Not everything is some sort of vast conspiracy. There are actually crazy people with guns running around, and given that there are more guns in American than there are AMERICANS, there being a number of them seems unsurprising.
Let's try it this way: is there any concrete reason to believe there's more to this than a "crazy guy with a gun"? Because that seems to cover what's been observed.
@mcfate no it's more I mean that we're just kind of used to it. I'm not saying there should be "more" I'm saying that it's so normal it's just sad?
I probably should rephrase what I said.
Nobody's treating this as "normal", but the fact is that the only bullets fired were fired by the Secret Service.
I have no idea what you're thinking an appropriate reaction in response might be. From where I sit, someone got caught with a sketchy gun about a third of a mile away from his intended "target".
What am I meant to do in response to this? My answer is "Nothing at all".
"Reacting" to things is the cause of a lot of the problems we see. People are "reacting" to bullshit stories about Haitians eating cats.
People need to think more and "react" less.
@mcfate you know, you have a point. I think for me it's a certain numbness to shootings in general. But also there's not overreacting, not "wanting" to feel something.
Thanks. You gave me something to think about.
The first thing to think about is whether people have an obligation to respond to events that have nothing to do with them and over which they have no control.
Me, I say they don't.