to debate with you.

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        • [Old Memory]
          11 years ago

          I think they are talking on behalf of people like rape victems that people tell they needed to be for going out to late at night. I think the poster might come off better if giving a example.

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          • Anonymous Post Author
            11 years ago

            I'm talking about when the Aurora shooting happened. There were people whose first coherent thought after finding out that the shooting had happened was "Why was a 6-year-old there?" They should have been asking "Why did a madman kill 12 people?"

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            • [Old Memory]
              11 years ago

              I have no clue but I think you need to explain better in your post. You are far to vague. I can not comment and any unaware of the case will not be able. Some who know the case are still confused.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          I don't want to debate with them.

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      • Couman
        11 years ago

        Exactly.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    I think it was stupid to bring a six year old girl to a midnight showing of anything.

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  • Lynxikat
    11 years ago

    Can you explain what you mean by "victim-blaming" in this case? Do you mean that people are blaming the victims for the shooting, or the parents who brought their kids to the theater during the shooting? Or is it something else?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      The parents. Really, I was so upset because I have a "phobia" of the (people different than me) movie/Tv/video game ratings. But instead of fear, I get angry. I can't even look at a video game case...

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      • Lynxikat
        11 years ago

        What does ratings have anything to do with the Aurora shootings? That people blame the parents for taking their little kids to an R-rated movie at midnight?

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    You mean that there are people that are blaming... the victims for being shot?

    If anything, I'd be interested to hear their side of the argument but I don't want to go out of my way to do so. This seems... strange to say the least. I can't imagine how some random people in a movie theater could be to blame because of some wack-job with a few rifles going insane.

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    • dom180
      11 years ago

      I presume the people the OP is talking about only blame the parents of the very young kids who were victims for allowing their kids to be out past midnight, even if they were with their parents.

      IMO, as much as I don't agree that any sensible parent would let their young kids go to a midnight showing of a film, I would hardly blame the parents of kids who were victims of the shooting because it's something that could have happened anywhere at any time and being in a cinema late at night is hardly a risk factor for getting caught up in a mass shooting.

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        11 years ago

        Haha, I don't agree with parents bringing their kids to a rated R movie either. I have been in theaters with kids during mature movies and it's quite an annoying experience. Probably the same type of parents that wonder why their kids have no self-discipline or are fat blobs of ADHD

        But that's besides the point. I doubt that their kids being in the theater caused the shooting to take place. No one goes anywhere suspecting that they will be shot and rightfully so. I don't understand how anyone deserves to die for having retarded parents.

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        • dom180
          11 years ago

          Oh, I definitely agree. While the kids wouldn't have been shot if they weren't in the theater, it's not their fault or the parent's fault the shooting happened in the first place.

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        11 years ago

        Or maybe it might because they think they have the right to tell other people what to do. I wouldn't mind, it's their thoughts and actions, and I would be a hypocrite if I complained. But they are doing that in THIS context? Hell no, that's f-cked up.

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