Re: the school shooting in Madison, WI

[raccoon]

It's sure a good thing it wasn't another CEO that was murdered.

[arthritisR_US]

1. You can't be serious or even kidding, I hope.

[raccoon]

2. Did you not see the sarcasm emojis in the post!!

[arthritisR_US]

3. I saw them but the post made me want to vomit.

[riversedge]

8. And the msm will forget about the killings in a day or so.

[Skittles]

4. WTF

NONE of this is funny

[IzzaNuDay]

5. No it is not funny but it does give a moment to think

these children and the school will long be forgotten. OTOH, Brian Thompson’s name will be repeated ad nauseum. That is what makes me physically ill.

[Skittles]

7. I hear the psycho killer's name more than I hear of Thompson

SERIOUSLY

[arthritisR_US]

6. That was my feeling too.

[Scrivener7]

9. I don't think it's meant to be funny. It makes a very important point.

For decades, when it has been school children, we've refused to even look at the problem. This school shooting is just one of thousands and will be out of the news in two days. But after one CEO was killed and insurance companies were threatened, there sure was a big outcry. One we haven't heard after one of our almost daily school shootings in decades.

The public reaction to the shootings is just as disgusting as the shootings themselves. Because in so many ways it values one group more than another. Dead school children are less worthy of remark than a CEO. Gun profits are worth more than all of us.

And, STILL, nothing will be done.

[arthritisR_US]

11. You have a really valid point, TY mate👍🏼

[raccoon]

12. Thank you. That's what I intended to convey.

What I was trying to say is that our society, for the most part, made a great big deal over a CEO being murdered. Acted like it was tearing the social fabric.

But a school shooting....nothing said about even TALKING about changing gun laws, how awful it is our kids have do deal with these atrocities, have to have school shooting drills. It's like, just another day, another school shooting, thoughts and prayers.

Nothing will be done about it.

[Paladin]

13. "Nothing will be done about it."

Sad but true.

[Scrivener7]

14. I'm retired now, but I worked in schools for years, and had to watch the 5 year olds

doing the lockdown drills.

My twin niece and nephew were in the first grade in the OTHER school near Sandy Hook when that shooting happened. We had a horrible hour figuring out that their school was NOT the one where the massacre took place. Even so, some of their T-ball buddies were among the dead.

Their T-ball buddies. Sit with that.

And no laws changed. And there were people on DU and elsewhere gleefully arguing that "It's not a clip, it's a magazine" and "Where are the mental health professionals??1?"

Last week there were a lot of posts where people in the insurance industry were expressing anger that no one was taking the danger to them seriously enough.

I have to say, that infuriated me.

[arthritisR_US]

10. My feelings as well.