Re. the Nashville shooting. Think about it like this, okay?
1. The location was an elementary school and youngsters were killed.
2. The school was in the South and was attached to a Presbyterian church.
3. The shooter was a trannie.
4. The shooter used an AR-15.
This morning, the AM shock jock knew ‘for a fact’ that the shooter was no doubt mentally disturbed because she wasn’t a ‘normal’ person. This schmuck is such a POS (or what we used to call a PAS in the nabes) that he was fired years ago from some news gig for sexual harassment which was long before the ‘me too’ movement appeared.
So, this guy is a real asshole, but nobody’s listening to him anyway now that the Trump campaign is beginning to bite the dust. Maybe Trump got 5,000 people at Waco, but most of them had left by the time he finished whining about whatever he’s whining about these days.
Anyway, back to Nashville where if you check off the 4 points listed above, you come up with an event which perfectly encapsulates what America is all about these days. Or at least what the 2024 Presidential campaign seems to be all about.
Trump made a big deal about how he was always ready to shoot down someone I the middle of 5th Avenue because this got him the gun vote and the white, Protestant vote, which is one and the same thing. Now with Trump’s numbers beginning to fade, those two voting blocs may be up for grabs on the GOP side.
On the other side, mass shootings, in particular shootings in schools, have an energizing impact on all kinds of liberal advocacy activities – I have already received at least a half-dozen emails and texts from the usual suspects reminding me that my donation will help develop the kinds of programs and interventions that will keep our school kids safe.
Of course, the transgender issue has a life of its own, and in certain respects the sexual orientation of Audrey Hale actually helps this community stake a claim for normalcy, as opposed to the idiotic ranting if the AM which-jock this morning about how all transgender individuals are psychologically messed up.
What’s so unusual or un-American about banging away with an AR or a semi-automatic pistol in a public space? It happens all the time. According to the Mass Shooting Tracker, there have been 5 mass shootings in the last two days, resulting in 29 dead and injured in 5 different states. So far this year there have been at least 150 mass shootings, which works out to almost 2 mass shootings every day.
But let’s not overlook the fact that as bad as those mass shooting numbers look, they’re a drop in the bucket when compared to the ‘normal’ gun violence which happens ever day. The United States racks up around 90 fatalities and serious injuries from daily shootings, almost all of which are nothing more than what the cops deal with on a regular basis in cities like Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans. New York City ‘only’ had 1,294 shootings in 2022, which is being celebrated as an impressive decline (17%) from the year before.
The media, the politicians and the so-called experts keep referring to gun violence as an ‘epidemic.’ I don’t know of a single, other epidemic which has lasted for more than twenty years.
It’s not just guns that are as American as apple pie, it’s also the violence caused by the use of guns.
Gee – that’s a tough one to figure out, right?
Mar 28, 2023 @ 21:58:29
Guns have gotten more lethal in the last half century, but taking out a half dozen or more people in a blaze of infamy seems to have been a social contagion that has grown wildly as well. Add the two up and you get a lot of dead bodies for reasons that seem illogical to the sane. As many bones as I had to pick with society in general growing up out of my misspent youth, it never occurred to me to blow anyone away. Not anyone. Including the b*st*rd who ran off with my first wife.
I looked at a picture of Audrey Hale and asked myself what the hell possesses someone like her to do that? We just don’t know but we ought to find out. Unfortunately, as the police bodycam video points out, we will never get to ask her that question.
Mar 29, 2023 @ 00:14:14
“I have already received at least a half-dozen emails and texts from the usual suspects reminding me that my donation will help develop the kinds of programs and interventions that will keep our school kids safe.”
I once heard a liberal say ‘never let a crisis go to waste’ so after we make a few donations let’s get some chocolate chip ice cream.
Follow the money.