Gina Jackson
@Gina_Jackson · 2:27
Another school shooting.
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Instead, it's literally thrown down the toilet and nothing good comes of it. So we need to start thinking about our political system and thinking how we can elect people who are not loyal to a specific party and that party's goals. We need to think about electing people who will make good use of our money. We have a terrible lack of access to mental health care in this country. There's no reason that should be
Theo Seibold
@Thatoneweirdo · 4:56
And I just wish that we focused more on caring for one another than kind of distancing ourselves in the sense of, oh, well, that can't happen to me, or look at that, and that's not me. I think in many ways, many of us, probably more than we may realize are one bad day away from going over to that kind of place. And it's just unfortunate that this is now our reality and there's many people who now think it's okay
phil spade
@Phil · 3:15
Yes, every time it happens we have politician or two that will slam hands down say we have to do something, but no action has really been taken. And we're at about 128 mass shootings this year alone. And I just don't know why we should expect anything different when we don't do anything. And it always surprises me because every single gun owner that I know is all about safety and is all about reforms that would make things safer. And theo do not against these
Hi, Gina. Just wanted to thank you for your swell. Could not agree with you more as a teacher. Wow. I have so much to say on the subject, but I don't want to leave you, like, a 20 minutes. Swell response, but I definitely agree. And thank you so much for your thoughts on this issue. Have a good day. Bye
Gina Jackson
@Gina_Jackson · 0:15
Acre. Thank you so much for the encouragement. Today was my first day doing this, so I was a little apprehensive. But I'm glad I took the plunge and did it, and I plan to do a bunch more. Thanks. Bye. Bye
Nikki Akparewa
@nikkiakparewa · 3:43
So then even if we're two people that look different, but we are economically in similar categories, we still fight each other, right? So we have become so divisive and there's so many reasons that we're divided. So then when we do see these kinds of things occur in society, we become absolutely numb to them. I mean, what other way can we respond to it?
Theo Seibold
@Thatoneweirdo · 4:52
And I get it as a parent, of course, but I talked to him, and he said something to me that kind of hit that previous point home, because I was like, Why didn't you say anything? And of course, the first thing as a parent is, Are you okay? And all that stuff
phil spade
@Phil · 3:34
Of course this is going to happen. It happens on both sides of the political spectrum. In my mind, we are looking for those reasons to say that it's not us that's wrong. It's not the guns. It's this reason. It's the side door. It's these testosterone pills. This is the main reason why it is. And when you see people trying to have that honest discussion, that's where the vitrol comes in. In social media, people are attacked
Theo Seibold
@Thatoneweirdo · 4:50
And there's a case, of course, now for hardened facilities. I have a cousin, and he's good people. I love the kid, but he thinks that should be something to put in place. Okay, there's a case for that if this is going to continue as it is, which apparently, unfortunately, it will. But having said that, you also have to think about the fact that intent comes into play
This person went to h*** for all eternity. F*** this person. F*** people like this person. If we got to go to civil war, then so be it. I'm not going to fight. But if it is, like, I can see why so many f****** millions of people, like online are so p***** off about this
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