Michigan State Rep. Says ‘F*ck Your Thoughts and Prayers’ After Mass Shooting
The outraged state representative said going to school in America “means risking your life every day.”
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Yet another mass shooting.
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Most of that is complete nonsense. They're calling anything that involves more than one shooting victim a "mass shooting" and it's stupid.
Two guys that got into a fight over a drug deal that shoot each other isn't a mass shooting. But that's what they're calling it. It's ridiculous. I mean, honestly: have you seen that many covered on the news?
No. You haven't. At all. Not even close. Not even half that many.
If there were that many, believe me they would have covered each and every one of them. Not saying that half that many is good. Not saying that at all.
But drama queening by making up numbers by including shootings that aren't mass shootings is moronic and takes away from the actual problem by allowing critics to say, "you're making shit up" and being right.
Two guys that got into a fight over a drug deal that shoot each other isn't a mass shooting. But that's what they're calling it. It's ridiculous. I mean, honestly: have you seen that many covered on the news?
No. You haven't. At all. Not even close. Not even half that many.
If there were that many, believe me they would have covered each and every one of them. Not saying that half that many is good. Not saying that at all.
But drama queening by making up numbers by including shootings that aren't mass shootings is moronic and takes away from the actual problem by allowing critics to say, "you're making shit up" and being right.
When one person getting shot doesn't raise an eyebrow anymore.
Two people getting shot only touches the news for a day...
And it apparently requires at least four people to be considered "real" news.
That's a culture of de-sensitization towards gun violence, my good sir...
Two people getting shot only touches the news for a day...
And it apparently requires at least four people to be considered "real" news.
That's a culture of de-sensitization towards gun violence, my good sir...
Well, no it isn't.
What is, is calling two people getting shot a "mass shooting". That tells people right away that what they're hearing is complete bullshit. Hearing about how bad the murder rate is wakes people up. That's why we have such a cry for more comprehensive gun regulations down here.
But what kills the movement altogether is when gun rights advocates come out and prove with facts that the numbers are exhagerrated and not based in reality.
And they're right. They're not.
And people go home not knowing what to believe because once again both sides are so full of shit that the facts never come out. And THAT is what kills the movement and any hope for change.
So there's an acceptable level of gun violence in everyday America? I'm not trying to pin any one in a corner. I'm genuinely curious.
Yes. There is. There always has been until recently, and by recently I mean the last 20 to 25 years.
That begs the question. Did it becoming un-acceptable because there's so much more showing up on media or have people attitudes changed?
A bit of both, I believe.
I think the media helped to encourage the mass shootings because of the ridiculous amount of coverage. People saw that the shooters were immortalized. That emboldened a great many to go ahead and take the plunge and do it.
If it weren't for the school shootings in particular, I'd be willing to bet that we're not even having this conversation.