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N.J. woman slain at Gettysburg College remembered as activist
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Posted on 04/10/2009 5:53:48 PM PDT by Chet 99

Nurtured from an early age by her activist parents, 19-year-old Emily Silverstein was acutely aware of the troubles of the world and worked to find solutions to issues such as homelessness and women's rights. A sophomore honors student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, she was poised to take the world by storm, her family said.

But on Thursday morning, Silverstein was found dead in an off-campus apartment. She had been strangled and stabbed to death, allegedly by a former boyfriend, authorities said. ...

From her upbringing, Silverstein was destined to become an activist, Kelly said. Her relatives were anti-war protesters and anti-imperialists, she said. And she was raised in a community specifically chosen by her parents for its activist reputation.

Next week, she would have be one of dozens of students who planned to sleep in tents to draw attention to the plight of the homeless, her aunt said.

Silverstein, an anthropology major at Gettysburg, was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and lived in Peace House, whose main mission is to bring awareness to world peace issues, Kelly said. Co-president of Peace House, Silverstein also worked with Amnesty International and Free the Children.

She studied Arabic in college and planned to study in Morocco in the fall to improve her foreign language skills.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: coeds; domesticviolence; emilysilverstein; gettysburgcollege
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1 posted on 04/10/2009 5:53:48 PM PDT by Chet 99
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What a loss to the world. Darn.


2 posted on 04/10/2009 5:54:12 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

Now imagine the media covering this “tragedy” if she was a Christian activist.


3 posted on 04/10/2009 5:56:43 PM PDT by listenhillary (Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: Chet 99

ditto.


4 posted on 04/10/2009 5:57:08 PM PDT by ken21 (the only thing we have to fear is fdr deja vu.)
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To: Chet 99

So what about her politics. This was a 19 y.o. girl. “Some one who is not a liberal at twenty has no heart. Someone who is not conservative at forty has no brain.”

May she rest in peace, and her family find comfort.


5 posted on 04/10/2009 5:58:34 PM PDT by heartwood
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To: Chet 99

Obama’s momma studied Russian when Soviet style Communism was the “in” thing on college campi. I guess the college kids now see Islam taking over the world instead of the old Soviet Communism.


6 posted on 04/10/2009 6:01:07 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (So Orwell was off by 25 years! So what!)
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To: Chet 99

“What a loss to the world.”

I don’t know... Sounds like a rot gut lib to me. Surely it is a loss for her family, but to he world?


7 posted on 04/10/2009 6:04:26 PM PDT by babygene (It seems that stupidity is the most abundant element in the universe)
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To: Chet 99

“who planned to sleep in tents to draw attention to the plight of the homeless, her aunt said.”

These people are so incredibly arrogant and self serving. American churches have been working tirelessly for decades feeding and housing the poor, and these nitwits think sleeping in a tent is a virtuous act because they are drawing attention to something everyone is fully aware of, and often doing something about.


8 posted on 04/10/2009 6:05:24 PM PDT by yazoo (was)
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To: Chet 99
Perhaps her family should have devoted a little time to teach her how to differentiate between a good man and scum. Perhaps a little more emphasis on morals and a little less on the troubles of the world would have prevented this tragedy. But alas, it will make no difference in the long run.
9 posted on 04/10/2009 6:05:58 PM PDT by Citizen Tom Paine (Sun Tzu "The Art of War")
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To: Chet 99

Another dead facsist. What a shame.

My parents danced in the streets when fascist Germany died in April, 1945.
I’d dance, too, but not enough American fascists are dead to suit me.


10 posted on 04/10/2009 6:09:18 PM PDT by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: heartwood
"So what about her politics. This was a 19 y.o. girl. “Some one who is not a liberal at twenty has no heart. Someone who is not conservative at forty has no brain.”

Read the article before posting!

Everything about this report says she was raised to be an activist - that's how her politics come into the discussion.

My favorite quote had to do with her death "spoiling it for the rest of us..." or words to that effect:
Seems it would have been more of a trauma to the victim but what to I know?

11 posted on 04/10/2009 6:09:21 PM PDT by norton
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Obviously, it is sad to have this young life end that way. The article says she was into “women’s rights”. Her boyfriend killed her, allegedly. Speaking as a woman, I think she may have served herself (a woman) well by using her right to defend herself and shot that sonofabitch with a firearm center mass until he quit complaining. Oh, in her liberal world it is wrong to have a gun and actually be able to defend yourself as a woman. As a liberal she would just “fight for women’s rights” whatever that means. At the same time, you can bet your bottom dollar she was all for killing not yet born children. This poor girl was another misguided liberal. It would have been nice if she could have lived long enough to possibly get a clue and look beyond her communist upbringing. She was indoctrinated, poor thing. I am not being sarastic by the way. It is a shame she died so young.


12 posted on 04/10/2009 6:10:03 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Although it's quite useful to study Arabic if you are going to go to work for an oil company, other uses are limited.

In any case, Pakistan has tens, if not hundreds of thousands of fully qualified Arabic Language specialists who would be more than willing to work as anyone's body servant if they needed an Arabic translator.

It's one of the ways to get out of what has turned out to be one of the world's poorest countries.

I presume this Silverstein gal had no intention of being a servant for anyone less than a Congresscritter.

13 posted on 04/10/2009 6:11:22 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Chet 99

A Racheal Corry wannabe gone.....I think I’m gonna cry.

but then maybe not.....:-)


14 posted on 04/10/2009 6:12:36 PM PDT by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

The story says the happy couple broke up a week ago yet she was at the boyfriend’s place at the time of death. Wonder if it was a Fatal Attraction sort of situation.


15 posted on 04/10/2009 6:13:23 PM PDT by Chet 99
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She was the most peace-loving person you could every meet

She really pissed her ex off rather badly though, wouldnt you say? Im sure theres two sides to the story, although killing is never justified, even if the person is not homeless or deprived or some sort of minority.

16 posted on 04/10/2009 6:13:39 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: TheConservativeParty

“sarcastic” not sarastic, but hey looks like I made up a new word... : )


17 posted on 04/10/2009 6:14:11 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
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To: heartwood

God bless you, heartwood. Reveling in the death of a 19 year old woman because you despise her politics reeks too much of the left.


18 posted on 04/10/2009 6:14:50 PM PDT by Bowhunter
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The maggot infested hippie boyfriend & murderer.

19 posted on 04/10/2009 6:17:22 PM PDT by CGTRWK
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To: sergeantdave

You need psychological help. A 19 year old girl was murdered by her boyfriend, and you’re contemplating dancing in the streets? Who cares what her politics were, what the hell is wrong with you?


20 posted on 04/10/2009 6:19:17 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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