Mass Murders in the Age of Social Media and Internet Fame: ‘You will never hear me say his name,’

Flopping Aces ^ | 10-02-15 | Wordsmith

[Starman417]

Exactly right:

"Let me be very clear: I will not name the shooter." Sheriff John Hanlin said during a Thursday night briefing at a fire station near the Roseburg campus. "I will not give him credit for this horrific act of cowardice."

He encouraged the news media and community to "avoid using it, repeating it, or engaging in any glorification and sensationalization of him.

"He in no way deserves it," he said. "Focus your attention on the victims and their families and helping them to recover."

Chris Mintz is the name we should know about. Not the other guy.

Giving so much sensationalist media attention and naming the killer is exactly what encouraged this attention-seeking loser to become a killer and glory-hound:

“On an interesting note, I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are,” he wrote.

“A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day. Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight."

Same with the previous loser he referenced:

(CNN)When a gunman opened fire Wednesday on two Virginia journalists and the woman they were interviewing on live TV, he was influenced by a long history of public mass killings throughout the country. Shooter ------ --- -------- II said he admired mass shooters like those at Columbine High School in 1999 and Virginia Tech in 2007, and that he put down a deposit for a gun two days after the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting in June.

This is what's bringing out more such copycat mass shootings in recent times. While President Obama was quick on the draw to put down for more gun control, it should be noted that it was also guns that brought yesterday's killing spree to a stop. Or more accurately, the white hats who used them to save lives.

So are guns the issue?

More from the CNN link, which was posted late August:

[esopman]

YES, I realized my mistake. But it is unusual for this issue of names to be so confusing. The shooter’s interest in the IRA (Irish Repub. Army) and the father’s accent (though previously I had heard he lived only with his mother...”?) makes one reflect on possibilities. The IRA decidedly had ties and backing from the PLO, and Lybian terror operatives. I recall some IRA action to inactivate after 911 — but have been unable to locate in my web searches. My thought then was that the IRA did not want any possible connection established between them and the Arab promoters of 911. Of course, I acknowledge this may be wild speculation. Just my thoughts.

Mrs. Esopman

[MichaelCorleone]

This is off the charts on the BS meter.

I wonder if it ever occurs to these local LEO’s that the people/groups they’re covering up for (granted, at the *request* of the DOJ) can easily turn around and do the same things to your loved ones.