Just Another Day in NRA Paradise 0
The current fad among the krool kids seems to be to take a gun to school and blow random persons to kingdom come. This is a uniquely modern and uniquely American phenomena.
Yes, there are occasional mass shootings (normally defined as shootings in which three or more persons are killed or wounded) in other countries, but nothing like what we are seeing here. When I was in school (it seems like a lifetime ago, because it was), school shooting did not happen. So what’s different now?
At Psychology Today Blogs, George Everly offers five reasons for the carnage–for carnage it is. Here are the reasons he cites as primary; follow the link for his justification for each one:
1. Predatory bullying and marginalization.
2. Weaponized social media.
3. Inadequate access to mental health services.
4. Media coverage.
5. Firearms.
In related news, the Seattle Times’s Danny Westneat wonders what this means (a snippet, emphasis added):
After the inspiring gun protests this spring, I’ve noticed something disturbing creeping in that I recognize from my own generation. There’s acceptance of our country’s insane blood rituals. There’s a realization that “This is America,” as the No. 1 song says.
“Prepare to see students rise up and be called ‘civil terrorists’ and crisis actors,” wrote Cameron Kasky, a Parkland survivor. “Prepare for the right-wing media to attack the survivors.”
It’s not the America I want or grew up in, but it’s clearly the America that someone wants, or we see more other than “thoughts and prayers” emanating from Washington, D. C.
One wonders how twisted and immoral a mind must be to consider such carnage acceptable.
