I find it interesting that there seems to be a move on to not say or even think "James Holmes" in the media. It almost seems like mainstream and social media are trying to herd the masses away from thinking about 'suspect A,' perhaps hoping it will all the quicker marginalize any discussion or even thought of inconsistencies in the consensus narrative. This task of mass manipulation is apparently being made much easier through the mighty Twitter.
"Heeding the wishes of victims of the Colorado shooting and their families, some members of the media (including the Prospect's Steve Erickson) have refrained from using alleged shooter James Holmes's name. On Monday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper tweeted: “I have no intention of saying AuroraShooting suspect's name tonight. Don't want to give him more attention than needed.” True to his word, Cooper referred to Holmes as “the suspect” and “the alleged shooter” throughout the broadcast. Fox News went a step further, blacking out Holmes’s name in documents it displayed on the air. Politicians—including President Obama—have also joined the cause. Colorado governor John Hickenlooper has taken to calling him “suspect A.”
http://prospect.org/article/james-holmes-there-we-said-itIn some other crimes of this type, it's all about the shooters--as in Columbine--but there, of course, we had to learn why we needed to fear such people, and why it was necessary to police ourselves, our children, and our institutions much more effectively. Perhaps these are unconscious moves, or perhaps they are conscious, but it is intriguing to analyze how we are steered, and toward/away from whom, and in hindsight, how each massacre affects, not gun control legislation per se, but a much broader panorama of social engineering projects. I come away with the feeling that we're all part of a great experiment--and I don't mean democracy, unless in a Masonic sense.
I would also note that I don't think I've ever seen such an obsessive media and societal focus on the victims, particularly since they appear to have been primarily Hispanic and black, who in everyday, normal circumstances are typically the object of loathing and, particularly since they're teenagers, fear. 'We' somehow give a shit about them after they've been massacred en masse, but almost never in the course of daily events, in ones and twos. Again, this wave of empathy could all be only the collective subconscious welling up, evidence of a great longing for togetherness in America, but to me it smacks of something else--like one of several precursors to a Big Event where Americans will need to draw together in fear and solidarity against Them. We shall see.
