The media are conspiring to annoy me tonight. A chirpy victim of plastic surgery and tanning beds joyfully announced on the news that Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown “participated in their own tragic demises.”
Maybe I should just go get a shower while N works on his Java. (That’s a language of programming, not a coffee. He’s not into coffee.)
Not into coffee? I’m genuinely impressed with N, that’s an achievement. If I don’t have coffee in the mornings, I’m out of commission by 2 PM.
Also, I don’t see how they can “participate in their own tragic demises”, because neither of those boys committed suicide.
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Is N a tea fan? Or does he abjure all caffeination?
It’s victim blaming obviously. Ask someone and they’ll spout something about what they were wearing, how they were behaving, their history which their killer had no knowledge of, etc. They violated some absurd ever changing list of rules which the speaker would not be held to, therefore they “participated in their own demises.”
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He’s Russian. Do you have to ask if he’s a tea fan? 🙂 He got me into tea because there’s no way you can live with a Russian and not be a tea drinker.
Yes, this is just an inventive way to say “They deserve it.” Which disgusts me beyond words.
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Now we are talking REAL MUSIC.
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