Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)

Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by curiousgal on Thursday May 26, 2022 @02:01AM (#31515165)

> If enough people actually cared about this, then you’d have people marching on the capitol, like after a certain president was not re-elected.

THANK YOU! Say what you will about those supporters but the fact they went that far to support something they believed in (albeit dumb honestly) is admirable.

Meanwhile the people with actual good values are just sharing senators' edgy tweets thinking that makes a difference.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by mulmen on Friday May 27, 2022 @07:45PM (#31536218)

There's nothing admirable about the January 6th attackers. Do you also admire the 9/11 hijackers? How about the gunman in this most recent school shooting? These are all "true believers".

Most people exist in the expansive middle ground between regurgitating Tweets and insurrection.

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