New photo shows an aging Charles Manson

[obey]

California prison officials have released a
new photo of serial killer Charles Manson.
The photos show Manson, 77, with long, gray hair
and a beard. It released at the request of CNN
in advance of an April 11 parole hearing.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/new-photos-shows-an-aging-charles-manson.html

My how times have changed.

Speaking of which
If Manson had committed his crimes today
would this be the photo that the MSM would use?

[LiberalFighter]

1. How many women still follow him?

[Poll_Blind]

4. ...

Just sayin'!

PB

[gateley]

5. My God! He has a Twitter account?? Still a sick, egotistical, narcissistic fuck. nt

[Tx4obama]

8. See comment #6 n/t

[Tx4obama]

6. I think that is probably a fake person

The Twitter account does NOT say: Verified

and also it says @heltershelter sHelter not sKelter

Note: "Helter Shelter" is the fifth episode from the fourteenth season of The Simpsons that aired December 1, 2002.

[PotatoChip]

15. You're probably right.

In addition to your point, would the prison allow him, or any inmate for that matter, to be 'tweeting'???

I could be wrong, but find it hard to believe that they would.

[gateley]

36. Haha! Boy you're good! Sherlock Tx4obama. I bet you're absolutely right! nt

[Luminous Animal]

10. How many men still follow him.

[snooper2]

2. waste of resources

[teddy51]

3. May he rot in hell along with Clifford Olsen! There may be a reason that these serial killers

exist, but I certainly have not understood it yet.

[TlalocW]

7. Part of his crazy act

Is designed to keep his ass in prison. He's been up for parole several times, and he acts his looniest to get sent back because he knows that if he's let loose into the general public, some guy will gladly try to earn his 15 minutes of fame by becoming, "The Guy Who Killed Charles Manson."

TlalocW

[lunasun]

9. He could be a real troll just like you from that 1st pic

+ I get the 2nd pic/Trayvon Martin comparison ......

[Ecumenist]

14. You too? I noticed that RIGHT AWAY and to compare that 17 year old boy to CHARLEY

MANSON has got to be the most disgusting thing I have seen from these trolls yet. Enjoy your stay on DU, short though it may be

[Mariana]

17. They're trying so hard to convince everyone, including themselves,

that that poor kid was a monster. Pretending to believe all those ridiculous lies and badly faked pictures. And now this? Must be the latest ploy from Stormfront. Just tells me they KNOW the kid was shot for no good reason - and they think that's just fucking dandy.

[Ikonoklast]

20. It will be interesting to see who 'recommends' this steaming pile.

Guns Must Be Protected Uber Alles.

[magical thyme]

18. hmmmm...I took it the opposite way

That because he is white, the media would portray him as innocent choirboy.

Maybe shows why I always get people backwards? Or why they always take me the wrong way?

[MattBaggins]

37. Flying very low under the radar that one is

[Skip Intro]

11. we all grow old

or die before we can

a certain truth

[treestar]

12. Not at all

The media of that era found the photo that showed his insanity the best - the one with the big stare.

[MrSlayer]

13. He did beg the courts not to let him out of prison.

Before he went on to become infamous. It figures that the only people he couldn't persuade were the ones he was being sincere with.

Still, I would not be surprised to see him sponsored by bands of followers if he were ever released. Which is the State's reason for keeping him in. The other reason is that he doesn't want to leave.

His parole hearing should be interesting.

[maddezmom]

16. what are you trying to convey here?

"Speaking of which
If Manson had committed his crimes today
would this be the photo that the MSM would use?"

[obamanut2012]

30. I think we know what he's trying to convey here

[maddezmom]

32. yup

and now it's taking a dirt nap.

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. Some people think you are making a thinly veiled reference to Trayvon Martin.

Could you state clearly if that is your point and if it is not - what is your point?




Can you point to one single example of the media ever doing what you are suggesting, using an innocent looking childhood picture of an elderly cold blooded killer to convince the public to have a tolerant attitude toward them?

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. The OP is obviously suggesting that the media has portrayed a vicious Trayvon Martin as innocent

The OP is an out-and-out racist, and should be shitcanned from this board with dispatch.

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. that is my suspicion as well

[Douglas Carpenter]

25. Obey is gone now..MIRT nuked him

[pinboy3niner]

26. Good!

Thanks for the good news!

[Douglas Carpenter]

27. It wasn't only this post alone - but also a pattern of thinly veiled right-wing propaganda

[trumad]

28. Good...researching his posts it was obvious he was a troll.

[trumad]

23. A jury of idiots voted 2-4 to keep it.

[Snake Alchemist]

24. Hasn't he suffered enough? Did they even try to rehabilitate him?

Heaping s-casm.

[LeftinOH]

29. Consider Manson's childhood:

Born to an alcoholic teenage mother who once sold him for a pitcher of beer. Living with her in shabby rented rooms (when she wasn't in jail for shoplifting or whoring), then in various reform schools -including one where he was regularly raped. He was essentially on his own by his early teens. Born of trash and treated like trash. It's hardly surprising how he turned out.

What he eventually became was a menace to society and he should remain locked up forever, but he never had a chance. Sure, some criminals (like Bundy or Gacy) lived mainstream lives --but they must be the exception. Richard Speck and Peter Kurten (from Germany) had similarly wretched childhoods, as did the Carr brothers (of the Wichita Massacre in 2000).

I am NOT defending or excusing him, but I can't help but feel pity that long-ago mistreated child. Would any of us be who we are today without the unconditional *and tangible* love and support of parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles??

[H2O Man]

31. bye-bye

[Fawke Em]

33. 77 is a far cry from the young teen depicted

I get the Trayvon Martin comparison and I think you're as sick as Manson.

FWIW, Trayvon didn't look all that much different from the first circulated picture and some when he was older. He still looks like a young kid in both.

[Javaman]

34. still crazy after all these years. nt

[Ganja Ninja]

35. Probably the only reason he's still alive today is he's in prison.

If he were on the streets he would have died long ago.