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In reply to the discussion: I just noticed that amongst all the 'blame the parents' and 'arm the teacher' threads [View all]progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)And taught her disturbed son how to shoot. And was so paranoid about the rest of her fellow citizens, that she thought she had to be ready to shoot them if they came for her food when the economy collapsed, and taught her son the same (even though he was obviously not equipped for that kind of influence and access.) And she "battled" the schools... which she communicated to him.
I think it's okay to blame the parents, as too many American parents are so fucked up. They think that buying stuff for their kids, and raising them with violent "entertainment" and "games" while also allowing them to disappear in technology that dehumanizes, them and isolates them, is how to raise a good kid. Or they have numerous weapons in the home, unsecured.
I say it's okay to share the blame there. For the parents, for the shooters, AND for the gun mfg and lobby and the right wingers that think that it's okay for people to own 47 weapons and 100k worth of ammo in a residential neighborhood, like the guy in Indiana that was arrested for threatening to start his wife on fire, and shoot up the school nearby.