Someone who makes me ashamed to be an Atlantan (more victim blaming)

Boortz is an extremely popular radio talk show host based in Atlanta.

Atlanta blogs today: Boortz berates Virginia Tech shooting victims

How far have we advanced in the wussification of America? I am now under attack by the left for wondering aloud why these students did so little to defend themselves. It seems that standing in terror waiting for your turn to be executed was the right thing to do, and any questions as to why 25 students didn’t try to rush and overpower Cho Seung-Hui are just examples of right wing maniacal bias. Surrender — comply — adjust. The doctrine of the left.

– Neal Boortz, explaining that unarmed college students who don’t team up to rush armed attackers are, in practice, spineless leftists. Silly me, I just thought they were innocent victims.

Goddamn that scum Neal Boortz. This is the kind of horrible thing I've heard before. I know what's going to happen: many of the families and friends of the victims are going to consume media obsessively even though they don't want to. They'll want to absorb as much as they can to try and make sense of it somehow... it's the natural human thing. They will never fully make sense of it but the pursuit itself offers some kind of solace. And they'll stumble across poison like Boortz is vomiting up and it will make them fall apart all over again.

Third Mom and Baggage have more direct, productive posts on things that can help. The Republic of T also offers a good calm reflection. I'm too upset right now to post anything positive and helpful so I should just stay off it for a while.