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braak
12:25 AM

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I'm not sure that "bravado" is the right word. Isn't that typically what someone has who isn't a right badass? #kimberlydenisemunley
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raincoaster
11/07/09

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Okay, so maybe I haven't saved any lives. And maybe I haven't taken down a crazed murderer.

But I have 400 more Twitter Followers.

I win, right? Right? #kimberlydenisemunley
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Clarissima
11/07/09

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Yes, but who is that handsome fellow next to her? And why is he wearing a rosary around his neck? #kimberlydenisemunley
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/07/09

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? All indications are... this person. #kimberlydenisemunley
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DahlELama
11/07/09

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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
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CumaeanSibyl
11/07/09

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Hell yes.

I really have no clever comment. Just wanted to register my appreciation. #kimberlydenisemunley
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RandomLunatic
11/07/09

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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
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lionboy
11/07/09

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PLUS she bagged a yummy husband! Is there anything this woman can't do? #kimberlydenisemunley
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Schadenfriend
11/07/09

@lionboy: That's country star Dierks Bentley...next to kick ass action hero Sgt. Kimberly Denise Munley. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Magister
11/07/09

@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
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Swifter
11/07/09

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So, we have a hunter, a surfer, and an outdoorswoman. Who's also got more balls than anybody you will probably encounter over the course of your life.

Kein hoden, kein Eisenkreuz. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
11/07/09

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
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Swifter
11/07/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: A brave and selfless woman who is an Army veteran working as a cop on an Army post and married to a Special Forces soldier?

Do the math. The Republicans had her from the start. #kimberlydenisemunley
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braak
12:26 AM

@Swifter: What the fuck is that supposed to mean? #kimberlydenisemunley
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MissNormaDesmond
02:05 AM

@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.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
11/07/09

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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
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Cam/ron
11/07/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: I was going to say that about Jezebel's strange silence about her. They're only interested in victims of gender inequality when it comes to serious stories, I guess. #kimberlydenisemunley
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
11/07/09

@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
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Adah
11/07/09

@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
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Foster Kamer
11/07/09

@Adah: @gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Guys, seriously, with all due respect, stop this, now. Any more and I'll rip that star right off of you.

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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Anna
11/07/09

@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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Magister
11/07/09

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Just to make her profile a little more complete, here's a link to the profile in her hometown paper.

There's not a lot of new information there, mostly a bit more background and it'd probably open the door for a joke about gung-ho beach patrols, but she did good and should be applauded. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Xylo
11/07/09

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Yes, she's a hero; she ran towards a guy with a gun who was shooting at her and at other people.
And you just know her first public words are gonna be "I wish I had gotten there sooner." #kimberlydenisemunley
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Glib and Bitchy
11/07/09

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Her police "partner" speaks.
Sounds like we may need room for at least two heroes here. Thank you to all.
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TheSometimesWhy
11/07/09

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This officer is unequivocally a Hero, writ large. And I hope she receives all the accolades due her. I don't understand your reticence to confer "hero" status, though, Foster, especially when they are all around us. There are scores of heroes on every police force, fire department, emergency room, faculty at any one of countless public schools in this country, and the list goes on. Their unique and essential form of heroism is to show up every day and dedicate their lives to the betterment of others in what is arguably the most difficult crucible of all--total anonymity when the stakes on the table aren't life and death--just life, quotidian life.

As seductive and alluring as the image of Sgt. Munley performing her job in this instance is, it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the efforts of her faceless and nameless fellow heroes.

Here's to all of them! #kimberlydenisemunley
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/07/09

@TheSometimesWhy: I think it's because conferring "hero" status on people seems to happen much more frequently than the term deserves. I'd absolutely agree that there are many, many heroes in public services (not just law enforcement or emergency services), but, just because you pull over a criminal or run into a burning building, it doesn't automatically make you a hero if that's, by definition, your job.

However, taking a run at a madman who had already killed 12 people while he's firing at you = above and beyond that job. #kimberlydenisemunley
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TheSometimesWhy
01:40 AM

@Go Like Hell Machine: Well, at the risk of sounding too literal, in the good Sergeant's example what she did was expressly part of her job. Witness the training she undertook that enabled her to respond as she did. This in no way diminishes her bravery or the quality of her heroism. It just places it in a slightly different context. The same applies to Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who landed his commercial jet on the Hudson--by his own admission, what he did was expressly part of what he had been trained to do. That he did it as successfully doesn't lessen the quality of the act itself. #kimberlydenisemunley
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Go Like Hell Machine
03:05 AM

@TheSometimesWhy: Absolutely, though, do you think that these folks wouldn't do it, if they hadn't received the training? #kimberlydenisemunley
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randomnessish
11/07/09

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She and Sully should start a heroes club. I'll be insanely jealous and try to look through the windows, but it's okay, they deserve it. #kimberlydenisemunley
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