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Right wing conspiracy theorists (who seem to be always going back to the same well every time) claim that the Parkland shooting never happened and that the victims are crisis actors, conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza childishly mocks the survivors of the shooting on Twitter, and Florida Republicans find the courage and strength to stand up and declare porn a public health concern. What a joke.
On a side note, I love Philip DeFranco's no bullshit presentation. He starts the video by saying that if him calling out fucking conspiracy theorists over their bullshit makes people want to unsubscribe from his channel, then they can get the fuck out and go fuck themselves. You don't see Mark Dice or Alex Jones corralling his knuckle-dragging audience because he needs as many clicks as possible which is why they make up batshit bullshit. Funny note, Milo Yiannopolous is now the *fill-in* for Alex Jones on InfoWars. Man, oh man, he fell hard.
Comments
(Old Spike)
The pattern of school shootings + ludicrous conspiracies surrounding them is nuts. Who actually cares about a dozen Americans that you would never have known existed if they hadn't been killed? It sells advertising space though so it's a big deal I guess.
(Long Spike)
These guns have always been available (since 60's or 70's), other rifles earlier. Its only until relatively recently that these events have occured. I think to answer the question of why they occur, we must determine what has changed in our society, to the point that individuals now feel that the slaughter of kids is ok.
(Member)
I think school shootings/shootings in general, are more normalized and widely covered by the media these days. Coupled with a failed mental health system and easily attainable weapons, you have a successful chemical reaction for a moderatley violent society. Obviously, it is much much MUCH deeper than this, I personally believe that there needs to be huge mental health changes in the West.
Even in the town i'm from in Northern Ontario, large varities of the mentally ill walk around town because the health unit has thrown them out. If they had easier access to weapons I can guarentee that there would be atleast one gun related incident on an annual basis.
Not to mention that these fucked up individuals can find comfort with equally fucked up people online, that they otherwise wouldn't have had 20 years prior. Just my take.