I know this is a terrible way to feel, but I’m not as sad as I should be that deniers will be hurt far worse by this.

What blows my mind is that each of those quotes is one sentence long, like holy fuck, did you murder your editor?

This is the only correct response. That or that scene in scanners where Ironsides explodes dudes head.

My favorite part of all those blockquotes is that they are each composed of a single sentence.

WHUMP is such a satisfying sound to write out

Fuck

my heroes

this is the real story here folks

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why shouldn’t we be talking about gun control when something like this happens? Is it somehow outlandish for a government to look at a tragedy and think “how can I stop this from happening in the future?”

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I think you are misunderstanding the role of a journalist, which is not only to inform and entertain people, but to hold powerful people accountable. There aren’t a lot of opportunities for that sort of thing in the world of video games — this is entertainment journalism, after all — but this is certainly one of them.…

My sympathies, Patrick. This is obviously a tricky topic for a reporter to cover fully and accurately, and I’m sorry that deranged individuals have decided to attack you (and your family) because they disagree with your coverage decisions.

This is generally considered the best explanation.

The same thing people get out of watching reality TV?

Just to be sure... we're talking about 1.5 dicks and 0.5 apologies here.

Because it's a public half-apology for a private half-dick-response that Casey made in reply to another half-dick-move which ultimately affected the first half-dick publicly.

He got his article!