When they heard about a school shooting, the Crumbleys knew IMMEDIATELY it was their son. They had been told the day before he had searched for ammunition online in school. His mother's reaction - she sent him a text saying "LOL...Learn not to get caught."
Day of the shooting, kid drew a picture of gun w/ words "blood everywhere" & "the thoughts won't stop. Help me." Parents were called in, shown the pic & told he needed counseling. They refused to take him home & didn't tell school he'd been given a gun for Xmas & might have it.
The kid was crying out for help - screaming out for it. Note also had “my life is useless” & “the world is dead” scrawled on it.
Parents knew he was suffering & DID NOTHING. Worse - THEY BOUGHT HIM A GUN. The fact they knew instantly it was him means they knew he was capable.
They knew he was capable & THEY BOUGHT HIM A GUN. Now that he has murdered 4 innocent children & will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, what do they do? They f**king flee & abandon their son.
And they will never do any soul-searching or feel remorse for their actions in killing children & destroying their son. They are MAGA - they will say they are persecuted for supporting Trump & gun rights. They will be angry victims & never take a shred of responsibility.
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As abortion rights are poised to be taken away, it's a good time to remind you all about the genesis of the anti-abortion movement and what it was really about - racial segregation.
Yup. You heard right.
Once upon a time many Protestant Christians had no problem with abortion.
The Bible says life begins with breath and - for many Evangelical Christians - abortion was a "Catholic issue." They largely ignored the topic or, in the case of the Southern Baptists and the highly-influential magazine "Christianity Today," actually supported it in some cases.
Famous fundamentalist W.A. Criswell said: “I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person and it has always seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed.”
Once Roe v. Wade is overturned, you're going to see multiple cases of women on trial for murder following miscarriage. This is how it goes in countries that make abortion a crime.
Did you express reservations about being pregnant? Did you keep going to the gym? Did you drink alcohol when you shouldn't have? Did you refuse to quit work even tho your conservative doctor told you to? Did you drink too much coffee? Did you miss prenatal appts? Murder.
I mean, it's already happening. But after Roe v. Wade is gone, expect a huge uptick in fetal murder trials in red states. Personally, if I or my daughter were in a red state, I'd get the hell out now. bbc.com/news/world-us-…
A government and its citizens' religions should be separated, Jefferson said. The power of government should only extend to acts that hurt others.
Madison said govt sanction of a religion is a threat to religion: “Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?”
Now we know panic buttons were disabled, power to some phones had been cut & Pence & staff were locked out of offices when their access badges were disabled.
Rioters knew which windows were unreinforced & where unmarked offices were. INSIDE JOB & they were supposed to get Pence.
And they came VERY CLOSE to getting Pence, who ducked into a hideaway SECONDS before the rioters would have seen him.
Capitol officer Eugene Goodman had drawn rioters away from the chambers, giving them extra minutes. He may have saved the entire country. washingtonpost.com/politics/pence…
This coup could have succeeded. If they had taken or harmed Pence, the certification could not have happened that day. If they had killed DEM Congressmen, that would have left GOP in control of the next steps. Who doubts GOP would have re-installed Trump?
Here's a strange story to make you question whatever certainty in reality you have left.
Did you know a guy claiming to be a time traveler appeared on Internet message boards in 2000, warning of a coming US Civil War that would begin with a disputed election & mass violence?
He said America would be divided politically & see "a Waco type event every month that gets steadily worse” until erupting in large-scale violence affecting every part of the country. The US Civil War would destabilize the world & lead to a nuclear WWIII initiated by Russia.
"John Titor" claimed to be a soldier sent in 2036 on a mission back to 1975 to obtain an IBM 5100 computer. He was stopping off in 2000 for personal reasons & briefly staying with his family & 3-year-old self.
I'm incensed by anti-vaxxers & anti-maskers. We could be over this shit if they had a modicum of common sense & civic responsibility.
My daughter lost her senior year of high school, graduation ceremony, prom, first year of college. My son is now in online high school.
We were virtual hermits for a year. We still can't eat at indoor restaurants without concern. We don't go to movies or events. We're vaccinated, but I'm immunocompromised so we don't know how much protection I have even with a booster.
Their grandmother lives with us so she's another vulnerable person who may not be fully protected
They still barely see friends. My son's social anxiety was improving, but isolation for a year set him back. He's behind in online school because we weren't good on time management