Mass shootings

[GMDino]

(02-23-2018, 12:14 PM)Wyche Wrote: Sadly, I remember days like that here.....what happened?

It would be interesting to hear what she says.

Personally I think people got further apart.  It's really just that simple.

Vocal minorities took over the national conversations.  Throw in the 70's and 80's economics and people started "hating" more.  Hating other ideas and other people.  40-50 years later we have a society that thinks force is not only the answer but that they have to be prepared to kill to defend themselves from the "other" side.

Or, as the POTUS said just today, they have to be on the "offensive" to protect themselves.

People isolate themselves from opposing views, from the neighbors, and fear and paranoia take root.  Changing your mind based on new facts is "flip flopping" and being wrong is being weak.

I'm over simplifying a deeper conversation for the sake of time and typing!  LOL!  But in general I think we've stopped having conversations and started yelling without listening.