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Squinch

(50,934 posts)
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 02:48 PM Jun 2017

There have been THREE mass shootings today. I have no thoughts and prayers for the people who

created this situation.

There was another mass shooting in a UPS office in San Francisco in which (EDIT) four were killed. There was another incident of 6 shots fired outside the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.

There have been DOZENS of mass shootings every month this year. They are now so frequent that we don't even mark them anymore.

My heart breaks for the innocent victims of these shootings, but not for those who created this insane and ridiculous environment of death.

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There have been THREE mass shootings today. I have no thoughts and prayers for the people who (Original Post) Squinch Jun 2017 OP
you will go DIZZY MFM008 Jun 2017 #1
I know it. It didn't use to be like this. And I lived in New York in the 70's. This is Squinch Jun 2017 #2
Same here malaise Jun 2017 #3
I was just castigated, on Facebook, for expressing the very same opinion. Siwsan Jun 2017 #4
That's how it is going to go. When a RWNJ does it, he's a sick lone wolf. This rare event of Squinch Jun 2017 #5
It was nice to see a number of people post in my defense, though Siwsan Jun 2017 #6
Someone pointed out that the Congressman sponsored a bill Squinch Jun 2017 #7

Siwsan

(26,256 posts)
4. I was just castigated, on Facebook, for expressing the very same opinion.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:08 PM
Jun 2017

I was urged to get help by a sanctimonious and ignorant individual. I urged them to take caution, while riding on that high horse.

Squinch

(50,934 posts)
5. That's how it is going to go. When a RWNJ does it, he's a sick lone wolf. This rare event of
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:11 PM
Jun 2017

a left wing person doing it will be presented as something entirely different, and anyone who points out the inconsistency will be told they are immoral and sick.

Siwsan

(26,256 posts)
6. It was nice to see a number of people post in my defense, though
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:28 PM
Jun 2017

It is the whole 'reap what you sow' scenario, playing out in real life. It is just very difficult for me to work up a whole lot of sympathy, or to squeeze out any tears.

Squinch

(50,934 posts)
7. Someone pointed out that the Congressman sponsored a bill
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:31 PM
Jun 2017

that was being voted on today that reduced restrictions on silencers. The person said that if the Congressman's legislation was successful and this happened a few weeks later, many more could have been killed.

You just KNOW that legislation will be passed, and will result in deaths. So there is that.

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