The gun crowd is willing to accept occasional civilian massacres, even of children

[michigandem58]

in deference to their true god: The Gun.

[etherealtruth]

1. Have you contacted our idiot governor ....

... regarding the legislation the lame duck session passed allowing MORE guns in MORE places in our state?

[villager]

2. Not only accept, but then snark about it on sites like this, if you dare to be appalled

n/t

[michigandem58]

3. I think the pro-gun senators ducking Sunday talk shows are posting here

It's amazing.

[Fumesucker]

4. Eh, they're just channeling Madeline Albright

[Arugula Latte]

5. I don't have many Facebook friends who are in the gun crowd

but apparently I have a few. Their posts immediately after the massacre didn't mention anything about the children or that this was a tragedy or anything along those lines. They jumped immediately to "don't blame guns" and "here come the self-righteous rants from the anti-gunners." No compassion.

[loyalsister]

7. I saw those too

Some were posted with LOLs. I unfriended a couple of people yesterday.

[ellisonz]

18. +1

I removed a couple from my friend list. I've had it with the gun scum.

[loyalsister]

6. There is definitely some truth to that

This NY Times editorial said it pretty well. This stuff isn't happening out of nowhere. We are letting it happen by refusing to adjust our values and policies to meet the risks that a culture clinging to guns and outwardly angry pose.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/opinion/why-we-let-the-school-shootings-continue.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. Americans are willing to accept frequent massacres of all types, even children,

in defense of their Gods: Entertainment & Profit.

[onehandle]

9. It's 'the cost of doing business.' nt

[pinboy3niner]

15. No, it's the price of "freedom"

Freedom is sacrosanct (except when it comes down to your uterus).

For some,"freedom" is a fluid term.

[catzies]

10. I've said since Friday: soon we'll be having these stats are part of the news every night.

It'll be a segment, like sports scores and the weather.

"Tomorrow will be partly cloudy, with a 20% chance of rain, and here's Bob with today's public shooting count."

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Not the gun crowd. We as a society have made this grand social bargain:

We get all the guns we want and we accept the occasional massacre of innocents as the price of "freedom."

[TwilightGardener]

12. Yes. They are not hugging their children a little tighter this sad

weekend. They are hugging their guns a little tighter.

[AceWheeler]

13. Collateral damage

That's how they view it.

[geomon666]

14. 100% true n/t

[Judi Lynn]

16. Well, now, as they say, "the tree of liberty" .......

Apparently everyone but the gun nuts must sacrifice, even die, if it works out that way, in order for them to feel more comfy in our country.

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Their "Tree of Liberty" appears to be both carniverous, and a vampire.

[jsr]

17. Their tree of liberty loves the blood of 6-year-olds