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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only on DCUM is this evil murderer called a "young man" while Trayvon Martin is labeled a thug. [/quote]

Well there you have it. I agree.[/quote]

Ditto.[/quote]

James Holmes has been called quite a few things on DCUM. Trayvon Martin was also called a variety of terms, including "young man":

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/235774.page#2426964

You are cherry picking two terms out of many to make a point. But, I think you are actually illustrating that a large spectrum of viewpoints are available on DCUM. If that makes DCUM unique (I don't actually think it does), then it is something of which we should all be proud.

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That may be true, but the level of sympathy for this person, in the absence of a single statement or real evidence of hardship in his life, is striking.  I think that sympathy would largely evaporate if he was a muslim.  But much like with the Huguely case, many posters are looking to causes other than "evil".  And I think much of the reason is that he looks like one of our kids.[/quote]

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