Sickness of the left on display in reactions to Las Vegas mass murder
American just witnessed, endured, and suffered the worst mass shooting in its history. A crazed psychopath holed up in the Mandalay Bay hotel; stocked up on ammo and guns; and, at the close of a music festival across the street, shot at the crowd of 22 thousand people for over ten minutes with high-powered rifles that appear to have been converted to machine guns. Fifty-nine people died. Five hundred or more were injured, many of them seriously. It was a terrible, murderous event.
The horror of it has led some on the left to reveal the amoral emptiness at their cores. Because the festival was a country music celebration, they assumed that the attendees were Republicans and so deserved to die. An executive attorney for CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, tweeted "... am actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often republican gun toters." What a gal! Her parents must be so proud. Dennis Prager has often commented that if you want the values with which raised your kids to be bred out of them, send them to law school.
Another woman, TheResistANNce, tweeted, "Pray only trumptards died." Hillary Clinton, only hours after the event, tweeted her suggestion that even more people would have died had the shooter's rifle been silenced! What she does not know about guns could fill a book. The fact that each of these women jumped to politicize the tragedy speaks volumes about their soulless selves.
At the beginning of that festival, as the hosts were honoring vets and military personnel who were present, the entire audience held up their lighted phones and sang "God Bless America." Needless to say, there were no kneeling NFL players on the scene. As the shots rang out and people began to run for their lives, most of those fleeing stopped to help others who had been injured. NFL fans would most likely do the same. Maybe not the players, or at least not those spoiled, ungrateful young men who are convinced that this is a racist country and that they are oppressed.
Many elected Democrats, like Hillary Clinton, rushed to use the catastrophe to rant on about gun control and silencers (exposing her utter ignorance), to raise money on the blood of victims not yet identified. The Brady Campaign within hours began soliciting funds for its cause. Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, wasted no time skipping over the victims to launch into a gun control diatribe. When questioned on his timing, he answered, "If not now, when?"
Who are these people? So programmed by and committed to the primacy of their own ideology, they lose sight of humanity. None of these mad tweeters gave a thought to the victims, some of their bodies still at the scene, or to their families. Can any of us imagine the abject horror of seeing this unfold on television, knowing a son or daughter, sister or brother was in attendance? We probably cannot. Hardcore lefties like Geftman-Gold and the "trumptard" woman, TheResistANNce, and Hillary are not interested in such human reaction. To them, the event is an opportunity to vilify the deplorables who just might be Trump-supporters. That's what they do. This is the chasm that divides the left from the right.
The left supports the NFL anti-American thugs. Those on the right are offended by their ingratitude. The left sees a political opportunity in every catastrophic event – hurricanes, terrorist attacks, mass shootings. Leftists see themselves as our moral superiors but lack sympathy, empathy, and any sense of compassion if their agenda can be served. But "it is compassion that is the basis of morality" (Schopenhauer). They pretend, but they do not feel those things. They see any tragedy as an opportunity. The bromide Rahm Emmanuel is best known for is "never let a crisis go to waste." And they never do. This is the great divide in America today.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing is incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." –Groucho Marx
What happened at Mandalay Bay was horrific and, as yet, unsatisfactorily explained. We don't yet know the motive beyond the insanity and pure evil of the shooter. But it is a tragedy. It should not be an opportunity for the left to exploit – but that is what leftists always do. It is who they are.
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I find it interesting that an ordinary person would take the time to search out these anti lib articles and posts them so frequently. does someone have an agenda all their own.. LOL
Just as interesting to see it happening from the other side as well. O well a balance of sorts eh ?
Do we flink feces next ?
Yes, one also would notice a very short or non-existent memory of the right's behavior regarding Pulse Nightclub and Sandy Hook.
But politicizing this and writing an article this quickly with that many blanket statements about how "the left" thinks based on two assholes that none of us really knew.
Should the right be pigeon holed based on Dr. Tiller and the guy that was muttering "No more baby parts" while shooting up a clinic? Seems to be that logic is being used in this case.
May 31, 2009. Know what happened the very next day, June 1st? American Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, born Carlos Leon Bledsoe, opened fire with a rifle in a drive-by shooting on soldiers in front of a United States military recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas. He killed Private William Long and wounded Private Quinton Ezeagwula.
How many on the left raised hell about that one?
Who was it that said, "I don't mind killing, as long as the right people are getting killed"
Wait, let me get this correctly. I posted a comment about the obvious intention of taking 2 comments from two obscure and unknown people and throwing a huge political blanket of what the left is based on those comments while accusing the left of politicizing when this whole article was exactly that.
And your response is some sort of derail and screaming meme about what two assholes did that have nothing to do with the conversation....
Yeah, that makes sense.
Meh, the right does this too. A lot of people are just terrible people no matter their political affiliation. And hey, I thought we weren't going to politicize this, guess a couple days is a sufficient time period before we are allowed to?
The fact is no control would have stopped this Vegas shooting. Not even a complete ban because weapons will still be available via illegal methods just like today.
Regardless, anti gunners wonder why pro gun ownership people don't want to talk? It's because the opposition can not be trusted to be reasonable. With people like Feinstein, Pelosi and Schumer as spokespeople there is NO CHANCE of a reasonable discussion. None.
I am not affiliated with any 'party' .. I think partisanship is destroying 'our' great Republic. I could be wrong (along with Mr. Comey) but was not the 'party system' designed to create healthy debate for the betterment of the country?
Why are 'we' splitting hairs over who did what and when they did it? Yes, the (D) potential 2020 candidates such as Elizabeth Warren was out commenting 'prayers are not enough' on Monday - H. reared her 'head' once more with ignorance. Timing is inappropriate, yet that is on them. At the same time Second Amendment supporters were gearing up for the defense of the rights given in the Constitution. (as a gun proponent, I feel it, as soon as I hear an atrocity has taken place -- the first thing I think, is please do not let this be done with a gun)
The debate rages every time there is a horrific mass shooting. The drums beat steadily, until they stop and all is calm once more. The term "common sense gun control" gets tossed around (but never defined) - there is an out cry for banning of certain weapons, which I believe is a State issue - not something the Federal Government need to decide for 'us' ... The Feds have overreached and taken powers that are not theirs to take (which is a whole nether topic) I am trying not to rant. : )
I wish I had an answer that would appease the masses, but alas, I do not and neither does DC. There is no gun debate even taking place .. just emotions running wild after some evil bastard chooses to destroy the lives of others.
I am done babbling ...
Peace America!
I would love to have one that isn't an inquisition but neither side really wants that. Especially the anti gunners.
I think that opinions vary far too much to ever have an actual honest bi-partisan debate/discussion. I commented on it before, I keep hearing that America needs to have a conversation ... I do not hear any conversation, but I am hearing demands and campaign rhetoric designed (in my opinion) to stir up emotion.
The other night when I said something along the lines of 'gun people will listen, give us a reason to' - the reply back was about that being the funniest line they had ever read. So I guess there it is!
If there was a "reasonable" control to be had that stopped things like the Vegas shooting i would be glad to vote for it. I simply don't know what that would be short of Draconian gun confiscation and monitoring measures. Even then you would never stop it all.
And the problem with "reasonable" is the two sides are miles apart on that definition.
Problem is the two sides are probably irreparably far apart on what "reasonable" controls are. Most anti gunners can't even fathom why someone would want to own a gun simply to only shoot it.
I'm hopeful still that's not the case and those conversations can be had, but the way the cycle seems to work is akin to waiting until right after that knockdown, dragout, screaming match with the spouse/significant other to tell them why they're wrong.
Common sense, reasonable, comprehensive are used in regards to guns, as well as immigration - 2 topics that amplify the divide between sides. No clue what it is going to take to bridge the gap, or if it is even possible in the current political climate.
Yep! Which is very foreign to me, being Made in Montana. I have been around guns my whole life. I started shooting competitive pistol in my late teens .. both my sons (10 years diff in age) got shotguns from grandpa when they were 9 for Christmas and started shooting trap and skeet.
Dinner is always late on Tuesdays, it is league night at the gun club : ) Guns are just apart of life, think mine might be pacifists ..
I am right there with you TX .. everyone seems to be yelling over each other, making it difficult to even hear ones own thoughts...
I wonder if gun freaks would be so kind to tell us when the time is appropriate to list all of their BS.
Your word not ours.
I do not know any "guns freaks". But I will toss out a random number .. how 'bout 72 hours .. before the podiums come out and the preaching begins?
Of course they are my words, if they were your words, I would have puts them in quotes and credited you.
Please do not inflame a discussion, Atheist. That comment was nothing but snark.
I'd like to add a comment as I'm sometime called a ''liberal'' other times a ''progressive'' and other time, well we'll just let that one slide.
I am a gun owner. I own two weapons, one is for protection of our home the other is because we live in the country and have to deal with coyotes, bear and lately cougar. I also own a fairly rare handgun which is operable but only for show and because it was willed to me by someone that I cared for a great deal.
That said, it's been pointed out by Bruce that the laws are not being enforced and I'm in total agreement with that. What is the use of having laws if they are not enforced or the guilty party gets a plea bargain that excuses their crime.
On the other hand there are probably some loopholes that could be covered. One that really baffles me is the ''bump stock'' which is legal to sell but not legal to use on a weapon. Why in the hell is it legal to sell, the law is very strict when it comes to full auto weapons.
The Vegas shooter, according to reports, had a dozen such weapons with the bump slide in the hotel room. You can see the type of carnage that he was able to inflict with these ''modifications''..
I feel that both sides should calm the fuck down, and look at the issue with open eyes. There is a medium position that can be reached on both sides.
The 2nd amendment is here to stay, that a fact. It is incumbent on us, both gun owners and non owners to find that center and not stand there and piss on each others foot.
It was stated above by BF about ''your ilk'' I don't know if I'm part of that ilk, but we'll cover that later. The point that he made about drugs and guns is quite accurate. There is a law that can help reduce the gang violence and as far as I know it's only been used once against gangs (excepting the Mafia). The RICO statute was used to bring down a powerful and dangerous gang in the Minneapolis area that were involved in drug dealing, extortion and other violent crimes.
Perhaps the law enforcement agencies would use that more often.
Asking the cops to enforce the law fairly and correctly?
What a concept......
One of the problems as I see it is there is an absolute right granted by god, and when people believe such rights are theirs for just being alive they just plain are not going to let them go.
You live out in the sticks just as I. We have needs for weapons that people in the big cities don't, big city people have needs for protection that are ineffective or unnecessary out here in the sticks.
There has to be a middle ground somewhere.
Right now no one wants to seek the middle ground.
that is the real shame...
What we know:
What we don't know:
BUT - the left-wing media and politicians fell over each other as they raced to politicize this tragedy for their anti-gun/NRA/GOP/Conservative agenda before all of the facts are known - again. All of the victims hadn't yet been identified, but these people again howled about "more gun control".
Why don't they howl when someone uses a knife, machete, or vehicle and call for more "control" of those "weapons"??
Isn't it odd that the Left only howls when the weapon is a gun? Why don't they howl about gun deaths in Chicago?
The lives lost in Chicago must not matter to them.
Oh, right. You care so much about the people of Chicago. Makes me want to vomit.
When hundreds of innocent people are murdered in Chicago each year, it does make me want to vomit. Your point?
One more thing we know: he used modifications that allowed him to fire his semi-automatic rifle(s) as automatic (don't even bother to deny this; the audio of his firing proves it). These modifications used to be illegal under the AWB which republicans allowed to expire in 2004.
I do not deny this. However, he illegally modified those guns after having legally purchased them as semi-automatics. And you, sir, cannot deny that fact.
If a Bump Stock was used on his weapons, they actually aren't illegal, according to the ATF.
"Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms special agent Jill Snyder said Tuesday night that the shooter in his hotel room had 12 "bump stocks," a legal aftermarket accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire at rates approaching automatic ones."
In case a Lefty decides to chime in, TRUMP didn't make the ATF rules. The rules have been made through EVERY political affiliation in congress for decades.
I fully expect that bump stocks and echo type trigger groups will become the main target in the current call for gun control. Maybe rightfully so, while great fun to shoot with they really aren't practical outside of hog hunts or the imminent zombie apocalypse.
I would say that would be okay. No skin off any ones back on that one.
I would also say that the ones that invented those items and spent their hard earned money for the patent of those items, and those that spent their hard earned money to purchase and sell those items, should be compensated by government, since the government approved those items in the first place.
As they probably should...
A bump stock has only one purpose, and that is to make a semiautomatic weapon shoot at almost full automatic speeds. (with a little practice) they have no practical use.
Besides, I can unload my 20 round SKS in a little over 5 seconds using nothing but the trigger.
What do I need a bump stock for?
It was the NRA's and Republicans Fault.
According to the Left, yep.
I refuse to get into the political pissing contest going on here as much as I would like to respond to some of the posts. Instead I will just offer condolences to the families and friends of those who died, respect for the unsung heroes who helped others to safety and the ones lost their own lives trying to protect others. May the wounded recover quickly. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Going after the firearm IS NOT going to solve a damn thing. We already see that. If there are any questions about how well tighter regulation / legislation is a failure look at Chicago or look at the regulation / legislation on drugs.
This is not a gun problem. The real problem that nobody is willing to admit or look at tackling is that this is a people problem. Until something can be done about the person holding the weapon, the problem will continue.
From your article the other day :
Let us do what millions of Jews did this past weekend in the celebration of Yom Kippur, fasting and confessing sins and asking for mercy. And let us make whatever changes we must make in our own lives and families to stand in right relationship with God and our neighbor.
Blah Blah Blah, yet you seed articles with nasty titles like this, over and over and over :
Sickness Of The Left On Display In Reactions To Las Vegas Mass Murder
You can't have it both ways.