re: How one can even start to discuss this shooting w/o accepting the following FACTS?

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So your argument is that a "rise in callousness and total disregard for human life" doesn't cause an overall rise in violence

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i have several problems with your insinuation.

first, look at the social unrest in the country. things are boiling over. especially on the west coast. crowds are violently clashing

second, violent crime in america has gone up overall. there has been a recent dip.

third, there is more violent crime when there are fewer traditional, nuclear families. this is just a demographic, statistical fact.

fourth, the point has been made in this thread that when people are inculcated with the idea that they are sophisticated skin bags of meat and water, the human being loses it's sacrosanct value. we're just being buffeted by the whims of our base, biological nature. sure i don't have the right to take life but society drove me to this point. it's not really my fault per se. it's those idiots at fox news who aren't handing out participation trophies.