On June 1, 2022, it was reported there had already been 233 mass shootings (4 or more people shot or killed) in America this year; that was before the guy in Tulsa, OK, on 6/2, shot & killed 4 people at an outpatient surgery clinic, including the surgeon who recently performed surgery on the shooter, who then shot himself. He had purchased the AR-15 on the way to the clinic. There were other mass shootings on 6/2; we’re averaging 2 or more daily. On 5/24/22, an 18-year-old, white male shooter (the usual suspect) killed 19 young, mainly Hispanic students & 2 teachers at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, TX. In OK & TX, and some other states, there’s no waiting period to buy a semi-automatic weapon. On 5/14, in Buffalo, NY, 10 people were murdered & 3 wounded at a Tops supermarket, in a Black neighborhood; the 18 yr-old, white male shooter, left behind a racist-manifesto of ‘replacement theory’. That racist-ideology, once far-right fringe, is increasingly mainstream, promulgated by some GOP politicians & hateful media-personalities. A recent poll found that 7 out of 10 Republicans professed a belief in the “great replacement”, which is a notion that white Americans are being replaced by people of color. March For Our Lives, gun-control group, assets that these massacres are “enabled by loose gun laws & a gun-culture empowered by white supremacy”.
Census projections estimate that whites ‘may’ become the minority in a quarter century or more; and some politicians are pushing the ideology that the demographic change is somehow being orchestrated by liberals, who are trying to gain political power. Because this is untrue, doesn’t mean we can afford to ignore this dangerous propaganda. As America becomes more divided by economics: financial opportunities for education, housing, healthcare & basic sustenance, you’d think the less well-off folks would be more inclined to vote for Democrats, the only party who strives to help the working class, but data doesn’t necessarily support that hypothesis. Beliefs, biases, perceptions & mindsets are tricky. FEAR fuels irrational mindsets, and some in power ruthlessly manipulate those deep-seated fears. MORE KIDS ARE NOW BEING MURDERED THAN ARE COPS & SOLDIERS! What can WE do about these massacres? President Biden urged, “We must do everything in our power to end hate-fueled domestic terrorism; racially motivated hate-crimes are abhorrent to the very fabric of this nation”. What are WE personally willing to do to overcome our own fears & prejudices? We can pray all we want, but MAYBE God put US here to make a difference. LET’S TRY! YES,WE CAN!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Jun 9 2022
Make a positive difference!
On June 1, 2022, it was reported there had already been 233 mass shootings (4 or more people shot or killed) in America this year; that was before the guy in Tulsa, OK, on 6/2, shot & killed 4 people at an outpatient surgery clinic, including the surgeon who recently performed surgery on the shooter, who then shot himself. He had purchased the AR-15 on the way to the clinic. There were other mass shootings on 6/2; we’re averaging 2 or more daily. On 5/24/22, an 18-year-old, white male shooter (the usual suspect) killed 19 young, mainly Hispanic students & 2 teachers at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, TX. In OK & TX, and some other states, there’s no waiting period to buy a semi-automatic weapon. On 5/14, in Buffalo, NY, 10 people were murdered & 3 wounded at a Tops supermarket, in a Black neighborhood; the 18 yr-old, white male shooter, left behind a racist-manifesto of ‘replacement theory’. That racist-ideology, once far-right fringe, is increasingly mainstream, promulgated by some GOP politicians & hateful media-personalities. A recent poll found that 7 out of 10 Republicans professed a belief in the “great replacement”, which is a notion that white Americans are being replaced by people of color. March For Our Lives, gun-control group, assets that these massacres are “enabled by loose gun laws & a gun-culture empowered by white supremacy”.
Census projections estimate that whites ‘may’ become the minority in a quarter century or more; and some politicians are pushing the ideology that the demographic change is somehow being orchestrated by liberals, who are trying to gain political power. Because this is untrue, doesn’t mean we can afford to ignore this dangerous propaganda. As America becomes more divided by economics: financial opportunities for education, housing, healthcare & basic sustenance, you’d think the less well-off folks would be more inclined to vote for Democrats, the only party who strives to help the working class, but data doesn’t necessarily support that hypothesis. Beliefs, biases, perceptions & mindsets are tricky. FEAR fuels irrational mindsets, and some in power ruthlessly manipulate those deep-seated fears. MORE KIDS ARE NOW BEING MURDERED THAN ARE COPS & SOLDIERS! What can WE do about these massacres? President Biden urged, “We must do everything in our power to end hate-fueled domestic terrorism; racially motivated hate-crimes are abhorrent to the very fabric of this nation”. What are WE personally willing to do to overcome our own fears & prejudices? We can pray all we want, but MAYBE God put US here to make a difference. LET’S TRY! YES,WE CAN!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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