Sunday, December 16, 2012
Top Five Stupid Reactions to Recent Event
A recent shooting in a Connecticut school has left an open void for any and all opinions no matter how relevant or irrelevant they may be. Rather than the focus being on the families and their loss. Or valid views on whether or not there is a way to prevent something like this from happening again, it has become a way for people to hear themselves speak.
This week stupidity abounds and although I had already decided not to put my two cents worth in on this I have decided to post the top five stupidest things I have heard in reference to what has become the topic of the week instead of the tragedy it is.
5. It was the mothers fault (in reference to the gunman), and she should have had him committed long ago.
(A comment I saw on facebook. This is america, land of the free and as far as I know we don't have the power to have someone else committed.)
4. If teachers carried guns this wouldn't have happened.
(An image I saw on another social network. Just what we need teachers walking around with guns in our schools.)
3. Americans hold on to tight to their outdated constitution, guns should be outlawed.
(A comment from a Canadian left on a blog discussing the gun rights issue this tragedy has brought up. Only someone that isn't from the U.S. could take our constitution so lightly.)
2. Obama will use this as an excuse to take our guns away.
(I've seen this one in a few places, same thing that's said anytime there is a shooting. Of course there has yet to be any proof of this.)
1. We've systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that schools have become a place for carnage.
( Mike Hukabees opinion stated to Fox News. Go figure, personally I don't see how this created or solves the problem, or what it has to do with a crazy person walking into a school that he was not a part of.)
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Everyone has an opinion it's true and despite how inane some may be I think it's a good sign that people are so horrified by what happened that it's all they are talking about. It means things like this are so rare that it still shocks people, it has not become common place like gang shootings have. Because of this people try to figure out why something like this could happen and they throw out any possibilities that come to mind without thinking it through.
ReplyDeleteI suppose this is true. Although it often seems as though people just need to hear their own voices to get their own opinions in and usually even before the full facts are available.
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