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Idiots.
This group is comprised of members who are idiots and also share some characteristic of every known group of homo sapiens.
Those that populate this group that commit acts of violence are overly represented by young males between the ages of 19 and 28 (Timothy McVeigh was 28 at the time of the Oklahoma City Bombing) but not particularly represented by any ethnic or religious group.
This is a PSA that you may now prepare yourself to several weeks of banal comments made by reactionary and media commentators.
BeyondGeography
(39,276 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,276 posts)ananda
(28,779 posts)..
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)Well Rec'd.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)Kids killing kids.
This is the phenomenon we also need to address.
Idiot males. (You did say males & it does narrow the field--altho the girlfiend (girl fiend = typo) may be in the picture in this one). What is breeding narcissist pathological idiot boys of any culture? From Norway to Newtown...
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)"What is breeding narcissist pathological idiot boys of any culture?"
...this, will at least be considered before the forces of retribution take over.
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marions ghost
(19,841 posts)because this IS the bigger question.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...that your culture dares not ask.
How, for example, do you reconcile a system so intent on 'retribution' over analysis?
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marions ghost
(19,841 posts)I take it you are Canadian? Or at least living in Canada?
OK so, good question.
Answer: I personally don't reconcile it. I am of two families (England, Scotland) who both have been here since the Americas were conquered. But I could not be more alienated from what I see going on in this country today. There may be explanations, but there is no way to reconcile it.
I don't say the "system" itself is intent on retribution. The Corporates rule, so it is they who direct it. Fear-mongering and warring profits them. They manipulate their powers of analysis for political and profiteering ends. But there is also independent analysis. So you have to research and come to your own conclusions, if you're smart. In America, you never take anybody's word for anything. Americans of many persuasions do not trust the government to be working in their best interests. We are pitted against each other like gladiators. Everything is a fight to the death, and if you win in one battle, you just have to gear up for another. It is an oppressive time. We are witnesses to a hijacking. Average Americans are good people and we could do so much better. But greed and corruption are rampant. Capitalism trumps democracy in America. The Murdoch media rules. The Koch Bros rule. Wall Street rules. The people are wrung dry.
Downtrodden people always clamor for retribution before the facts and analysis are in. That's what happens when trust breaks down. The impatience of these times don't help.
Just my quickie answer. It's very complicated.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Of all the extremists, it had to be one of our own. Those pot smoking, bike riding, saddle wearing hippies!! I just thank god it wasn't the cheese and cracker people. That would have been the end of the world.
No, no, no, I have no idea what I am saying. I'm going to bed.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)join the NRA
ThoughtCriminal
(14,009 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Initech
(99,909 posts)No worries scro! Just sit back, relax, there's new episodes of Ow! My Balls and Keeping Up With The Kardashians coming up.