Mass shootings

[Belsnickel]

(02-15-2018, 12:49 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I'll admit I've been pretty lazy as of late.  I used to enjoy a reasonable political debate, but things have just become so insane that I can't quite wrap my head around it, other than to shroud myself in a cloak of cynical mockery.  In my defense, I'm just pretending our current political course of action makes sense, so if it comes off as total nonsense, that's the fault of the powers that be...or something.

We can debate the latest shootings, but the point is even  the political party that blames mental illness for shootings made it easier for mentally ill people to buy guns.  This stuff is beyond insane, but I don't mean to derail any real discussion people want to have.  I'm not blaming you guys for wanting to discuss it (I like discussing stuff, for the most part too), I'm just pointing out how utterly hopeless this particular situation is.

I stand by my actual serious assertion that we should treat citizens who die in this manner with a respect and honor similar to what we bestow upon those who die in combat. This is dying to preserve our freedoms.

I get it, more than you may realize. People react to this sort of environment in different ways and I'm not going to make value judgements on that. How I have been reacting, which has been mostly engaging more in the conversation, being more active in my participation in our democracy, searching for policy solutions, etc., is not what most, or even many, people would do. I may have a breaking point down the road when I see it as hopeless, I'm just not there at this point in time.