Post by themiragechild on Dec 14, 2012 21:50:30 GMT -5
I hope you all are doing well. Such a tragedy is incredibly sickening.
Below is something I typed up to gather my thoughts, be warned, there is incredibly vulgar language; I was a bit emotional at the time.
I hope others can contribute to the discussion as well.
Below is something I typed up to gather my thoughts, be warned, there is incredibly vulgar language; I was a bit emotional at the time.
I'm pissed. I'm pissed at all of this. I'm pissed at this society we live in, I'm pissed at the shooter, I'm pissed that we lost so many people in such a tragic way. I want to talk about this. So many things that I hate about us and about our society came into light today. Not just weapons, not just politics, not just the media, not just the insensitive first world we live in, not even the dehumanization of others.
I've been barely able to function, because of the shit we've all seen today. I haven't done more then basic research on this specific event, because I don't want to give the murder the satisfaction of such attention. I won't refer to them by name. I won't do it. What the media seems to fail to realize is that most people do these horrible things because they want fucking attention. Most are mentally unstable and most have had problems at home.
But so much of what I've seen in social media just gets me more and more angry. There are so many different people reacting in such radically different ways, whether it's the apathetic and detached people or the misguided militants that persecute the wrong people without thinking.
I'm pissed. I'm pissed at all of this. I'm pissed at this society we live in, I'm pissed at the shooter, I'm pissed that we lost so many people in such a tragic way. I want to talk about this. So many things that I hate about us and about our society came into light today. Not just weapons, not just politics, not just the media, not just the insensitive first world we live in, not even the dehumanization of others.
I've been barely able to function, because of the shit we've all seen today. I haven't done more then basic research on this specific event, because I don't want to give the murder the satisfaction of such attention. I won't refer to them by name. I won't do it. What the media seems to fail to realize is that most people do these horrible things because they want fucking attention. Most are mentally unstable and most have had problems at home.
But so much of what I've seen in social media just gets me more and more angry. There are so many different people reacting in such radically different ways, whether it's the apathetic and detached people or the misguided militants that persecute the wrong people without thinking.
I hate the media. I hate what they've done. What have they done? They've done fucking this:
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They've ruined someone's fucking life because they made a mistake. Ok, they made a mistake. I understand making a mistake. But what I don't understand is our media's lack of humility. CNN is not going fucking apologize until it's far too late. The media is creating more sensationalism than it ever was by banking on such a tragedy. I DON'T FUCKING CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS. I don't want to know. I don't want you to get bonus points and more viewers and more money because you're rushing to get the latest scoop on the latest tragedy. I don't want you to rush to fuck up someone else's life because you were the first one to get someone's photo. Oh? Guess what, you just fucking ruined someone's fucking life because of your fucking sensationalism.
Stop all of this.
Secondly, it seems that some people believe that people who are advocating gun control laws because of this event are attempting to "score political points." No. fuck no. fuck you. Politics has no fucking dog in this fight. I don't fucking care about politics, I don't fucking care about liberals or republicans or conservatives or democrats or whatever the fuck this is. I care the fuck about saving people's lives. I care the fuck about preventing these things from taking place.
I'm pissed at the fact that someone would do this. It is this person's fault for ending the lives of those who barely got a chance to be conscious.
Above all else, I believe that actively taking another sentient, conscious being's life is wrong. Period. I believe all people have the capacity for redemption, and I believe that all people are capable of being good. And do you know what the dehumanization of other people is doing? It's making you believe that these people deserve death.
We seem to be dead set on painting this murderer as someone who isn't human, but he really is. He's a monster for doing this, but if you point out "the murderer, when they were young, was very secluded from those around him and fairly introverted," that's only just attempted to point out the things that make you different from them. That's ridiculous and wrong. No matter who they are, they are people too, and making them someone they aren't is just fueling the fire.
I'm mad that someone was able to do this. I'm mad that the environment that we thrive in is one that allowed someone to so easily murder so many people. I'm mad that this person succeeded in what they set out to do. I'm mad that people don't seem to understand the reason why such a person was able to do what they were able to do.
You can easily say that advocating readily-accessible and free mental healthcare for troubled individuals because of this is "scoring political points"; you can easily say that advocating stricter gun control laws because of this is "scoring political points." You can play a card and act offended because someone seems to be using a tragedy to further their own personal goals, but you're just dehumanizing other people.
Why the fuck else would someone advocate gun control laws? Do they ACTUALLY want to limit the freedoms you believe you are entitled to? Do you ACTUALLY believe that people are making this an issue amidst a tragedy because they're selfish and want to make an issue out of it so that they can oppress you?
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And this? This is making this a political issue.
This is being exactly what you just were, when you pointed out how terrible it is that people are using a tragedy as an excuse for their own political gain. fuck everything about this.
I'm sick to my stomach. I feel like I'm going to throw up. I can't stand any of this. We don't need to live our lives this way.
I hope others can contribute to the discussion as well.