You people whine about people being allowed to have guns, take away all the guns of the highly trained military people whose job it is to protect our entire country, and who actually work on the base, then cheer when a police officer comes onto the base and takes out a bad guy with a gun. As in "the old days," we should all have guns and be so well-trained so the bad guys don't stand a chance of getting any of us, and in most instances won't even try. As it stands, we live in a society where ONLY the bad guys have the guns. Any one of those solidiers or officers could have taken care of this guy in an instant, but they're not allowed to carry their own weapons. #kimberlydenisemunley
@apdec: I think it's the fact that the "bad guys" can so easily GET the guns that is the problem and what "you people" are always "whining about." #kimberlydenisemunley
Thanks for giving me a picture to cut and paste over Rihanna's face on this month's Glamour. She seems like a much better candidate for a "Woman of the Year" to me. #kimberlydenisemunley
Hero: when you train somebody to shoot a criminal, give them a gun, pay them to sit around all day long and then a gunman shows up, shoots 41 people and the "hero" gets there (a bit late) and does her fucking job.
Jesus H. Christ.
Hassan fucked up 41 people and the cop before your hero wounded him. #kimberlydenisemunley
@Go Like Hell Machine: I'm not saying she should have invented time travel. I'm just saying she's not a hero after about 10 victims. If you can murder 9 people without the cops showing up, then the cop who does eventually show up isn't really a "hero." It's just the cop who eventually showed up.
You feel weird because it's really easy to be skeptical and cynical about the spin put on the word hero, especially over the last decade or so and especially easy for a person who works in the media. But I have no qualms in this case. This woman is pretty much the definition of brave and God, I hope my daughters - and sons - grow up to be even half that brave. #kimberlydenisemunley
@lionboy: According to the Wilmington Star-News link I posted below, the photo (from her Twitter) is actually a country singer named Dierks Bentley and her husband is stationed at Ft. Bragg. #kimberlydenisemunley
I actually think a lot of people would respond this way in the heat of the moment. She didn't have a lot of time to think about what to do - she acted on instinct. Heroes aren't extraordinary people; they're ordinary people who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances, reacted with good judgment and had a bit of good luck. Human nature is better than most of us think it is.
None of this is to say she's not a hero, and she's an extraordinary woman just for having taken the career path she took. #kimberlydenisemunley
Dear Universe, please don't let the Republicans get a hold of her, if they haven't already, or the Democrats, or the fake Progressives. #kimberlydenisemunley
@Swifter: Perhaps that's what you'd like to believe, but given the number of Iraq War Veterans who've run for office as Democrats, it's kind of a silly thing to assume.
Thank you for writing and posting this; Jezebel has not uttered a single word about this brave woman. I'm assuming it's because she's not a model, actress or "actress" (see Megan Fox/Kristen Stewart/Sienna Miller).
Here's hoping for her speedy recovery, and for the recovery of all the victims Hasan took down before she stepped into his line of fire. #kimberlydenisemunley
@Cam/ron: So far, Gawker has had a couple of stories about Officer Munley; Jezebel, none. I read Gawker much more frequently now than I do Jezebel, although I used to be pretty loyal , and this only reinforces my choice. #kimberlydenisemunley
@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: It is pretty outrageous that Jezebel hasn't been covering this. Do they have a problem with the woman because she hunts or something? Because she's in a military family? Because she used guns and was violent? I don't get it. This woman is obviously not their typical commentator who whines about how meat is murder, we're in Afghanistan "for oil", and how awesome cats are, but still. She's a remarkable American woman, and certainly deserves some coverage for her bravery on a blog that claims to cover women's issues. #kimberlydenisemunley
Besides the fact that I enjoy her stuff, and that Hortense is crazy-talented, if she hasn't written about something, there's a reason. Sometimes I won't take stuff so John or Hamilton (who're better suited to write items that aren't breaking) can come in and take them. Sometimes it's because we can only handle so much during the day. I only put up 8-11 posts a day, Hortense is rocking, what, 19 today? That's absurd. Even to set up an open caption, it takes time, it's an endurance sport.
Most people don't realize: the two of us have jobs during the week, and this isn't exactly an operation that's making us rich. We have the weekends because we love them, because it's a different ballgame, because it's a good deal of fun. Shit on me all you want, but don't come in here and knock her, or any of the other weekend writers. You have no idea what this gig entails. Seriously. #kimberlydenisemunley
@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: You assume wrong. We've taken quite a few crossposts from Gawker about Munley and entire Ft. Hood tragedy, namely because crossposting to one another often makes more sense than two sites doing the same and/or similar posts, especially when the underlying sentiment is the same and the site that got to it "first" did such a bang-up job that we don't feel we can compete with/add to it. W/r/t Gawker and Jezebel, the eagle-eyed reader will notice that this goes both ways, especially with breaking news stories, and once a site "owns" the story, in this case Gawker, we will continue to let them crosspost until and/or if we have a new, fresher take on the situation. Cam/ron: I have no idea what victims of gender inequality have to do with any of this. Adah: Comparing recaps of a television drama made available to the press via advance screeners to a breaking news story, the details of which are still being fleshed out - and therefore, processed and ruminated on by members of the press/public at large (including bloggers!) - is sort of absurd, don't you think?
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But I have 400 more Twitter Followers.
I win, right? Right? #kimberlydenisemunley
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Jesus H. Christ.
Hassan fucked up 41 people and the cop before your hero wounded him. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Fucking douchebag. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Cunt. #kimberlydenisemunley
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I want to fill up an entire government with people like her. #kimberlydenisemunley
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None of this is to say she's not a hero, and she's an extraordinary woman just for having taken the career path she took. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Kein hoden, kein Eisenkreuz. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Do the math. The Republicans had her from the start. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Here's hoping for her speedy recovery, and for the recovery of all the victims Hasan took down before she stepped into his line of fire. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Besides the fact that I enjoy her stuff, and that Hortense is crazy-talented, if she hasn't written about something, there's a reason. Sometimes I won't take stuff so John or Hamilton (who're better suited to write items that aren't breaking) can come in and take them. Sometimes it's because we can only handle so much during the day. I only put up 8-11 posts a day, Hortense is rocking, what, 19 today? That's absurd. Even to set up an open caption, it takes time, it's an endurance sport.
Most people don't realize: the two of us have jobs during the week, and this isn't exactly an operation that's making us rich. We have the weekends because we love them, because it's a different ballgame, because it's a good deal of fun. Shit on me all you want, but don't come in here and knock her, or any of the other weekend writers. You have no idea what this gig entails. Seriously. #kimberlydenisemunley
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