I Think We Need to Start Showing the Carnage from these School Shootings.

[Tony_FLADEM]

I know this would be controversial but I think we need to give people a visual to associate with this crisis.

We need to start showing the raw carnage and havoc because of the AR-15 and other assault rifles.

This is the only way we will get Republicans in the Senate to stop blocking reform.

[The Blue Flower]

1. The first photos of caskets being flown home from the Iraq invasion changed the tide

I couldn't agree more. A single photo could well make the difference.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Ukraine had the courage to show pictures of their raped and murdered 3 year olds.

We must have the same courage.

Seeing the pictures of murdered children in US schools is the only thing that might work, it is much needed shock therapy. People must face the truth.

[orleans]

10. omg--thank god i didn't see that

showing photos of these slaughtered children in texas would probably be a catalyst for change in this country; i think republican politicians and nra fans should see those pictures.

and if they are ever released i hope to god i never see them.

people have talked about the emmett till photo/s -- hartmann had a caller who brought this up today and he said the general media wouldn't print/show them. jet magazine was the only publication with the courage to run them.

[Irish_Dem]

11. The pictures were awful and help swing US support.

Pictures of a pile of tiny bodies, blood coming out of various areas of their bodies.

Widespread reports of Russian soldiers raping women and children.

Americans needs to see the pictures of our murdered children. If the media won't print them go to social media, internet, buses, trains, subways, billboards.

[Lunabell]

3. It's time.

Sadly, this probably won't change a thing.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Way Ahead Of You, Friend

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216724186

[Biophilic]

5. I agree. Until the carnage becomes real we can somehow turn it off and ignore it.

We ignore it at everyone’s peril and it does a horrible disservice to the victims. We negate the horror and wrongness of their deaths.

[leftieNanner]

6. It does a disservice

to the First Responders and Medical Personnel who had to witness this carnage.

There should be photographs.

[Codifer]

7. If memory serves.

In 1969 or '70, Hustler magazine featured what they termed "The Most Obscene Photos Ever Published" which showed Viet Namese citizens in bits and pieces. The images were grotesque. I can't know what effect these might have had in terms of changing minds about that "war".

I do know that the image of the Viet Namese child, her clothing burned off, running from her napalmed village is said to have effective influence on thought of war. The horror written on her face was difficult to watch.

Another powerful image depicted the instant of the death a suspected VC by the local cop. Point blank, pistol held to his temple. Did anyone care?

Earlier, much earlier, I remember seeing a Buddhist monk immolate himself in protest of the Diems (?) in the very early '60s.

In my darkest hours, however, I suspect that some of these evil whores (russian money, delivered through the NRA by Maria Buttina in bed) in congress would probably get off on such images.

There are days when I miss alcohol.

[lapfog_1]

9. burned girl that did, indeed, help turn the tide against the war

[pnwest]

8. I agree 100%.

It can’t be glossed over any longer, with “now is not the time” bullshit so that it fades from peoples’ minds quickly and they can get back to their agenda. We all know R’s don’t give a shit unless it affects them - they aren’t trying to empathize with these parents. They need to be graphically shown with in-your-face gore, to see what these babies’ mangled and shredded bodies look like.

They have no qualms holding up graphic abortion photos, they need to be shown, no they need to ACKNOWLEDGE, the carnage an assault rifle does.

[AndyS]

12. If you have the courage and the stomach for such things

just click on the link below. Be advised that this is graphic in the most egregious sense of the word and that what you see here cannot be unseen.

One final warning. This will leave a mark on your soul.

If you dare:
https://www.google.com/search?q=gunshot+wound&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS959US959&sxsrf=ALiCzsa8aBy0W4I7t92snL58LpCN8fOENg:1653507187473&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjHtKuksvv3AhUOqFYBHauvBL8Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1163&bih=560&dpr=1.65

[Biophilic]

13. You know, actually, because these photos are anonymous they leave the save mark as those on TV.

Tell me who these people are, what happened to them, how they ended up in a photo gallery. Don't just try to over whelm me with bloody photos. That is doing a disservice to everyone. These people deserve names and descriptions of their lives. They, and the children and teachers in Texas deserve our deep respect and horror, not ghoulish displays. That is not a game I'm willing to play. Those children deserve so much more.

[Shellback Squid]

14. yes, show the result of Amercian gun culture

I've said this for years

[moonshinegnomie]

15. photos should be shown at every appearance of a republican politican

every time they walk out of their house they should be met with chants of child killer. They should neverknow a moments peice.

the same thing shoudl be done to any judge that blocks a gun control law.

were in a war,its time to start acting like it. nothing should be off teh table

[MustLoveBeagles]

16. I agree provided the victims families give their consent

[greenjar_01]

17. "We"

They're not your kids, buddy.

There is no "we."