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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo the media, yes the Alec Baldwin situation is very tragic....
but you should be doing what Maddow did last night...by showing this video of this Eastman conspirator ..... and then confronting every republican on the hill running for office or in office on where they stand....and holding there feet to the fire....
MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)100%
genxlib
(5,507 posts)But am I the only one that feels like we have totally lost perspective?
We lose about 100 people a day to guns in the US. It has been 6 days since that event so we have lost another 600 people.
They are all tragic.
This story should be a launching point to talk about all of them as a cancer within our culture.
Brainstormy
(2,380 posts)from ant bites. But the rich and famous get the headlines.
ShazzieB
(15,958 posts)If you just made that up, you should say so. If not....source?
billh58
(6,635 posts)https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/survival/the-deadliest-insects-in-the-world/
* Ants kill 30 people per year
https://www.oddee.com/item_98002.aspx
* There were a record number of gun violence deaths in 2020: 19,379. (Does not include suicides)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/2020-saw-more-gun-deaths-in-the-us-than-any-year-in-over-two-decades-showing-even-a-pandemic-couldnt-stop-the-violence/ar-BB1eVJGz
Brainstormy
(2,380 posts)TomSlick
(11,035 posts)The movie set accident has gotten way-on more coverage than it deserves, at the costs of coverage for significantly more important news.
BigMin28
(1,150 posts)dchill
(38,324 posts)Shermann
(7,358 posts)I hope? At the end of the day, this looks to be a tragic gun accident. With a celebrity involved.
DeeNice
(574 posts)some actual facts come out. Hours and hours of pointless speculation.
And Lauren Windsor is great!
calimary
(80,700 posts)0rganism
(23,856 posts)Hell, it's about time. What changed?
Now do the other 36000+ gun violence deaths so far this year.
Jazz Jon
(109 posts)The media is doing exactly what they are supposed to do. Their job is not to inform the public. Their job is to entertain and distract you from important things that our leaders, the oligarchs, don't want you to get involved with. Things like bills being debated in Congress.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)malaise
(267,824 posts)but is obsessed with an accidental shooting. Ah well!
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Martin68
(22,671 posts)Not only was Cheney's "accident" the result of not following hunting protocols, he didn't report it until the next day.
BidenRocks
(813 posts)I know how sloppy you are.
728? Yeah right. 44 doesn't return calls.
I am retired from IBEW 40.
A 24 yo old armorer unfamiliar with type?
You should have gone on strike!
Sign them all, take their dues and rarely put them to work.
Apologies to the true IATSE professionals.
You know what I mean. They walked off set!