Monday, January 10, 2011

Here We Go Again

I'm not going to get into a big rant about it, but I wanted to say a couple things about the Arizona shooting. This unfortunate situation is not a soapbox for:

-Liberals to denounce crazy conservatives
-Gun-control supporters to reiterate desire for stricter gun laws
-Groups like the WBC to spout more hateful "it was God's will" crap
-Anyone to say universal health care would have stopped this preemptively

I am honestly sick and tired of all the blame that gets passed around every time a horrible tragedy like this takes place.

Guess what? Even if conservatives stopped their fear-mongering, guns were outlawed, and the U.S. had completely free and universal health care (including care for mental illness), there would still be tragic disasters where unbalanced individuals heartlessly murdered as many people as possible.

So everyone needs to get over blaming those they don't agree with for incidents like this. How about we look for some positive way to make our future a little bit safer? How about for right now, until we know more about the shooter, we focus on the innocent who lost their lives? That might be nice for a change.

2 comments:

Grant said...

Just came across a Daily Show piece about the shooting. It pairs pretty well with what I said and John takes a moment to be very serious and add to my thoughts:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-10-2011/arizona-shootings-reaction

Grant said...

And in related news, here's a quote from the mother of the little girl who was killed in the shooting, “In a free society, we are going to be subjected to people like this. I prefer this to the alternative.”

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