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08-05-2019, 03:56 PM #26
Re: Recent Mass Shootings
While I agree it starts at home, the schools have a responsibility to pinpoint and help these kids. They see more than mom and dad sometime. If these kids have a typical family ,both mom and dad work. So the teachers and counselors see our kids more than we do.
The biggest thing parents can do is stop with the “ Not my kid “ shit. If your kid acts strange , out of sorts ...talk to them. If that doesn’t help get them help. Politics shouldn’t play a part in our kids /citizens mental health. It’s basic human nature to care about another human. We add the societal bullshit to it.
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Problem is, the parenting nowadays makes it difficult for schools to do ANYTHING. The not my kid shit has forced schools to treat kids differently. Last year my daughter had a kid in her class that is a real troublemaker, he hit the teacher one day, and the rules state she can't touch him. She has to call the principle and wait for them to get there. Well that happened, Mom was called, the kid was hugged by Mom with no punishment and back at school the next day.
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08-05-2019, 04:03 PM #28
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Here’s something else. It’s easy to say it’s because of the change / lack of the “traditional American family” or say we need church and other things like in the 50’s. Or it’s their “environment “ that makes these kids do this.
Really?? Last I checked almost 100% of the people doing “mass shootings” in this country are Middle Class White People /kids. Most have a “traditional” home life I.e. mom and dad. Maybe they go to church maybe not. But that ain’t the answer. Believe me.
Kids from a violent / shitty environment and grow up with Broken homes aren’t doing this shit. Their too busy using drugs to kill random people at a mall , night club or concert. Or school for that matter.
Shit maybe this kid in Ohio was an Alter boy who was molested by a Priest? Where’s the church there?
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08-05-2019, 04:04 PM #29
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The point is that most of the statistics you see on the "ones you think about" as mass shootings in the US are exactly like the ones you described... family disputes, standoffs, things of that nature... our numbers are padded exactly like that as well. There has been what? 5-7 mass shootings this year that actually made the news? But then you see the media's figure and they state that there has been 250... that's insane. That would mean that there is a mass shooting every single day and some days two, and nobody ever questions that... the truth is we've had a handful, and were a nation of about 350mil people... That's about 73% of the entire population of the EU... Basically, if you removed France and Belgium, we'd have the same population. On top of which, a VAST majority of the EU has very very strict gun control laws, and yet your shooting statistics are nearly the same across the board... In the US, it's NOT like everyone can get a gun like you hear on the news. In fact, every time the news in the US tries to show how easy it is, this happens: https://www.dailywire.com/news/21897...-ryan-saavedra
The other thing that stands out is that it IS true that you have less... but the ones you have are SO much worse. France & Belgium themselves in the last 5 years have nearly as many fatalities from gun violence via mass shooting than the US! The reason? Because when it happens in the EU, your only option is to be a victim and hide. In the US, the police dispatch most of the shooters... but a large percent are taken out by citizens."Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." -Margaret Mead
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08-05-2019, 04:05 PM #30
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Re: Recent Mass Shootings
Relax Lax, I know your hostile to religion/God and frankly I'm not up for the debate there today.
So I'll say that in regards to living a middle class life, like having some life with no struggle makes everyone want to live.... I'd say check out affluenza. Or check out this real quick.
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08-05-2019, 04:09 PM #32Hall Of Fame Poster
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08-05-2019, 04:10 PM #33
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I’m not bashing Religion. That’s actually the founding formula for any 12 step program. I’m just trying to point out that you and Rav make it sound like the shooters here are “inner city kids with no hope” there not. Most are middle class white kids.
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08-05-2019, 04:16 PM #35
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That’s part of the problem. We have to shake the “ not my kid “ montra. It is your kid. So what. Get him/ her the help they need. That doesn’t make you a bad parent or them a bad kid.
We live in one of the most developed nations in the world and the answer to every problem is “make tougher or more laws “. Nope! How bout we look at the cause of these problems and work towards a solution.
We can put men on the moon but we can’t treat mental illness???? Holy shit.
Why are we so fragile as a society that just because little Johnny isn’t like Blake or Bruce or whoever that we have to deny it? So your kid has special needs. So what? I would think if you truly loved them you’d want them to get all the help they can.
** not meaning you per se in any comment. **
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08-05-2019, 04:17 PM #36
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