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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Sat Apr 8, 2023, 05:09 AM Apr 2023

I just woke up to a BBC episode of "Guns In America" where they... [View all]

interviewed kids who survived school shootings, or were otherwise affected.

I remember the "duck and cover" silliness of the 50s and our attitudes back then, but I can't imagine what it's doing to kids today. There is no comparison between the geopolitical fantasies of nuclear war with the Soviets and actually seeing dead kids around you, and with politicians just waving it away.

It wasn't easy, but we grew out of the Cold War idiocy and yet here we are again.

A warlord in Russia, but now surround by dead kids solely our own fault

How are our kids today going to grow out of this?

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I just woke up to a BBC episode of "Guns In America" where they... [View all] TreasonousBastard Apr 2023 OP

We had a lockdown at the school where I teach last week. callous taoboy Apr 2023 #1

Way beyond. TreasonousBastard Apr 2023 #2

The World is horrified. The Gun is America. And a trillion dollar a year Gun budget, to Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #7

The duck and cover drills in the 50s wnylib Apr 2023 #3

Mass media has been brainwashing Americans for a long long time. It has only accelerated. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #8

There have been many calls for the families of wnylib Apr 2023 #9

Mass shooting high budget movie...it's gruesome to consider, but may open all Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #10

Guns were good when citizens defended the country on the frontier and shores if need be bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #4

and the oppressed. mopinko Apr 2023 #6

i think us boomer grew up knowing we might not live longer than our parents. mopinko Apr 2023 #5