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Post by dolem on May 25, 2022 16:39:31 GMT
Dropped my 10 year old off at school with a very heavy heart, after I told her what had happened because I'd rather she heard it from me than classmates. She's 10, they practice lockdown drills every few months. She's just a kid, it breaks my heart.
Our country is so immune to this it's sickening. Washington will do nothing, yet again, because the NRA funds all the republicans.
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Post by Pixie on May 25, 2022 16:51:26 GMT
So to my overseas friends, where's a good place to live? Totally serious. Between my reproductive rights being taken away, and if the GOP end up back in charge, Gilead isn't that far off. I feel like we may need an exit plan. What Greysfang said, Sweden is pretty easy to get in, easy to get a job if you're English-speaking and you don't need any Swedish to get around your every day life. I moved here nearly 6 years ago and I love Stockholm, but many Swedish cities are super chill and nice. Finland is also great but the language is a bitch to learn XD We were discussing this latest shooting with my colleagues today, and it seems just unbelievable to think that your kids' school is not a safe place. That you may leave them one morning only to learn later that there was a shooting and your child might be amongst the victims. I don't know how people deal with that (I don't have kids but it stresses me out anyways just thinking about it) |
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Post by dolem on May 25, 2022 17:05:22 GMT
The school district my kids are in passed capital bonds recently where they re-did the entrances to all the schools to make them more secure. You can only enter from one door, in direct view of the office. I think you actually have to go through the office to get into the school itself. So, it's much safer than it was 3 years ago when anyone could just walk right in. At the elementary school you have to ring a bell to even enter the school.
But, yeah, it's stressful and terrible to think that it could happen at your kids school. These kids in Texas were 4th graders, one of mine is 5th. They're literally the same age as her. My heart just aches for the parents.
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Post by tulip on May 25, 2022 18:00:24 GMT
We re-did all our entrances a few years ago. We have bullet proof glass in strategic places as well... but not on classroom windows. It makes me sick.
I know how to use military-grade triage supplies. I have a a kit in my room with things like bungee cords to help secure the door tighter and a small baseball bat from the Louisville Slugger factory tour that I thought might come in handy.
I have taught my students if I ever say "this is an ALICE emergency" that they are to do what I say without question. It is insanity.
I hate the world we live in right now.
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Post by Pixie on May 25, 2022 18:15:09 GMT
I have taught my students if I ever say "this is an ALICE emergency" that they are to do what I say without question. It is insanity. I hate the world we live in right now. It is madness to be living in a country that forces you to train kids for this  |
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Post by dolem on May 25, 2022 18:26:33 GMT
We re-did all our entrances a few years ago. We have bullet proof glass in strategic places as well... but not on classroom windows. It makes me sick. I know how to use military-grade triage supplies. I have a a kit in my room with things like bungee cords to help secure the door tighter and a small baseball bat from the Louisville Slugger factory tour that I thought might come in handy. I have taught my students if I ever say "this is an ALICE emergency" that they are to do what I say without question. It is insanity. I hate the world we live in right now. I think our school also has bulletproof glass on the classroom doors and the windows that open to the common areas inside the school. I'm so sorry that as an educator this is something you have to deal with. It's completely insane that we expect teachers to train our children for mass shootings. |
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Post by krisnine on May 25, 2022 18:38:40 GMT
We been discussing an opportunity in Ireland. I have to say it’s looking better and better. Anyone have any input on Ireland? I’m totally serious.
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Post by constancespry on May 25, 2022 19:45:36 GMT
I was arguing with a conservative earlier today who blamed mental illness and wealth inequality and the economy for mass shootings. I asked if unchecked gun availability isn’t the problem, why don’t other countries that have major inflation, wealth inequality, mental illness, etc. (same as the US), but restrict gun ownership, have mass shootings? Crickets…
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Post by faithanne on May 25, 2022 22:09:13 GMT
Nothing will change. There's a thread on Reddit (there always is after a big shooting) asking "What does America need to do to stop mass shootings?" and the answer from most Americans is a combination of more mental health services, more work by the FBI monitoring suspects (kind of goes against the "freedom" angle) or a host of other band-aid solutions. Yet everyone outside the US keeps saying "gun control" and Americans just shout it down, arguing it's either impossible or it's too risky for their personal safety. I guess it's hard to understand unless you live outside the gun bubble, but in most other countries with tight gun laws, we're not all sitting in our houses, shivering in terror because we don't have guns to protect us - because when the majority of the population is unarmed, you don't really think about guns, and certainly don't live in fear that some armed criminals are going to start shooting up the place. The criminals with guns shoot each other and mostly leave the rest of us alone. It probably is too late, with 400 million guns or more in the country, but until that mindset changes, nothing will be done.
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Post by dolem on May 25, 2022 23:12:52 GMT
There are a lot of people in American calling for stricter gun control. Personally I don't think anyone that isn't engaged in active combat or the police should have access to AR-15 or any other type of semi-automatic rifle. They're not for protection or hunting, they are for "sport" and killing a lot of people in a short span of time. The problem is the 2A folks that freak out if you even mention gun safety. It's insane.
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Post by beeyotch on May 25, 2022 23:43:55 GMT
Those particular 2A folks are idiots. The original purpose of the 2nd Amendment is irrelevant and obsolete now. No one is going to be able to "defend" themselves against any government agency that comes knocking at your door, Gov't will always have greater firepower. It's just some idiot redneck militia mentality now, the vocal minority Trump contingent. So stupid, but so loud.
They don't truly care about hunting/self-protection anyway, that's why they'll never admit you don't need AR-anythings.
If this keeps happening, more and more people will experience losing their kids and classmates at the hands of this madness. And when there's enough of them, or enough of them who have meaningful political influence, I hope they destroy the NRA.
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Post by constancespry on May 26, 2022 0:27:05 GMT
Latest conservative BS and deflection re. the shooting:
First, trans people and immigrants were blamed. In the immediate aftermath of ohe shooting, the Republican congressman Paul Gosar tweeted that the shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien”. His source for this lie was the rightwing social network 4Chan, which was busy circulating the picture of a transgender artist and wrongly claiming it was the shooter. (He has now deleted the tweet.)
Then the Federalist found a way to blame Ukraine for the shooting in Texas. “Sandy Hook proved the need to enhance K-12 security,” one headline blared. “Congress armed Ukraine instead.” Gold medal for mental gymnastics right there.
Then last night, Fox News, tried to shift blame on to the parents. Host Laura Ingraham strategically brought Andrew Pollack, the father of a Parkland victim who has previously argued that “guns didn’t kill my daughter, Democratic principles did,” on to her show.
“It’s the parents,” Pollack told Ingraham. “It’s your responsibility where you’re sending your children to school … You need to check where your kids go to school. You need to go back to school and see. Is there a single point of entry? Do you have guards at the school?”
He went on to suggest that it’s better for parents to take their kids out “of public school and put them in a private school because a lot of these private schools, they take security way more serious … Parents it’s your responsibility where you take your children.” Ingraham was very pleased with that analysis. “Andrew is exactly right,” she concluded.
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Post by kittylady on May 26, 2022 0:32:59 GMT
and a grand total of nothing will be done yet again. where's the prolife crowd now?Busy making sure women are being forced to breed replacements for all the kids who get murdered because of inadequate fuckwits caring more about guns than humanity. |
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Post by tulip on May 26, 2022 3:04:37 GMT
and a grand total of nothing will be done yet again. where's the prolife crowd now?Busy making sure women are being forced to breed replacements for all the kids who get murdered because of inadequate fuckwits caring more about guns than humanity. Yeah, the audacity of claiming they are pro-life when they clearly only care about controlling a woman's body makes me livid. Pro-life shouldn't just refer to a fetus, it should be about protecting all life, regardless if the human is non-white, not heterosexual, not your definition of whose life is worth saving in your eyes. One of the hardest parts of the teacher training isn't when you are working with the kids -- that is awful -- but when you are initially trained and there are fake guns and people shooting at you with fake bullets and you have to react and you pretty much realize there are so many ways your students and you can die. The NRA has such a hold on US politicians. As long as they are buying candidates, nothing will be done. |
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Post by MsDark on May 26, 2022 12:20:24 GMT
You don't even wanna know the troublesome posts and comments littering my facebook feed now.
More posts revolving around the guns (and fear of losing them) than losing more children.
But prayers. Lots and lots and lots of prayers.
I'm so fucking sick of this shit. I want some news outlet to go interview the person working at the store who sold this 18 year old CHILD weapons of this magnitude.
There are probably more regulations I have to deal with to purchase Sudafed than this dude had to go through to get these weapons in TX.
I wonder if vigilantes will ever just start setting fire to these gun warehouses and stores or the NRA headquarters?
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