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What liberal isn't a professional, self-made victim? Here's hoping more people start calling the left on their bull.

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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The man who was news director during Vester Flanagan's rocky tenure at Virginia station WDBJ-TV described him as someone who constantly saw himself being victimized by others.

Dan Dennison described Flanagan, who shot and killed a reporter and a cameraman on live television Wednesday, as a "professional victim" during his time at the station before being fired in 2013.

"He was victimized by everything and everyone and could never quite grasp the fact that he was the common denominator in all of these really sometimes serious interpersonal conflicts that he had with people," Dennison said.

Flanagan, 41, interpreted efforts by the station to improve his performance and persuade him to work more cooperatively with colleagues as discrimination, said Dennison, who now works as a communications manager at the Hawaii state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

On the day he was fired, Flanagan pressed a wooden cross into Dennison's hand and said, "You'll need this," as two police officers escorted him out. Flanagan's departure then was filmed by Adam Ward, the cameraman who was killed along with reporter Alison Parker during an on-air interview Wednesday morning.

Dennison said the station had no idea of his shortcomings before he was hired there and he had received positive recommendations.         

Flanagan's hair-trigger temper became evident at least 15 years ago at WTWC-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, said Don Shafer, who hired him there in 1999. Shafer recalled Flanagan as a good reporter and a "clever, funny guy" — but said he also had conflicts with co-workers "to the point where he was threatening people."

"Had some physical confrontations with a couple of people, and at one point became such a distraction that we finally had to terminate him," said Shafer, now news director with XETV in San Diego.

After stints in California, Florida and North Carolina, Flanagan's last television job was at WDBJ in Roanoke.

Others who ran across Flanagan after he lost his job at WDBJ described a man increasingly irked by slights more often imagined than real.

A former co-worker at a UnitedHealthcare call center where Flanagan worked until late 2014 said he tried to grab her shoulder and told her never to speak to him again after she offhandedly said he was unusually quiet.

The manager of a bar in Roanoke said Flanagan was so incensed when no one thanked him for his business as he left the tavern that he sent a nearly 20-page letter, lambasting employees' behavior.

Flanagan described himself in a court document as an aggrieved and unappreciated victim.

How heartless can you be? My entire life was disrupted after moving clear across the country for a job only to have my dream turn into a nightmare," Flanagan wrote in a letter to a judge filed as part of his 2013 lawsuit against WDBJ-TV. "Your Honor, I am not the monster here."

The lawsuit was dismissed in July 2014. But in recent weeks, Flanagan laid careful plans for retribution. He contacted ABC News about what he claimed was a story tip and filled his Facebook page with photos and video montages seemingly designed to introduce himself to a larger audience.

On Wednesday, after killing Parker, 24, and Ward, 27, he went online to claim they had wronged him in the past.

He also texted a friend suggesting he had "done something stupid," investigators wrote in a search warrant. He turned the gun on himself when police caught up to him a few hours later. Inside his rental car, investigators found extra license plates, a wig, shawl, sunglasses and a hat as well as some stamped letters and a "to do" list.

On Thursday, the station's general manager, Jeffrey Marks, recalled a series of problems with Flanagan while he worked at WDBJ from March 2012 to February 2013. Flanagan accused a news photographer of trespassing on private property. He confronted an anchor over a story and attempted to reach the company's CEO to complain. He filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as the lawsuit.

Flanagan's joking and smiling one minute could turn to anger in the next, former colleague Justin McLeod said.

Once, for no apparent reason, Flanagan told a photographer he knew the man didn't like him because he was gay. The photographer told Flanagan he hadn't known about his sexual orientation, McLeod said.

Former co-workers, surprised that Flanagan had stayed in town after losing his job, passed him from time to time. They called them "Bryce sightings," referring to Flanagan's on-air name, Bryce Williams, McLeod said.

Others who crossed paths with Flanagan during that time, said he took offense easily.

Heather Fay, general manager of Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint in downtown Roanoke, said she threw out a lengthy letter Flanagan had sent, criticizing the staff for telling customers to "have a nice day" instead of "thank you."

"It was bizarre, for sure," she said.

Fay said there was no indication the author was contemplating a crime.

Flanagan's interpersonal conflicts were at odds with the outgoing student some recalled in Oakland, California, where he was chosen junior prince at Skyline High School's homecoming. At San Francisco State University, Flanagan relished being in the spotlight during group presentations.

"He was such a nice guy, just a soft-spoken, well-dressed, good-looking guy. He never had any problems, no fights, nothing like that," said a high school classmate, Chris Dobbins, now an Oakland attorney.

A cousin, Guynell Smith, 69, who had stopped by Flanagan's father's home in Vallejo, California, told reporters the family was unaware of any troubles. "He was just a normal kid," she said. "We knew Vester a different way."

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So you have concluded that his mentally unbalanced man is a "liberal"?  Do you arrive at that conclusion because he was associated with the media and that therefore, according to your warped perspective,  he must have been a liberal because media people are all liberals (except maybe NewsMax, Red State, Ann Coulter,  Rash Lamebrain, etc., etc.) and Fox News (although the latter is lately under fire from the wingnuts for not being sufficiently conservative)?

 

Or is it simpler that that?  Does your deranged, tunnel-visioned political taxonomy go more like this?

 

Man do good things,man conservative.

 

Man do bad crazy  things, man liberal.

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Man do good things,man conservative.

Man do bad crazy  things, man liberal.

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There you go, you got that right. Oh, and professor DA, maybe you could do a little research every once in a while so you weren't always "putting your foot in your mouth" and looking like such a DA.

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Vester Flanagan Was Chastised for Wearing Obama Pin on Air

 

Warped TV reporter Vester Lee Flanagan exasperated bosses with his ‘stiff and nervous’ delivery, his inability to use a teleprompter – and by wearing a President Obama badge during an election report, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

 

Dennison also wrote to Flanagan in November 2012 to admonish him for wearing an Obama badge while reporting on voters hitting the poll booths for the US election.

 

‘It has come to my attention that while standing in line on Tuesday, preparing to vote, you were wearing a President Obama sticker on your clothing.’

 

Dennison described the badge as a clear violation of journalist ethics and company rules that ban employees from participating in partisan politics.

 

‘This demonstrated a basic lack of understanding of your role as an on-air journalist at the television station and poor judgment,’ he said.

 

Read the rest of the story here.

 

 

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Originally Posted by Contendahh:
 

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So you have concluded that his mentally unbalanced man is a "liberal"?  Do you arrive at that conclusion because he was associated with the media and that therefore, according to your warped perspective,  he must have been a liberal because media people are all liberals (except maybe NewsMax, Red State, Ann Coulter,  Rash Lamebrain, etc., etc.) and Fox News (although the latter is lately under fire from the wingnuts for not being sufficiently conservative)?

 

Or is it simpler that that?  Does your deranged, tunnel-visioned political taxonomy go more like this?

 

Man do good things,man conservative.

 

Man do bad crazy  things, man liberal.

 

 

Yes, it is simpler, but not as in your observations.

 

Given the actions of "Liberals" , and their results, over the last several years, it is obvious that the words "mentally unbalanced" and  "Liberal" go hand in hand.

Got it?

Or, should     I      type       more        slowly     ?

'professional victim'

Of Course!!, that's what Too Many Liberals Do....Feel like the Victim. Its Easier to feel Victimized... Its always someones else's fault /actions leading up to their own short comings & misguidance of understanding, a rational mind set, to separate information in life's roller coaster ride.

 After all "Liberalism appears to center around, How One Feels"(Emotional/Utopia), vs. Logical & Factual Data, when making a Rational Decision or Conclusion or doing what I can, to to improve myself, going forward. As I can attest from some of our liberal family members. If you don't go along with their feelings, then you are the problem. Most Liberals can't help it, NOT ALL..and they seek out other like minded victims to Feel Justified in their actions..  

  Based upon the information provided in the article, Vester Flanagan's (GunMan), left quiet an impression on everyone, who was interviewed in the article above, especially at all of his workplaces & local businesses.  

  Once upon at time, Worked with a 30's year old young man, who had issues with his fellow co-workers from time to time and soon everyone just left him alone, for fear of provoking him or argument may ensue. Especially later, it was discovered that he had been carrying a Jim Bowie Knife strapped to his ankle/leg for years.. I know one thing, I was not going to be around this Crazy Paranoid person. Conservative or Liberal... Nut Jobs are Nut Jobs!!.. Spin it the way you have to for legal purposes, to the next recruiter wanting to hire someone like "A-Flanagan personality trait".  Don't Reward Bad Behavior..

So, Best, you admit your egregious, tunnel-visioned, absolutist bigotry, to wit:

 

<<<<Man do good things,man conservative.

Man do bad crazy  things, man liberal.

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There you go, you got that right. >>>>>

 

Thanks for removing all doubt, Best.  You have confirmed unequivocally your utterly egregious 

bias.  I stated that above proposition ("Man do good things....") in jest, but you have now confirmed that you actually subscribe to such a ridiculous, lopsided  protocol!

I "subscribe" to the fact that you are an idiot, as anyone reading your gibberish plainly sees. In jest? You're the joke around here.

 

You said, "So you have concluded that his mentally unbalanced man is a "liberal"?  Do you arrive at that conclusion because he was associated with the media" so of course I had to feed you another heaping helping of crow. Dang, I think you've developed a craving for crow!

 

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Originally Posted by Bestworking:

I "subscribe" to the fact that you are an idiot, as anyone reading your gibberish plainly sees. In jest? You're the joke around here.

 

You said, "So you have concluded that his mentally unbalanced man is a "liberal"?  Do you arrive at that conclusion because he was associated with the media" so of course I had to feed you another heaping helping of crow. Dang, I think you've developed a craving for crow!

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No, Best.  The absurdity in this string is YOURS:

 

 My earlier conceptualization of your radically bigoted mindset:

 

"Man do good things,man conservative.

Man do bad crazy  things, man liberal."

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Your reply, candidly acknowledging that my assessment of your screamingly radical bias is correct:

 

"There you go, you got that right."

 

Call it as you wish, Best, but when someone is so disordered as to characterize ALL persons with a particular political orientation different from her own as "bad" and "crazy," then what you have is bias in the extreme!

 

Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

Against the advice of his superiors he sports an obumer pin for all to see

while representing his place of work says, among other things, he is a

 obstinate, noncompliant liberal idiot misfit. Not unlike yourself, oconbum.

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I dearly wish to be compliant, Jack.  If you will point out where I have demonstrated noncompliance, I will endeavor to renovate my behavior.

 

Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

Against the advice of his superiors he sports an obumer pin for all to see

while representing his place of work says, among other things, he is a

 obstinate, noncompliant liberal idiot misfit. Not unlike yourself, oconbum.

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I dearly wish to be compliant, Jack.  If you will point out where I have demonstrated noncompliance, I will endeavor to renovate my behavior.

 

A certain amount of reading comprehension would be required, so I think

you should just go away.

 

But on the up side, if obumer had a son, it would look just like 

vester flanagan

 

Originally Posted by Jack Flash:
Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

Against the advice of his superiors he sports an obumer pin for all to see

while representing his place of work says, among other things, he is a

 obstinate, noncompliant liberal idiot misfit. Not unlike yourself, oconbum.

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I dearly wish to be compliant, Jack.  If you will point out where I have demonstrated noncompliance, I will endeavor to renovate my behavior.

 

A certain amount of reading comprehension would be required, so I think

you should just go away.

 

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Once more, Jack, you are transparently deflecting from the challenge I gave you. You are utterly unable to show where I have been noncompliant or you certainly would have served it up, so you childishly try to shoo me off in order to avoid even more embarrassment that your silly, puerile reply deserves.

 

You and Best both seem to believe that a credible rebuttal can be achieved via insult and irrelevance. It does not work that way in the world of polemics, Jack. Both of you need to be more careful about avoiding across-the-board, absolutist ASSertions that prove nothing except your

cluelessness and incompetence. 

 

 

 

Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:
Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

Against the advice of his superiors he sports an obumer pin for all to see

while representing his place of work says, among other things, he is a

 obstinate, noncompliant liberal idiot misfit. Not unlike yourself, oconbum.

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I dearly wish to be compliant, Jack.  If you will point out where I have demonstrated noncompliance, I will endeavor to renovate my behavior.

 

A certain amount of reading comprehension would be required, so I think

you should just go away.

 

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Once more, Jack, you are transparently deflecting from the challenge I gave you. You are utterly unable to show where I have been noncompliant or you certainly would have served it up, so you childishly try to shoo me off in order to avoid even more embarrassment that your silly, puerile reply deserves.

 

You and Best both seem to believe that a credible rebuttal can be achieved via insult and irrelevance. It does not work that way in the world of polemics, Jack. Both of you need to be more careful about avoiding across-the-board, absolutist ASSertions that prove nothing except your

cluelessness and incompetence. 

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It's hard for me to believe you thought I would have a credible rebuttal

with you. I've never considered that for a second and you know it.

If want to play your word games do so, but I do not follow your little rules.

You don't give me a waste of time challenge in a forum like this where

it's only entertainment to me.

 And above all, no matter what you say to me or the names you call me

will you embarrass or hurt my feeling, like you think you could.

No one is capable that especially such a pathetic person as you. 

 

Originally Posted by Jack Flash:
Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:
Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

Against the advice of his superiors he sports an obumer pin for all to see

while representing his place of work says, among other things, he is a

 obstinate, noncompliant liberal idiot misfit. Not unlike yourself, oconbum.

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I dearly wish to be compliant, Jack.  If you will point out where I have demonstrated noncompliance, I will endeavor to renovate my behavior.

 

A certain amount of reading comprehension would be required, so I think

you should just go away.

 

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Once more, Jack, you are transparently deflecting from the challenge I gave you. You are utterly unable to show where I have been noncompliant or you certainly would have served it up, so you childishly try to shoo me off in order to avoid even more embarrassment that your silly, puerile reply deserves.

 

You and Best both seem to believe that a credible rebuttal can be achieved via insult and irrelevance. It does not work that way in the world of polemics, Jack. Both of you need to be more careful about avoiding across-the-board, absolutist ASSertions that prove nothing except your

cluelessness and incompetence. 

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It's hard for me to believe you thought I would have a credible rebuttal

with you. I've never considered that for a second and you know it.

If want to play your word games do so, but I do not follow your little rules.

You don't give me a waste of time challenge in a forum like this where

it's only entertainment to me.

 And above all, no matter what you say to me or the names you call me

will you embarrass or hurt my feeling, like you think you could.

No one is capable that especially such a pathetic person as you. 

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Your candor in acknowledging your incompetence--or at least your unwillingness--to make a credible rebuttal is acknowledged and appreciated, Jack.  It confirms my observations above..I suppose you are correct, Jack, about not being embarrassed.  A person as irremediably dense as you are would not recognize embarrassment if it lit on the tip of his nose. Keep those childish, irrelevant insults coming, Jack, since that seems to be your only strong point.

 

Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

LOL,,,,,, You're a real funny boy, being the king of insults. How ever you

want to play, go with it. You're extremely tiresome and boring. There's not

much I take serious here and you sure as hell not one of them. So whatever

you think is OK with me.  

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What I think, Jack, entirely on the basis of your performance on this forum, is that you are one disordered dingbat.  That OK with you?

 

I certainly hope that elements of normalcy creep through when you are dealing with those you work and play with daily. I suspect that is indeed the case,  else you  already would have been committed to a secure care facility.

Originally Posted by Jack Flash:

LOL,,,,,, You're a real funny boy, being the king of insults. How ever you

want to play, go with it. You're extremely tiresome and boring. There's not

much I take serious here and you sure as hell not one of them. So whatever

you think is OK with me.  

He's like Rodney Dangerfield-"He can't get no respect"!

The comments that became a reporter’s death sentence 

 

Typical liberal POS always accusing people of saying, meaning, or doing things they didn't say, or mean a certain way, or do.

 

 

 We would say stuff like, ‘The reporter’s out in the field.’ And he would look at us and say, ‘What are you saying, cotton fields? That’s racist,’ ” Fair recounted.

“We’d be like, ‘What?’ We all know what that means, but he took it as cotton fields, and therefore we’re all racists.”

“This guy was a nightmare,” Fair said. “Management’s worst nightmare.”

Flanagan assumed everything was a jab at his race, even when a manager brought in watermelon for all employees.

“Of course, he thought that was racist. He was like, ‘You’re doing that because of me.’ No, the general manager brought in watermelon for the entire news team. He’s like, ‘Nope, this is out for me. You guys are calling me out because I’m black.’ ”

 

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Originally Posted by HIFLYER2:

Many are victims from cradle to grave it starts young nothing your fault, do what feels good, no need to conform to social norms, it is not your fault you can't succeed it is either someones else s fault or your circumstance and when things do not go your way scream discrimination.

 

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Victims of a lack of parental responsibility and personal accountability. 

Liberal's response "It takes a village."

 

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Originally Posted by Bulldog63:

You guys should "block" Contendahh as I did a long time ago. I understand he had  to take a urine test for some reason and it came back positive for "brain cells" and that was when I figured out not only did his breath stink but he was losing brain cells at such a pace he would have to be classified as a blithering idiot.

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Even after Jack Flash is enrolled in that secure care facility he so very much needs, there will still be room there for you.  

Originally Posted by budsfarm:

 

 

It was sad to hear the father of the lady reporter killed rant on and on about gun control and never once mention the culpability of the POS who killed her.

 

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A significant element of culpability in this case is the culpability of a society that seems unwilling to deal responsibly with the kind of mental aberration that affected  the radically disordered shooter and the consequent failure to prohibit him from owning any firearm.

 

Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by budsfarm: 

It was sad to hear the father of the lady reporter killed rant on and on about gun control and never once mention the culpability of the POS who killed her.

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A significant element of culpability in this case is the culpability of a society that seems unwilling to deal responsibly with the kind of mental aberration that affected  the radically disordered shooter and the consequent failure to prohibit him from owning any firearm.

 

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http://www.independent.co.uk/n...aviour-10473816.html

 

 

See something, say something.

 

Originally Posted by budsfarm:
Originally Posted by Contendahh:
Originally Posted by budsfarm: 

It was sad to hear the father of the lady reporter killed rant on and on about gun control and never once mention the culpability of the POS who killed her.

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A significant element of culpability in this case is the culpability of a society that seems unwilling to deal responsibly with the kind of mental aberration that affected  the radically disordered shooter and the consequent failure to prohibit him from owning any firearm.

 

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http://www.independent.co.uk/n...aviour-10473816.html

 

 

See something, say something.

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Employers shouldn't have to get involved with these crazies.

 

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