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In reply to the discussion: Michael Moore's FB comment on the UCSB shootings, [View all]malaise
(275,746 posts)60. He sure sounds fed up
because very little has changed since he addressed this topic over a decade ago.
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"..that tells young men that killing people (add "with guns") is the answer to their problems."
AlinPA
May 2014
#143
Yep, basically collective wishful thinking across the nation. It seems is just gets worse and worse,
RKP5637
May 2014
#118
I know. When that happened in Ct, I thought maybe we had finally reached a tipping point.
Chemisse
May 2014
#164
Yep Chris Martinez who was shot in the back could have responded if he had a gun
malaise
May 2014
#7
Whenever they hear about an horrid trajedy like this, their first thought is...
tofuandbeer
May 2014
#100
More---He's suggesting we all walk around our HOMES while armed! These men were roommates!
WinkyDink
May 2014
#50
They were his roommates. A knife in the back is pretty silent. Anyway, Google: "Richard Speck."
WinkyDink
May 2014
#190
How stupid. AS IF his stabbing victims had time to reach into their, what? Pockets? for a gun, aim,
WinkyDink
May 2014
#48
I have faced a crazy drug addicted ex-husband who put a sawwed off between my eyes....
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#56
I know it's a Catch-22, but I think if one is attracted to that kind of stuff, they should be
Hoyt
May 2014
#167
We have to face that we ourselves want the 2nd Amendment. But we must change it. We must.
ancianita
May 2014
#19
You know, if the gun control side (led by Mayor Bloomberg) would just STFU for awhile and quit...
LAGC
May 2014
#68
most anyone who has dared say anything, has called for very reasonable, common sense gun regulations
G_j
May 2014
#125
Well said. "--what the f--- do we expect in this country?" Indeed. In this gun culture, people seem
AlinPA
May 2014
#153
It's quite telling for a country where 20 first-graders are wantonly slaughtered...
KansDem
May 2014
#24
Well, look at the rote, defend-guns-at-all-costs lemming posts in this very thread
villager
May 2014
#76
"it can't happen to your child until it does" is what Chris Martinez's father said.
mountain grammy
May 2014
#26
Minor correction-- a rare exception to his claim 'none are committed by women'
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2014
#46
I don't care if they're male, female, or intersex. I just want progressives representing us. nt
valerief
May 2014
#199
My comment usually is - "guns don't kill people? People kill people?" Well, yes. People kill people.
calimary
May 2014
#95
For not having anything to say about, this is perhaps his most eloquent description of it
lostincalifornia
May 2014
#55
I'd be curious to know how he/she thinks the younger generation will be better.
AngryOldDem
May 2014
#186
"Nearly all of our mass shootings are by angry or disturbed white males."- whaaat?
LittleBlue
May 2014
#90
+1 Unfortunately, lots of gun fanciers are on those and other meds that can cause aggression.
Hoyt
May 2014
#122
You do get the whole "correlation doesn't equal causation" thing, right?
DeadLetterOffice
May 2014
#126
"Enjoy the rest of your day and rest assured this will all happen again very soon."
Boomerproud
May 2014
#140