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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 02:42 PM Jun 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to militarize schools. Well, jeez. Why not the whole country?

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina wants to turn America’s schools into battlefields to protect children and teachers from shooters.

Graham’s idea is to mobilize retired and former military service members “to go through school security training and become available to school districts throughout the country.”

OK. Militarizing classrooms is one way of trying to protect students and teachers.

But if that’s the only proposal coming from Republicans to deal with mass shootings and gun violence, then they better be ready to militarize the entire country.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-lindsey-graham-wants-militarize-223635171.html

Did someone call Lindsey a sissy again?

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Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to militarize schools. Well, jeez. Why not the whole country? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Yes. It would be so much better Turbineguy Jun 2022 #1
Poor Lindsey, he "cain't hep" it. (Thank you, Ann Richards) Frustratedlady Jun 2022 #2
let's see how brave this traitor is in a real crisis situation. Have him show up with one of his samsingh Jun 2022 #3
And, guess what? More guns to sell for a whole new market. What a poorly thought out plan. SWBTATTReg Jun 2022 #4
Or, you could fix the problem. Beartracks Jun 2022 #5
Tops market in Buffalo had an armed guard. wnylib Jun 2022 #6
Teachers will have to promise not to shoot each other or the children. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #7
The Repubs will gladly spend tax money on feeding their donors, like NRA and gun sellers, RicROC Jun 2022 #8
Shut up, Missy Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 #9

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Poor Lindsey, he "cain't hep" it. (Thank you, Ann Richards)
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 02:53 PM
Jun 2022

It's the Republicans that are into militias, mutinies and coups. If they were so eager to do battle on Jan. 6th, assign them to a schoolhouse and let them stand guard.

I'd almost guarantee you that when they got one look at some nut coming at them with an AR15 or their ilk, they'd wet their pants as they passed out on the playground from fright. Lindsey, I'm sure you can understand that!



samsingh

(17,571 posts)
3. let's see how brave this traitor is in a real crisis situation. Have him show up with one of his
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 02:56 PM
Jun 2022

guns in the next gun attack which will be happening anyday.

he should show us how its done.

coward, imbecile, traitor.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
4. And, guess what? More guns to sell for a whole new market. What a poorly thought out plan.
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 03:28 PM
Jun 2022

He's just mouthing off as the dumb s**t politician that he is, w/o thought to how to implement the plan, pay for the plan, etc., let alone allowing in yet even more guns, into the hands of yet even more people by the 10s of thousands, perhaps more, plus the danger of the kids accidently getting into the guns (or heaven forbid, deliberately).

I thought that their motto was 'don't politicize the issue' and here they are already, running their mouths off.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
5. Or, you could fix the problem.
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 04:58 PM
Jun 2022

The need to militarize schools is simply more evidence of the problem, but is not a solution to the problem.

And the problem isn't just at schools. It's at grocery stores, churches, bookstores, parks; the list goes on.

Fix the damn problem.

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wnylib

(21,146 posts)
6. Tops market in Buffalo had an armed guard.
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 11:25 PM
Jun 2022

He was killed at the beginning of the attack, although he shot at the killer and tried to defend the grocery store shoppers and employees.

So what good is a guard against an AR15?

Much cheaper and more effective to ban the damned assault weapons in the first place.

This Republican preference for militarizing schools and society in general makes me wonder if there is more behind the Republican plans than just the money to be gained from weapons sales for the people who fund Republican candidates.

We have seen what Republicans were willing to do on J6. Do they want schools and other parts of society militarized to make future coups easier? Suppose your child is in a school with armed guards when your local voting precinct has had its results overturned or tampered with by Republican poll workers and lawyers? You want to protest or join a demonstration.

To "protect" children from possible violence in the community, they are kept in school, in lockdown with armed guards. Do you participate in a protest when threatened with being cut off from your children? Or to get your children back home, do you accept the polling site coup?

RicROC

(1,203 posts)
8. The Repubs will gladly spend tax money on feeding their donors, like NRA and gun sellers,
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:26 AM
Jun 2022

but to raise the pay of teachers or school supplies? Forget it.

They even devise more & more ways to re-pay their donors.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,854 posts)
9. Shut up, Missy
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:06 PM
Jun 2022

Just go to Ukraine. Someone will be happy to give you a gun over there. And take your buddy Rafaelito with you.

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