Readers React to Rolling Stone Cover of Accused Boston Bomber

Written by Valerie Engler

By now, you’ve seen the cover. The July edition of Rolling Stone sports a self portrait of the accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

By now, you’ve seen the local reaction. Drug stores, like Burnsville's CVS and Walgreens, say they will not carry the magazine, in a protest of sorts.

But we want to know: Will you, personally, protest the racey editorial decision? A Nashua Patch blogger said that he intends to boycott the “advertisers of Rolling Stone magazine.”

On Thursday, we asked Inver Grove Heights residents what they thought about the magazine cover. Here's what they had to say on the Burnsville Facebook page: 

• Lauren: I say to each is own but I will not buy it. I want to read about the victims. Those are the real heroes. No need to give him more publicity.
• Amy: what right do corporations have to decide what i can be exposed to or not? It's not illegal. It should be available.
• Rob: Poor choice in photo, I would prefer a photo of him in prison garb...
• RoxAnne: I think the photo is terrifying in the sense that he looks like a normal average kid. He doesn't "look" the way a terrorist should look. Makes one come to terms with their own stereotypes and prejudices.

Do you have an opinion about the cover? Will you stop buying the magazine? Will you stop going to the stores that sell it? 

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