"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
05/25/2018 at 10:19 • Filed to: None
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"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
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School shooting at a middle school five miles from me. Suspect in custody, two in the hospital.
I don’t blame gun control inaction, because we are talking about a middle school here, unless this was a Sandy Hook type event of an older person going into a younger school (which is rare), it’s far more likely that this was a middle school kid. I don’t blame guns any more than I would blame a hammer for impacting a nail.
I’m looking primarily at the sad state of mental health in our country and specifically towards the health of our youth. Bullying is an epidemic on the same scale as opioids. And please don’t say “but Trump...” because bullying has been an issue for far longer than the past few years. School counselors are in ridiculously short supply, and access to quality mental health Care is limited.
I’ve recently read a theory that compared school shootings to riot theory. That the message/theme/import that started the riot shifts and molds as the riot continues, and eventually the rioters no longer resemble the original reason for rioting, and I wonder if that holds true.
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Regardless, I’m already praying that God helps to heal my community as we seek for answers.
Ash78, voting early and often
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/25/2018 at 10:45 |
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I’m at a loss. So here, have a somewhat related song that came out several years before Columbine.
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> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/25/2018 at 10:46 |
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Get out of here with your logic and reasonable thought process.
In reality, sorry that it has hit close to your home, and prayers to those who were involved and impacted.
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Ash78, voting early and often
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/25/2018 at 11:22 |
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Maybe as a Gen Xer I always internalize my anger and frustration. I have contemplated suicide since around age 10, but never attempted it. That’s just the direction where my mind goes. I can’t even make the leap to homicide. I’ve wanted to hit people, but never have (except self-defense). I guss the shocking part to me is people’s willingness to express their anger as violence against others. I just can’t even relate, even if the underlying anger, hate, and frustration is the same thing I once felt.
I mention the generational thing only because today, there’s this false sense of “people have all the power” due to social media and moral relativism. I want what’s best for me and you can’t tell me no. I’m perfectly fine, respect me! The rest of you are wrong.
If you believe that for long enough, you can definitely think you’re a little too special, even superhuman.