The Pulse Shooting

[earcutter]

... another 50 gunned down. Over 50 in hospital, many in critical condition. Sigh. RIP.

When did we start hating each other so much? You can hate on gays all you want, but these are still Americans! Our countrymen. The Lt. Gov. of Texas decided that a tweet stating, "You reap what you sow" was appropriate. So be darned that these are our brothers and sisters. They are the wrong kind and as such, deserved what they had coming.

When did we start hating our differences so much?


Remember not to make this about 2A or gun ownership or this thread will be closed down, and really... who cares anymore? This is about intolerance, and our love and embracing of hate .

[gflight]

Politicians and news media live off of hate and people will always have their biases. Humans have hated one another since the beginning and will continue to do so.

Have a great day...

[Geezer]

Personal opinion... The media thrives on bad stuff, the TV shows pander to it, and the system is whacked!
Where do morals/ethics come from if not in the home? TV of course, Reality shows, Superstars at play, Poor downtrodden have-nots glorified...Bigotry from the religious and political leaders, Too many people in too little space.
Just my opinion.
~Richard
I'm adding that the Fanatic religionists/ bigots can find much support in their hate from those who will profit by it.
The talking heads must be given material to give us "news" 24/7/365!

[earcutter]

Personal opinion... The media thrives on bad stuff, the TV shows pander to it, and the system is whacked!
Where do morals/ethics come from if not in the home? TV of course, Reality shows, Superstars at play, Poor downtrodden have-nots glorified...Too many people in too little space.
Just my opinion.
~Richard

Yes, but note too that Gandhi and his followers came out of one of the most populous places on earth.

[tintin]

the world would be a better place if we didn't know what was going on all the time. the correlation between overly covered news events has been shown to bring an increase in such copy-cat events as well as numbing us to the shock and outrage of such. JMHO

[Bruno]

the world would be a better place if we didn't know what was going on all the time. the correlation between overly covered news events has been shown to bring an increase in such copy-cat events as well as numbing us to the shock and outrage of such. JMHO

An interesting issue I've read about recently is that the numbers are sensationalized, and every next wackadoodle is apparently trying to one-up the previous one.

[Suticat]

Politicians and news media live off of hate and people will always have their biases. Humans have hated one another since the beginning and will continue to do so.

Have a great day...

Yep, my wife used to work at a newspaper. In sales not as a reporter. The core of the news is a business to generate moneys. People want paid to do their jobs. Rule number one within reporter culture is that sensationalism sells. Big flashy bold headlines to get you sucked in. It's not a myth is a fact. Then they hide behind the First Amendment even if they get the story wrong. Then they bury the retraction in a section that no-one reads weeks later. Accuracy is not the primary for these guys. They are hungry and want paid pure and simple. Additionally most newspapers are intentionally written at a 6th grade level. Dumbing down the story even further.

With that in mind, is it any wonder we think the world is full of hate when thats all we see in our news? So many more good deeds go unreported because they are not profitable.

[FAL]

Boy, that is true Suticat, one has to Look for the Good like you say, yes there is a lot of good in the world, it just gets walked on by Evil and stomped into obscurity most times.

Media Certainly Loves SHOCK VALUE.

[mglindo]

More Free stuff! Free food, (EBT cards), Free housing, Free utilities, Free cell phones, Free everything! Just give up your rights and we will take care of you! So say our benevolent government! Bah humbug. Since when has work been a dirty word, and supporting yourself means going to the welfare office? Made up numbers by the government of jobs created, and made up unemployment numbers. More people out of work and more time to stir up trouble and get in trouble! No respect for self, property, and others! No respect of law and order! Fractured families with fathers and/or mothers missing or in prison! Open borders with our public officials in open defiance of of our laws. Sanctuary cities openly ignoring Federal Law! No wonder the public break laws when they see our public officials breaking laws and not suffering the consequences! Did I miss anything? What a sad sad country this is becoming. Lock and load and keep your powder dry.


Just curious here, I wonder if this nightclub was a, "gun free" zone? So sad for all those people killed and those injured. And their families too. This incident will be used by the anti-gun people to, "do their thing", no doubt!


Mike

[tcrideshd]

Very sad, and your right the anti,s will be out in force, but will not say that one man carrying legal could have shut this down. We do life in a world that hates, I admit to being very intolerant myself, we life n a time where all we hear is the bad. God help us. Tc