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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Trump speaks on TV immediately after the event to give condolences, bemoan the tragedy, praise the first responders, etc. He orders flags to be flown at half mast, and he'll fly to Vegas on Wednesday.
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Why is he waiting till Wednesday? Doesn't he have casinos and hotels there?
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Is it tradition to fly flags half mast after a natural disaster?
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Yeah, that really helps doesn't it?
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Originally Posted by Exo
Lately, it seems like it takes a very progressive and outward thinking mind to see brown or black skin and realize "Hey, these are people just like me. We should help them". The ones who don't think this way shrug off these events like Puerto Rico because it's happening far away to brown and black people instead of closer to home to white people. That's why Trump spoke so soon and with such passion. His mind can't see that far with passion. He's a near sighted leader.
58 mostly white people killed by gunman at a country music festival = OH THE HUMANITY. WE MUST STAND TOGETHER.
58 brown/black people killed by gunman at an Arabic music festival in Iran = I don't want to go to the middle east. It's crazy there. I wonder what's on Bravo right now.
The second scenario is fictionalized but I truly feel like this is how a lot of people respond when they hear of news like this overseas.
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You're exactly correct. The closer to home it hits (both geographically and racially) the more we react. The further it is from us, and the more different the people are, it's nothing to do with us.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
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****ing seriously?
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Originally Posted by Frownland
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Or just a course in how to pass for a human being.