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niyad

(127,065 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:15 PM Friday

Just a reminder: the alleged shooter is a 22 year-old man, not a boy, not a kid. [View all]

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.

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Just a reminder: the alleged shooter is a 22 year-old man, not a boy, not a kid. [View all] niyad Friday OP

"Troubled boy" SheltieLover Friday #1

Yes, of course! niyad Friday #3

Always the case. SheltieLover Friday #11

According to the media, white men in their 20s are kids mcar Friday #2

Yes! niyad Friday #4

To be fair, most GOPers act like theyre 5 Johonny Friday #15

Sadly, you do have a point there. niyad Friday #20

Wow, what are the odds?It was a white guy in his twenties Tribetime Friday #5

I know, right??? niyad Friday #8

Don't forget a religous/forgiveness angle. They will do that too. RockRaven Friday #6

But of course! niyad Friday #9

I was noticing the same thing Johnny2X2X Friday #7

But watch the pretzeling/knot tying begin! niyad Friday #10

Oooh, a Republican family! Omnipresent Friday #12

Amazing, is it not??? niyad Friday #27

I've learned. Short cuts can hurt. multigraincracker Friday #13

What a world the conservatives have created for us. Baitball Blogger Friday #14

That's Exactly What I Said Zackzzzz Friday #19

Like his Fuhrer, a spoiled child in a man's body. But "adult" under the law, as it should be. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #16

Exactly! niyad Friday #28

Remember Gingrichs "youthful indiscretions" BattleRow Friday #17

Shudder!! unfortunately, yes. niyad Friday #22

That's the same age as Thomas Fugate - currently head of violence-prevention LeftinOH Friday #18

Now there is an unnerving fact! niyad Friday #23

I was a sergeant in the Air Force at that age Skittles Friday #21

Exactly! niyad Friday #24

Glad to know my offhand reference inspired an OP. maxsolomon Friday #25

I know that yours was an offhand remark. But it served to remind me niyad Friday #26