It's one thing after another, and this is even more senseless since it was the slaughter of so many. You're right something has to be done, but like I said earlier I doubt we'll see any big changes like that with an election around the corner.
Wow this is so sad, especially after what happened yesterday ;-; and the police force is ruling this shooting as domestic terrorism too
I don't unerstand what compels someone to kill 50 people, most likely people they've never met, without hesitation.
It's ridiculous how reluctant people are to label this as an act of homophobia.What strikes me more is the shooter went to a gay club. While I would too say US's gun laws should be dealt with (and people still discussing other mass shootings like one San Bernadino), this also shows violence still going on with non-straight folks. That too I felt should be in great consideration.
God there SOMETHING bugging me about the way it was so quickly labelled as terrorism, thanks for pointing this out.Of course they're going to label it terrorism. The shooter isn't a white guy.
Disgusting. I'm in tears. When I woke up to family marking themselves as safe in Orlando, I thought to myself, "but wait no, that shooting was yesterday" and I was horrified to realize I woke up to another one. I don't care how "normal" this becomes in America, I will never see this kind of news and not be utterly devastated and horrified by it. I will not be desensitized to this senseless violence and hate.
-Source"We were in Downtown Miami, Bayside, people were playing music. And he saw two men kissing each other in front of his wife and kid and he got very angry," Mir Seddique, told NBC News on Sunday. "They were kissing each other and touching each other and he said, 'Look at that. In front of my son they are doing that.' And then we were in the men's bathroom and men were kissing each other."
Of course they're going to label it terrorism. The shooter isn't a white guy.
God I hate this country.
Being an American in America compels you to kill. I was just saying this last night to someone. Let me explain.
I'm American, but I've visited Britain and lived in Japan. Those aren't just different countries, they feel like different worlds. People there aren't (generally speaking) selfish jerks when you encounter them in public. In America it's different. Everyone is out only for themselves. Everyone this underlying mentality that makes them always afraid of losing out. Nobody has time to consider other people. We're always encouraged, from one source or another, to think we're right and not have any self-reflection. That's the American way. Never wrong in anything. Number one! I notice this mentality creeping into my own actions, too. Being in America is living in an heightened state of anxiety. We're told to fear people who are different so we buy the readily available guns to defend ourselves, thereby becoming the dangerous people that others fear. We've got no safety net to fall back on, so many of us haven't had an education worth anything, and even if you can get a job it's not going to pull you out of poverty. So we either have to be hyper-vigilant against any threat to what little we have, or we give up entirely and do stupid, risky, thoughtless, violent things because that's what we're left with as options.