as someone who has survived two school shootings, the most disgusting thing about how republicans respond to school shootings is that they demand that we, the victims of their violence, don't politicize tragedy, all as they politicize the violence. in fact, the violence is political in nature because the point of terrorism is to influence how a society operates.

but we say "we would like it if as a society we did something about how many men kill our babies when they're angry that society isn't working for them because performing masculinity doesn't grant you as much access to safety as we lead young boys to believe" and they say "these things are inevitabilities of human nature."

no. they fucking aren't. they're inevitable to a conservative society that doesn't value peace, justice, and collective prosperity. but we can't fix those things as long as republicans dictate that conservatism is going great, actually

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Goddamn. Well said, and I'm so sorry you've gone through that twice wtf

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 days ago

i feel sorrier for the babies who grew up since my first school shooting, who have no memory of a time before one happened nearly every week during the school year. it makes me sad to go to the memorial of that first one, and meet people who seem genuinely confused why we set up a memorial at all because a school shooting to them is a normal fact of reality. it breaks my heart how bleak the world we've given them is. it motivates me to work with them to create a world that isn't like this