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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust a reminder: the alleged shooter is a 22 year-old man, not a boy, not a kid.
I can just see the reichwing praising him as an assassin on one hand, but pretending he is very young, and therefore not responsible for his actions, on the other.
Usage and intent matter.

SheltieLover
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niyad
(127,004 posts)SheltieLover
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mcar
(45,291 posts)and Black kids in their teens are men.
Johonny
(24,582 posts)See Trump
niyad
(127,004 posts)Tribetime
(6,828 posts)Who would have ever thought it
niyad
(127,004 posts)RockRaven
(17,943 posts)niyad
(127,004 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,367 posts)22 year old man, period. This wasn't some troubled teenager, this was a 22 year old White Nationalist from a relatively affluent Republican family.
niyad
(127,004 posts)Omnipresent
(7,183 posts)Where they are always brought up right!
niyad
(127,004 posts)multigraincracker
(36,255 posts)Glad this is being pointed out
Baitball Blogger
(50,867 posts)A 22 year old man who kills someone is called a boy. And a 13 yr old rape victim is called a woman. Its time to to leave their rabbit hole behind.
Zackzzzz
(122 posts)And then I read your statement.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,199 posts)niyad
(127,004 posts)BattleRow
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niyad
(127,004 posts)LeftinOH
(5,583 posts)at the Homeland Security department.
niyad
(127,004 posts)Skittles
(167,241 posts)so no, he ain't no child, and neither was Monica L
niyad
(127,004 posts)maxsolomon
(37,337 posts)nt
niyad
(127,004 posts)exactly how that framing will be used by the chattering classes to make robinson look like a poor, helpless victim, so I wanted to remind people.