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Homercles

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  1. Maybe we could change the state constitution to reflect modern ease of travel and not have them meet only on odd years? So stupid that another hundred+ year old document contributes to complete lack of change.
  2. Did this classroom not have external windows? Cops couldn’t hammer the glass out and engage from outside…or at least distract until they breached the door? So fucking stupid. I can understand a delay in a locked down school trying to find a key…so start shooting at the lock, break the glass and reach through to unlock, start shooting from outside, etc. Point being to do something…ANYTHING. I know I didn’t contribute anything new to this thread…but this one has me more pissed than anything in recent memory, even though these seem to happen every fucking week.
  3. A few years ago I was at the ROT rally, at our normal spot near a double-bended curve. A golf cart full of drunks, with a woman standing at the back, came around the first curve way too fast. When it tipped over the woman slammed her head on the pavement and was unconscious when I got there. Everyone else was standing in a circle staring at her. I pointed to someone and yelled for them to call 911, and another to stop traffic because I was trying to see if she was breathing. Both of them just looked at me with open mouths so I called 911 myself…which sucked as outside of our RV space color/number I couldn’t tell them exactly where I was so we had to wait for the roaming bicycle EMTs. Point being, I’ve seen bystander syndrome before in a serious situation BUT I DONT EXPECT IT FROM GOT DAMN COPS DURING A SCHOOL SHOOTING WHAT THE FUCK
  4. When someone shows you who they are, believe them
  5. Mental health and social media decay are prevalent globally. But school shootings are a distinctly American ‘phenomenon’.
  6. A couple websites are reporting that Daniel Defense, maker of one of the rifles used, has pulled out of the NRA convention. None of the sites are major organizations, or have documented slant, so take it for what you will. If that’s true, good.
  7. I consider that another data point where ‘good guys with guns’ is not the answer
  8. I’ll comment on it. Sounds like something his opposing party would do, and there are endless callouts that his party plays too nicely. Media criticism hasn’t seemed to hurt McConnell’s prospects too much, or Paxton’s investigations or Cruz flying off to Mexico before snowpocalypse. Fuck it, I’m all for trying something different. Hell I’m fine with trying literally anything. Even small changes continually get shot down for gun laws and other approaches to reduce this shit, so if the presiding government refuses to give even an inch…try another tactic.
  9. That is an incredible photo holy shit. What a story it tells about this ‘dialog’ is perfectly summed up in the composition…heightened by the perspective Those in Power staring down from the stage, with the cop in between Three raised arms pointing him away The pistol visible in the holster Hit Wheels looking put out Cruz staring blankly Even the look on Beto’s face as he stands expressionless Thanks for posting that
  10. I’m fine with that. They were probably too pussy to let him in otherwise.
  11. I’m def familiar with your posting history Sydney, as usually when I see you’ve replied I let an ‘awww shit here comes the truth live and in color’. You’re absolutely right it was a strategic misstep to give those clowns on the stage, Fox, the 2A nuts, etc a reason to dismiss the Beto outburst as ‘out of line’. But damn man, what we’ve been doing for decades isn’t working. Trying to play the long game, following ‘decorum’, thoughts and prayers, GoFundMe, etc. Nothing has changed. If it hurts Beto oh well, it got people talking and I bet it’ll get more airplay than just another press conference…playing the long game just lets the cycle repeat where it quickly fades from the public eye until the next time. The first black man to be elected President, who had an eight year career in the highest office, said Sandy Hook was his worst day. It makes me fucking sick. They wanted it all to calm down again so they can go about fuckin up everyone’s lives by worshipping paper that is hundreds or thousands of years old in the name of securing their voting base that’s fed lies and constant inflammatory rhetoric in the name of viewership. It’s a vicious cycle and our collective response has gone nowhere.
  12. Loudly into the microphone for all to hear, grandstanding
  13. I don’t care if it was seen in poor taste. I want more Steve Kerr, Beto, and general outrage using all avenues possible. Decorum and solemn T&P has been the runout groove on this LP for years and years now. As a parent of two elementary kids, if I was in the vicinity of that PC I can’t guarantee I wouldn’t have barged in there and started yelling. Those are the fucking people that constantly brag about making it easier to get guns, carry guns and campaign on guns…fuck them
  14. I’m sure the same people who were yelling and pounding fists at district meetings over mask mandates will smoothly pivot to outrage over our youngest, most vulnerable members of society being targeted regularly by young men at schools.
  15. Or if someone shoots up the NRA event this Friday
  16. Well Enchubben said plenty of people need to ‘take breaks’ in the DT thread but allowed that it’s a sensitive topic. Fuck that
  17. There’s probably at least one parent who dropped their kiddo off after having a rough morning…maybe the kid was dragging their feet, maybe spilled something on their clothes necessitating a change, running late, stressed out, or otherwise left the child at school under less than ideal circumstances. Now their child will never come home. That thought scares the ever living shit out of me. I just want to hug all the kids…adults are supposed to nurture and protect, not endanger them either directly or indirectly by refusing to take serious steps to prevent this. It kills me.
  18. Didn’t take long to get negged by him…come on out and post, pussy
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