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Tuesday, February 19. 2008Mysterious Question, Obvious Answer
Big Mouth has a morbid obsession with school shootings for a few reasons: 1) because every kid in America has thought about exacting vengeance on his/her high school tormentors; 2) because the ultimate blame for the shootings is often placed on the shooters' consumer identities (their music, clothes, entertainment choices) and means of expression (their writings, drawings, fashion) rather the availability of guns, high school and bullying culture, the average American's love of violence, or on the shooters themselves; and 3) because the phenomenon is -- with few exceptions -- so uniquely one of young, white, American men but is not associated by the media or society as crimes of racial/ethnic or patriarchal/masculine origin. And, finally, aside from all these intellectual reasons, there is of course a question that always springs to my (and others') forebrain(s): Why did he/they do it? Continue reading "Mysterious Question, Obvious Answer" Saturday, February 16. 2008Teen shot in hate-crime attack at school On Wednesday February 13th Lawrence King, a 15 year old gay boy, was shot in the head, twice, at point blank range by his 14 year old classmate. That his bullying classmate felt emboldened enough – culturally sanctioned enough – to act like this should remind us where we are in terms of gay acceptance and tolerance.The shooting happened in a well to do district of southern California; it happened in full view of 20 other students. Some of those other students actually told King he better “watch out” hours before he was shot dead by 14 year old Brandon McInerney, who had previously bullied him for his gender-nonconformity and appearance. "He would come to school in high-heeled boots, makeup, jewelry and painted nails -- the whole thing," said Michael Sweeney, 13, an eighth-grader. "That was freaking the guys out." Continue reading "Teen shot in hate-crime attack at school" |
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Last week, tragic school shootings were once again U.S. headline news. First there was the murder of Lawrence King by his 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney (
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