When Specificity Makes A Comeback

Comment: AP Poll: Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015

4: MASS SHOOTINGS: Throughout the year, mass shootings brought grief to communities across the U.S. and deepened frustration over the failure to curtail them. There were 14 victims in San Bernardino. Nine blacks were killed by a white gunman at a Charleston, South Carolina, church; a professor and eight students died at an Oregon community college. In Chattanooga, four Marines and a sailor were killed by a Kuwaiti-born engineer; three people, including a policeman, were shot dead at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

Hilarious. It’s like they want us to notice how they operate:

“There were 14 victims in San Bernardino.” Islamic fanatics? What are they?

“Nine blacks were killed by a white gunman.” Wow, specificity makes a stunning comeback in the next sentence!

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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