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ramapo

(4,744 posts)
2. I have no friggin' idea
Sun Sep 8, 2024, 10:38 PM
Sep 2024

People basically don't give a shit until it's their kids' school that gets shot up... and even then life goes on.

I grew up with air raid drills and the threat of nuclear war. Of course that threat remains but that's another story.

I read about lock-down and active shooter drills. I read about turning our schools into armed fortresses. Everyone seems just fine with the status quo.

Nothing changes until enough people get pissed off enough to either vote the useless assholes out of office or have sustained mass demonstrations (aka Vietnam) that force action. Mass demonstrations aren't going to happen. People can't be bothered.

Vote the assholes out? Maybe but that implies that people are truly disturbed by the endless mass killings.

The United States was just fine with a bunch of first graders getting blown apart in school. What more needs to be said.

It is a sad commentary on our society.

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