Current Affairs The " another shooting in America " thread
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Mountfield1985
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Not sure it's worth trying to understand the logic behind it mate.
If you oppress any section of society, if police officers are executing them in the street, there is always going to be a violent reaction. That doesn't mean that the perpetrators have any just cause, or that their actions say anything about their communities or the Black Lives Matter movement. These people are mentally unstable, furious and crucially, have access to guns. It's pretty much inevitable.
Access to high power high volocity weapons
TheFinnFan
Finners
What a mess.
Lets see what Obama says about this one
Lets see what Obama says about this one
until laser guns are made available to the general public, this will continue unfortunately
And that's just the Police
You crazy hipster
Just think though, if every civilian was armed with a tactical nuclear weapon, this would never have happened.
Arm the nation!
FBI furiously looking for links to ISIS no doubt.
And the Orlando shootings gets pushed back into just another statistic,when was that, 3 weeks back ? ,just like Sandy hook before it ,and sadly the next shooting is not far away either.
Obama I feel sorry for, he gets rolled out to make a statement and it becomes more increasingly like a statement with resignation ,like the battle to control guns has been lost for good.
Obama I feel sorry for, he gets rolled out to make a statement and it becomes more increasingly like a statement with resignation ,like the battle to control guns has been lost for good.
The following words are from a man I regard as my true sensei, who puts his considerable intellect to the task and shines the light on the essence of the problem we share. If you think this is an American problem alone, you need to learn how to pay attention and learn. Trust no longer exists in this world, and it may be a long time before it will return. I believe that what is described below as trust and legitimacy was best described by the Chinese as the "mandate of heaven."
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The security system of America is trust, which manifests itself in legitimacy which in turn makes it possible to govern a huge nation largely on consent. The mistake was to believe it was possible to play the identity card endlessly, to set one against another, to destroy trust -- without consequences.
The public is suddenly face to face with the realization that the solid status quo is a fragile facade that might at any moment dissolve into something unrecognizable. It's a veneer masking a crumbling structure. Donald and Hillary are not freaks. They are monsters from our Id. If any proof were needed that the discontent sweeping Europe and the United States is all too real, that the can has reached the end of the road, it may be provided in the next few weeks.
Dallas leaves the Narrative with no place to go. What'll it be? Withdraw the police from the streets? Crack down on the usual suspects? Announce this was the work of that Jayvee team, ISIS? Close the borders? Confiscate the guns? Call in the FBI?
Or maybe we can listen to another speech about how hatred is on it's last legs? There's nowhere to turn without admitting failure. Or perhaps we can just change the subject and talk about the war on women and Christian hatred? What'll it be? It's always worked before, maybe it'll work again.
For once the Narrative will find this can't be spun though it will try, this time in the growing realization that lies may only make it worse, as the former lies have worsened things till now. The root of discontent run deep. The status quo has been living on borrowed money and borrowed truth.
It is now living on borrowed time.
Denial will no longer work. That is the single most important thing to understand.
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The security system of America is trust, which manifests itself in legitimacy which in turn makes it possible to govern a huge nation largely on consent. The mistake was to believe it was possible to play the identity card endlessly, to set one against another, to destroy trust -- without consequences.
The public is suddenly face to face with the realization that the solid status quo is a fragile facade that might at any moment dissolve into something unrecognizable. It's a veneer masking a crumbling structure. Donald and Hillary are not freaks. They are monsters from our Id. If any proof were needed that the discontent sweeping Europe and the United States is all too real, that the can has reached the end of the road, it may be provided in the next few weeks.
Dallas leaves the Narrative with no place to go. What'll it be? Withdraw the police from the streets? Crack down on the usual suspects? Announce this was the work of that Jayvee team, ISIS? Close the borders? Confiscate the guns? Call in the FBI?
Or maybe we can listen to another speech about how hatred is on it's last legs? There's nowhere to turn without admitting failure. Or perhaps we can just change the subject and talk about the war on women and Christian hatred? What'll it be? It's always worked before, maybe it'll work again.
For once the Narrative will find this can't be spun though it will try, this time in the growing realization that lies may only make it worse, as the former lies have worsened things till now. The root of discontent run deep. The status quo has been living on borrowed money and borrowed truth.
It is now living on borrowed time.
Denial will no longer work. That is the single most important thing to understand.
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