# Apparently, it's okay for Republicans to be gun victims (Vegas massacre). **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860 "2017-10-03T11:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/1 "2017-10-03T11:00:58Z")
[CBS fires vice president who said Vegas victims didn’t deserve sympathy because country music fans ‘often are Republican’.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/10/02/top-cbs-lawyer-no-sympathy-for-vegas-vics-probably-republicans.html) What an utter idiot. I’m glad CBS fired her. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/2 "2017-10-03T11:06:15Z")
Yup, one idiot said that, and that idiot appropriately got fired for it. What’s the discussion, here? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/3 "2017-10-03T11:20:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What’s the discussion, here? You might note that I placed this thread in the Pit, not GD. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/4 "2017-10-03T11:25:44Z")
I already mentioned this in the “Stupid Liberals” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/5 "2017-10-03T11:29:33Z")
Since this person was immediately fired once the statement was found out. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/6 "2017-10-03T11:36:22Z")
She’s also wrong. I’m a raging Progressive, and I love country music. Well, the classic stuff anyway. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/7 "2017-10-03T11:42:20Z")
Idiot says something idiotic and gets fired for it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/8 "2017-10-03T11:42:25Z")
Actually, I think this rant needs to happen. DT has enabled the racists in this country. He’s made them feel comfortable to speak their hateful rhetoric, when they would have otherwise stay hidden underneath their rocks. But you know what else DT has done? He’s enabled the extreme Leftists to speak their vile shit too. I’ve seen at least a few people right here on this board say worse shit than this reporter did and very few called them out for doing so. Yes, this rant needs to happen. And people need to stop acting like the Left can do no wrong. ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/9 "2017-10-03T11:47:54Z")
I wonder if this is how the thread would’ve played out if the comments were made by a conservative commentator, about Democrats. It’s the SDMB. I don’t wonder this at all. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/10 "2017-10-03T12:05:17Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I wonder if this is how the thread would’ve played out if the comments were made by a conservative commentator, about Democrats. Only difference being that Clothahump and Doorhinge would be calling the others snowflakes. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/11 "2017-10-03T12:11:42Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I wonder if this is how the thread would’ve played out if the comments were made by a conservative commentator, about Democrats. > > It’s the SDMB. I don’t wonder this at all. Depends partially on whether the conservative was fired or not. When conservatives say hateful and ignorant things on, say, Fox News, do they typically get fired? Or are they embraced by other conservatives? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/12 "2017-10-03T12:15:17Z")
I’m going to wait for a libtard to defend this random idiot, then scream “gotcha” and win all the beautiful internet points. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/13 "2017-10-03T12:44:37Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I wonder if this is how the thread would’ve played out if the comments were made by a conservative commentator, about Democrats. That’s been explored in many other threads. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/14 "2017-10-03T12:55:16Z")
I am actually surprised at this - not because of the sentiment itself, I am sure, with the hatred being fanned by the media and the politicians, a lot of people \*\*thought \*\*the same. But this is a high-priced lawyer, supposedly. **Senior** counsel. Vice President of a huge corporation. How do you get to this position without learning how to self-censor the views you express publicly? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/15 "2017-10-03T12:58:49Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > But this is a high-priced lawyer, supposedly. **Senior** counsel. Vice President of a huge corporation. How do you get to this position without learning how to self-censor the views you express publicly? Voted by idiots and electoral college ? ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/16 "2017-10-03T13:04:07Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Voted by idiots and electoral college ? If you’re trying to mention Trump in that context, there is a difference. Trump is his own boss and always was. He never could get fired and never had to self-censor in his life. Not so with whatshername in the OP. The lack of self-control in the highly-paid lawyer is surprising. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/17 "2017-10-03T13:10:41Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > If you’re trying to mention Trump in that context, there is a difference. Trump is his own boss and always was. He never could get fired and never had to self-censor in his life. > > Not so with whatshername in the OP. The lack of self-control in the highly-paid lawyer is surprising. Trump has highly paid lawyers who have said incredibly dumb things that they very quickly had to retract. But they weren’t fired for it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/18 "2017-10-03T13:11:10Z")
Yes. It’s very much her Ratner moment. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/19 "2017-10-03T13:36:56Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Trump is his own boss and always was. He never could get fired and never had to self-censor in his life. As usually you’re wrong. Trump is not his own boss at the moment, on the contrary. Every single American citizen is HIS boss. And he could be fired, actually it looks more probable every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860/20 "2017-10-03T13:46:05Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > If you’re trying to mention Trump in that context, there is a difference. It appears that maybe this wealthy, successful and white Vice President of CBS might have been able to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and Republicans would have been fine with it; but instead she criticized Republicans and that’s not acceptable. Sad! But in all seriousness, the comments she made were awful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-its-okay-for-republicans-to-be-gun-victims-vegas-massacre/797860.md?page=2)