8 dead in SC church shooting

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(06-19-2015, 04:08 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: If this is post-racial America without gun problems, that's sad.

Not sure if I should be outraged or just accept that these occurrences are  just bound to happen here regularly.

I'm not one of those "what's become of the world" types, because I think things have been pretty lousy for a long time BUT I will say that our culture seems to be a volatile one where people are told:

#1  YOU are under attack, YOUR values/beliefs/way of life are under siege
#2  the best defense is a good offense

It almost seems like the hyperbole of our foreign policy (they hate us, they want to change us, they want to change our way of life and they can't be reasoned with so action NEEDS to be taken) has seeped into personal and domestic life.  This guy was convinced a certain group was ruining his country and his way of life and it was only going to get worse so he responded by defending his ideals via offense.

That's how I see it (in an overly-simplified way, granted).