Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
by criddell on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:27AM
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I watched CNN for about 20 minutes yesterday morning and they were talking about the shooting at the grocery store. To their credit, they only said his name once in that time. They referred to him only as "the shooter".
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Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
by yonaguska on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:31AM
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Likely only bc he wasn't white. Atlanta shooter's photos were plastered everywhere.
Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
by duxup on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:18AM
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Maybe but I've seen plenty of mass shooter events where they were happy to mention a white shooters name regularly. I'm not sure mentioning a shooters name or not is inherently tied to race. How they describe it and such, I can believe that, but the name, not sure it is that specific.
Re:The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
by yonaguska on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:50AM
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That's my point? Unless there was a typo in your response? In this case, the shooter's name has a very distinct cultural connotation attached to it that would indicate non-whiteness.
I'm not even white, but it seems to me that there is a very concerted effort by the media in the United States to push a race angle on everything, with whiteness being specifically stigmatized.