calimary
calimary's JournalGood idea. And let's call this what it is. DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
A little accountability. There should be a price to pay for being part of an organization that defends, protects, and furthers the agendas of domestic terrorists. This shooter today was every bit as much of a terrorist as any al Qaeda nutcase. Look at the way he destroyed lives and destabilized a whole community - and the ripple effect from it that threw this whole country into agony and horror.
It's just mind-numbing, isn't it! Senseless and completely numbing.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so sorry... what a heavy day. It's all the more painful when you're a parent and you realize that your little one is only three years younger than the youngest victims of the latest domestic terrorist.
Much sympathy and solace to you, Barack_America. One thing that sure helped me when my mom died several years ago, was what you've just done, yourself. You've posted about this on DU. Let DU buoy you up. Many shoulders here to help you carry your burdens and get through it. Besides, we're ALL kind of in mourning today.
No kidding. I mean - don't we baby-proof our homes when a new baby is due?
Don't we pack all the crystal away, plug the electric sockets, pad the sharp corners of coffee tables and counter tops, take away all the things on which they might choke or strangle, put a gate up for awhile to keep the baby from somehow crawling away? I mean - you don't leave chemical cleansers and scouring powder and bug killer and rat poison under the sink, within easy reach of a toddler who knows how to open cabinets under the sink, do you? And you don't leave a straight-edge razor on the table where the baby can reach, or uses to hoist him/herself up to standing position - the way our daughter did when she was still crawling and trying desperately to stand up.
WHY???? WHY would one feel a need to keep a bunch of guns around - when there's a 20-year-old, mentally unstable individual who's able to drive and otherwise get around freely by himself? Obviously this 20-year-old was not confined or otherwise prevented from leaving the house. WHY???????? What on Earth was she thinking???????
And broken clocks are correct twice a day. And I'm sure there's a room in Hell that's a deep freeze.
Maybe something's starting, though. Maybe we've reached some sort of critical mass? I'm actually kinda glad to see this. Just hope what's fired up at the moment - doesn't fade.
That's all too often what our side tends to do, though. Make some inroads. Then assume the problem's solved, and it's time to roll over and go back to sleep. UNFORTUNATELY, that's the moment when the opposition is up, and dressed, and out the door - hellbent on overturning or dismantling whatever gains we just made. While we have our nice nap...
THAT is a good idea, too. Attack ALL sides of this - FROM all sides!!!
And if Anonymous takes care of it, so much the better. Seems Anonymous might be the great leveler.
Welcome to DU, Justin_Beach.
Um...could I add that the MOM of that gunman was probably quite a law-abiding citizen. And those guns were hers. Obtained legally. WHY THE HELL SHOULD SHE HAVE HAD GUNS IN HER HOME, WHEN SHE LIVED WITH A MENTALLY-UNSTABLE FAMILY MEMBER - IN THAT SAME HOME???????????
I mourn her murder, too. But Jesus, Mary, and Joseph - WHY on God's Green Earth should someone like her be allowed to have a bunch of guns in her home, when she lived with a mentally unstable family member?????? WHY is that allowed??????????
Glad you're here. Good point you made.
I remember when John Lennon was shot by that nutcase "fan" mark david chapman. We just passed that assassination anniversary six days ago. That was in 1980. ronald reagan had just been elected, and as President-Elect, he was asked to comment. He blathered some mealy-mouthed crap about how it was a tragedy what happened to John Lennon, but God Forbid we be prevented from having our precious fucking guns!!! Ironically, it was the following March when reagan, himself, was shot by some nutcase, and was almost killed.
It's JUST. GOT. TO. STOP. Paraphrasing a famous quote - at long last, have WE no decency????????
Kicking. And I have a question.
Is there, or was there, any law on the books in Connecticut - or elsewhere - that prohibits gun ownership in the home where a mentally unstable person lives?
I mourn the death of the mother of that gunman. But seriously - somebody's gotta ask this. What on God's Green Earth was she doing with guns in the house?????? With a mentally-unstable son living there? WHAT WAS SHE THINKING???????
Isn't that something we can do? Isn't THAT a law or a restriction we should at least look at??????????????????
This is just dizzying in its wretchedness!!!!
We all need to see something DONE about this. NOW. Not some vague time later after the dust has settled and people go back to their lives and forget their outrage, anger, and zeal to make changes. NOW. When emotions ARE high, and can fuel more action for the greater good. When it's fresh in the mind, and MOST painful and unendurable. NOW.
This is a good idea here, by DUer KoKo:
http://election.democraticunderground.com/10021981595#post30Let's start labeling them DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. And what they're protecting and fighting to preserve is nothing more than DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Cosmetics are disproportionately important in this country. So let's make them look BAD. This is one good approach. Let's have more - and put them all into place at the same time.
I sometimes feel as though we liberals and progressives and reasonable human beings are like a community living at the foot of a large levee. The bad guys who want to assert their dominance and remake our country according to their own putrid little worldview are like a bunch of kkkarl roves with drills, who go around drilling hundreds of holes in the levee - so many that we good guys are frantic, running around, trying to keep up with it, trying to get ahead of it, trying to plug all the holes, while dozens more are drilled all around us and we are overwhelmed.
WELL... imagine turning the tables. Letting the bad guys feel what it's like to scramble desperately, trying to block up all the holes that they continue to drill in the walls of the levee, seemingly every minute on the minute. How 'bout turning the tables. Make THEM scramble. Make THEM desperate. Make THEM struggle - against an UNSTOPPABLE oncoming tsunami.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!
That's a GREAT one, KoKo!
FRAME THEM. Put THEM on defense. Make THEM stammer and hem and haw - makes 'em look even more guilty. WE decide what they're called and who they really are, and WE SAY SO OUT LOUD AND REPEATEDLY. Put it on OUR terms. With OUR language. So WE define, or begin to re-define what they are - according to how WE see it.
Domestic terrorism. Domestic terrorists. I LIKE IT! But then again, that's what this is, and what they are.
NRA - WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS?????? WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING DOMESTIC TERRORISM, AND GIVING IT COVER AND LEGITIMACY?????
Welcome to DU, Shivering Jemmy! I like this one!
I like shaming. And I like hounding. Glad you're here! This might be one interesting and potentially-effective approach. But we need MULTIPLE approaches - hitting them at the same time.
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