Could this hyper-reaction to the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton be WORSE than what actually happened?
An example: The Reichstag Fire. As far as I know, nobody died in the Reichstag Fire, but one luckless man got the blame for it and was executed. All the same, the Fire itself was not that big of a deal, but the reaction allowed Hitler to consolidate his power.
Somebody may seize upon this as a minimalization of the death and carnage of the two events. Nope. What I am getting at is that this hyper-reaction to tragedy may make matters FAR WORSE.
I read through some of the President's remarks yesterday, and I am not encouraged. He is reacting, not pro-acting. This is not a good sign.
Also, all this talk about white supremacy and white nationalism is way the hell over the top. Where is the evidence of a conspiracy? Otherwise, it is the act of a lone wolf attacker. This isn't the time to start taking away the civil rights of people because of the act of a single man.
It is unfortunate that the response to this is to give in to the unreasoning and irrational rage mob that attempts to link anything bad that happens to Trump, and tries to gain political ground with it.
Daily updates:
9:45 am:
Actually, I got part of the way through the President's remarks before I stopped. Normally, I don't want to fly off the handle, I want to read it all and give it some thought before I start venting.
After reading it again, fully this time, I am still convinced that I have good reason to be concerned.
There was no conspiracy here. If there is evidence of one, then you can talk about things involving groups. With some evidence of a group's involvement, then these acts were acts of deranged lone wolves. Any actions taken thereof should only take those facts into consideration.
There is no reason to allow the race-baiting of certain politicians to infect the whole of the body politic.
There is no cause of action other than to identify these type of lone-wolf types and as much as is consistent with our laws, attempt to intervene before it is too late.
But there looks to be a worrisome trend to lump people together into groups as if there were a conspiracy. Mere political disagreement is not a cause for governmental action. It is actually forbidden by the First Amendment.
Yes, this reaction to a tragic event is an over-reaction. Hopefully, it doesn't go too far.
10:21 am:
Yes, and I don't want to over-react either! There is another way to look at this. Perhaps more on that later.
Here are a few stats to put it all into perspective:
U.S. deaths per day:— Raheem ‘the naughty nationalist’ Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 5, 2019
Abortion: 1778
Heart disease: 1773
Cancer: 1641
Medical error: 685
Accident: 401
Stroke: 401
Alzheimers: 332
Diabetes: 228
Flu: 150
Suicide: 128
Opioid: 115
Drunk driving: 28
Underage drinking: 11
Teen texting-and-driving: 8
All Rifles: 1
Via @RealSaavedra
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