Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Gavin M.
The right-wingers are all circular-linking on the following detail like that thing that collapses in on itself and becomes a black hole, but we might as well keep things lively and continue with the Debbie Schlussel Meltdown Carnival.
Unless you want to see Pam’s thoughts on the matter.
Mentally ill, that’s what they are going with here. What an insult to the mentally ill.
Okay, right, that wouldn’t even be fair. Here’s Debbie:
Virginia Tech Shooter Had “Ismail” Written on Arm
By Debbie Schlussel
The Chicago Tribune reports that Virginia Tech University massacre perpetrator, Cho Seung-Hui,
died with the words “Ismail Ax” in red ink on one of his arms.
Hmmm . . . Ismail–the Arabic name for Ishmael–considered the father of all Arabs and a very important figure in Islam.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, right? Doesn’t mean anything. Right.
Maybe “Ismail Ax” is the name of a friend of his. Or maybe he wanted to remind himself to buy an Ax for his friend Ismail for next Ramadan. Or I’m sure we’ll hear some other similarly absurd “explanation.” We’ll see.
Oh, we always have one of those.
Above: Speculation lands hard upon
concert pianist Emanuel Ax
But perhaps the real question (I love that phrase) is how long the following exchange will last before Schlussel goes into one of her hide-the-evidence swings and makes it go buh-bye. Hers is the part in shouty all-caps, of course — that being a technique known to add poignancy and gravitas to Internet discourse.
Debbie, the same article you quote from also mentions that the kid was clearly off his rocker. Nucking Futz. A few fries short of a happy meal.
He was seriously disturbed — mentally ill with a growing taste for violence, rage, and death. He’d been referred to Student Health Services and was already under investigation for several earlier incidents, all signs of how unglued this kid was.
Trying to tie him to either illegal immigration — he was here legally — or Islamic terrorism — he was an English major, for Cthulhu’s sake — is the epitome of opportunism on your part. You are profiting off of the blood of the murdered.
I’d point out you should be ashamed of yourself, but then you are a lawyer…
THE SAME MEDIA THAT ALSO CONSTANTLY SAYS THAT EVERY ISLAMIC ATTACKER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN “NUTS”–A/K/A SUDDEN JIHAD SYNDROME. THE MUSLIMS WHO ATTACKED THE SEATTLE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, THE JEW AT THE BALTIMORE MOVIE THEATER, THE STUDENTS AT UNC, TROLLEY SQUARE MALL IN UTAH–THEY WERE ALL “NUTS.” AND ALL MUSLIM.
THE ONLY ONE WHO SHOULD BE ASHAMED HERE IS THE ONE WHO IS WILLINGLY WEARING BLINDERS AS HIS/HER NEWEST FASHION ACCESSORY: YOU.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL
Go, sister! We’ve long wanted to mention Sudden Catholic Syndrome, but the media blindly persists in reporting that a person who has sex with a child is a “pedophile,” even when the story doesn’t involve a priest. The only one who should be ashamed here is you. And you and you and you.
