Saying a culture of constant, predictable mass shootings “can’t become the new normal” doesn’t reflect the reality that this is now a very well-established, long-lasting normal.
We have to face facts. In order to change this we have to recognize the severity of the problem.
We have to face facts. In order to change this we have to recognize the severity of the problem.
Our culture of aggrieved white men grabbing an AR-15 and killing droves of people has a long, tragic history.
This isn’t an aberration, it’s part of an ongoing project, and to cure it we have to look at how we’ve arrived here.
This isn’t an aberration, it’s part of an ongoing project, and to cure it we have to look at how we’ve arrived here.
This continued dance of throwing up our arms, saying “I can’t believe this happened here,” writing off the killers as disturbed or whatever, then a short scripted back and forth on guns that goes nowhere can’t continue.
These things don’t just happen. There are reasons.
These things don’t just happen. There are reasons.
This is now our normal. We are a society of death and violent delusion.
We don’t have to be. We can pull out of this. But continuing this tragic, awful song and dance is only going to ensure this damnable normal continues and, over time, worsens.
We don’t have to be. We can pull out of this. But continuing this tragic, awful song and dance is only going to ensure this damnable normal continues and, over time, worsens.
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