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Norbert

(6,030 posts)
Sun May 20, 2018, 03:53 PM May 2018

Oliver North: Ritalin and Video Games to Blame for Santa Fe Shootings

ust two days after a young man opened fire on his classmates and teachers at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, the National Rifle Association’s incoming president, Oliver North, blamed Ritalin and a “culture of violence.”

On “Fox News Sunday,” the controversial Iran-Contra figure told host Chris Wallace that the solution for the increasing number of school shootings ― there have been 22 so far in 2018, by one count ― is not gun control.

“We’re trying like the dickens to treat the symptoms without treating the disease,” he said.

“And the disease in this case isn’t the Second Amendment. The disease is youngsters who are steeped in a culture of violence,” he said. “They’ve been drugged in many cases. Nearly all of these perpetrators are male. ... Many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten.”


Nearly every country has access to the same video games. I would assume the same holds true for ADHD drugs. So why are our schools the ones with the shootings. The same old talking points, this time coming from the treasonous bastard.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oliver-north-school-shootings_us_5b018dece4b0a046186d22be
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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. Will Kellyanne Conway scold North for politicizing another school shooting?
Sun May 20, 2018, 03:54 PM
May 2018

Or did Oliver find that sweet spot where it's okay to do that?

 

Civic Justice

(870 posts)
3. Oliver North and HIS DRUG SMUGGLING is part of what set the tone for social deterioration.
Sun May 20, 2018, 04:05 PM
May 2018

DRUGS... escalated family break down in ways that is incalculable..... Why don't this imbecile address that factor. It's typical, of his type "never wanting to take responsibility for the vile they setin motion"....
He won't and has never faced up to the damage he did to America with the saturation of drugs across this nation.

Aristus

(66,099 posts)
5. Remember Wallace Shawn in 'The Princess Bride?: "Oh, the sot hath thpoken!"
Sun May 20, 2018, 04:15 PM
May 2018

In North's case, it's: "Oh, the convicted felon hath thpoken!"

salin

(48,954 posts)
6. Hey Ollie - the 1980s are calling for you to go back to them.
Sun May 20, 2018, 04:39 PM
May 2018

It would be good for everyone if you listen.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. In 2 days he becomes an expert on what made the shooter tick.
Sun May 20, 2018, 04:49 PM
May 2018

Wow...fast work, there., Mr. Science man.

Vinca

(50,172 posts)
8. If the kid had thrown Ritalin and video games at people they'd be alive today.
Sun May 20, 2018, 05:21 PM
May 2018

Guns are to blame and nothing else. If the kid had gone in with a knife the carnage would have been a fraction of what it was. Every other country has Ritalin and video games and they don't have mass shootings every couple of weeks.

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