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re: In your opinion, why are we having so many mass shootings?
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:45 am to swift
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:45 am to swift
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Crazy people
Easily accessible, cheap high capacity firearms
Media attention
We’ve always had crazy people.
We’ve always had easy access to cheap, high capacity firearms. I’m fact, we use to have easier access than we do now. And they were far cheaper then than they are now.
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Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:45 am to Darth_Vader
According to the Texan politicians; it's video games and the Internet.
Guns don't kill people, but virtual guns do though.
Guns don't kill people, but virtual guns do though.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:46 am to Darth_Vader
Parents aren’t spending enough quality time with their kids.
Social media has caused young people to be more impulsive and have less patience.
Too much time spent indoors.
Of course there are other factors
Social media has caused young people to be more impulsive and have less patience.
Too much time spent indoors.
Of course there are other factors
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 8:46 am
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:46 am to Darth_Vader
They used to lock up crazy people. Now we give them pills and tell them there's nothing wrong with them.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:47 am to philabuck
Just like Marilyn manson caused columbine.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:47 am to Darth_Vader
social media and news outlets can brain wash you in days.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:47 am to TheFonz
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We used to put the crazy people away in the funny farm. Now we just medicate them and let them roam free. Once their off their meds, all bets are off.
Not just that but there have been a number of anti-psychology movements that encourage "neurodiversity". Basically being mentally ill puts you in a special category because we all have to be special don't we?
The saddest part is this had been popularized by nutjobs who brought you Scientology. Sure we make fun of them today but don't think there are people listening to that and thinking "Hey, that L. Ron Hubbard guy may have been a greedy megalomaniac who started a cult but he has a point".
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 8:52 am
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:47 am to Darth_Vader
Among the factors already mentioned, I think the digitalization of our daily lives has likely contributed.
Like you said, guns aren’t new and crazy people aren’t new. But what is new is the ease with which people can internally minimize the existence of others. That rise has come as a direct result of a life spent with a screen in front of our face, adding an extra layer of disconnect between people.
When you grow up viewing humans as simply being screen names and profiles it’s a whole lot easier to ignore that they are, in fact, human beings. Which I imagine would make taking those lives a whole lot easier.
Like you said, guns aren’t new and crazy people aren’t new. But what is new is the ease with which people can internally minimize the existence of others. That rise has come as a direct result of a life spent with a screen in front of our face, adding an extra layer of disconnect between people.
When you grow up viewing humans as simply being screen names and profiles it’s a whole lot easier to ignore that they are, in fact, human beings. Which I imagine would make taking those lives a whole lot easier.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:48 am to Darth_Vader
It's the notoriety coupled with the desensitized feeling most youth have towards shootings through all the media coverage of when the events occur, plus I'll add the video game effect.
I know 99.9% can view coverage of these senseless acts and can play even violent video games and go about in peace. But, as sane folks that most are, I don't think it's possible for most of us to understand what really insane people are thinking.
I know 99.9% can view coverage of these senseless acts and can play even violent video games and go about in peace. But, as sane folks that most are, I don't think it's possible for most of us to understand what really insane people are thinking.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:48 am to Napoleon
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So I say mental illness plus social media is a big problem.
Pre 80s they had places to put the crazies.
Exactly.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:49 am to Darth_Vader
Fr33 posts this often, and it fits here
Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make weak men
Weak men make hard times
We are currently in Phase 3
Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make weak men
Weak men make hard times
We are currently in Phase 3
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:50 am to Darth_Vader
According to mayor Buttplug it’s white nationalists who are mobilized by Trump and weak gun laws. At least that’s a tweet that Ben Stiller ‘liked’
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:50 am to Darth_Vader
We’ve always had crazy, and we’ve always have guns, but what have we lost?
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:51 am to tigerdup07
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mass shootings get reported on national news more than single shootings. i'd venture to say that nola, chicago, and atlanta have lost at least 5 people in the last 2 weeks because of shootings.
This
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:51 am to Darth_Vader
The lack of Psychiatric Asylums and the deinstitutionalization in America. We treat mental illnesses like its normal and the mentality ill should be accepted by society as they are.
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 8:56 am
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:51 am to Mike da Tigah
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but what have we lost?
Humanity and common sense.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:51 am to Darth_Vader
Yeah but ever since Columbine the media has a need to plaster the shooters face, name, and his life all over the place. This makes the shooter a psuedo celebrity which is what a lot of crazies want to be. Now with the rise of social media it's far easier for said crazy to leave their mark on history
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:52 am to Pechon
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but what have we lost?
Humanity and common sense.
And added in SSRIs
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:53 am to Darth_Vader
Aside from football team disputes, there’s a lot of like minded, upstanding people here. We should build some kind of TD civil army! When the shite starts to hit the fan we assemble somewhere! 
I’m half joking
I’m half joking
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:54 am to Darth_Vader
I think the media coverage plants the idea in people's head. Depression and mass homicide are not something new. It's just in your face more now and IMO helps plant the seed for unstable people. I was at the gun range yesterday with a relative and a friend from overseas and everyone there was having a great time. When was the last time you heard of a mass shooting at a gun range?
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