Gun People / Gun Haters

[Alawen]

Originally Posted by Tarathiel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what a callous and fucked up thing to say. i can fucking guarantee if that was your son/daughter/niece/nephew that was killed yesterday you be singing a different tune. do the world a favor and just stfu you ignorant bitter fuck

Why is it not callous that you don't mourn the children who die every day? Was it your son/daughter/niece/nephew that was killed yesterday? What makes me ignorant or bitter? Is it because I realize that tragedy happens every day and that the wars we manufacture as a nation play a large part in those tragedies?

I am seriously confused. More children died from malnutrition and starvation in Sub-Saharan Africa yesterday. Is it proximity? Is it tribal? Is it race? Is it the suddenness of death? Is it because we think America is safe?

Why are the children who were shot so noteworthy?

[Alawen]

Originally Posted by Itap [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm pretty sure the murder of 20 innocent 6 year olds is a good enough reason to mourn, whether it was covered by the media or not.

I'm going to go ahead and guess you're not a parent. Fcking douchebag

Why do we not have this eruption of collective empathy when children are killed by our war machine in Afghanistan? Why do we not mourn children who die in Palestine? Why are starting children in Sub-Saharan Africa not worthy of our attention?

How does it make me a Fcking douchebag [sic] to ask these questions? What makes those children special? Is it because they're American children?

[Charlton Heston]

Yes, God Bless America and the Bill of Rights

[Alawen]

Never mind, my sister just explained it to me. It's because all of you internalize this, thinking about yourselves. You think of your own children and your own schools. You don't give a fuck about the spindly brown children who live in the desert because they don't make you think of yourselves.

This is not actual empathy, it's fear for your own safety. You're actually selfish fucks pretending to give a shit about someone else.

[Tarathiel]

Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why is it not callous that you don't mourn the children who die every day? Was it your son/daughter/niece/nephew that was killed yesterday? What makes me ignorant or bitter? Is it because I realize that tragedy happens every day and that the wars we manufacture as a nation play a large part in those tragedies?

I am seriously confused. More children died from malnutrition and starvation in Sub-Saharan Africa yesterday. Is it proximity? Is it tribal? Is it race? Is it the suddenness of death? Is it because we think America is safe?

Why are the children who were shot so noteworthy?

are you so thick headed that you cant empathize with children who died without turning it into pissing match about politics? obviously people die everyday, but just because a person can empathize with one group of people who died does not automatically mean they are just ignoring another group of people who died. your absolutely right about one thing tho, tragedy's do happen everyday, and unfortunately as long with the world is filled with apathetic, heartless fucks like you they will continue to happen and nothing will ever be done about it

[Daldolma]

I, for one, never mourn the violent deaths of children until placing them into a proper historical and global context.

Americans empathize more deeply with other Americans in a more similar station in life. Intentional mass murder strikes a different chord than unintended and/or non-violent death. HTH.

[Itap]

Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why do we not have this eruption of collective empathy when children are killed by our war machine in Afghanistan? Why do we not mourn children who die in Palestine? Why are starting children in Sub-Saharan Africa not worthy of our attention?

How does it make me a Fcking douchebag [sic] to ask these questions? What makes those children special? Is it because they're American children?

Why are you being so obtuse? Why do you assume that we do not mourn the loss of all children?

[Thulack]

Never seen anyone go and stab 28 people to death..... just saying...

[Itap]

Originally Posted by Alawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Never mind, my sister just explained it to me. It's because all of you internalize this, thinking about yourselves. You think of your own children and your own schools. You don't give a fuck about the spindly brown children who live in the desert because they don't make you think of yourselves.

This is not actual empathy, it's fear for your own safety. You're actually selfish fucks pretending to give a shit about someone else.

Do you actually know the definition of the word empathy?

[Charlton Heston]

Originally Posted by Thulack [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Never seen anyone go and stab 28 people to death..... just saying...

Basically 911 bro