Dan Patrick Suggests Things That "Devalue Life" Pave Way For Gun Violence

[Initech]

The Texas lieutenant governor, speaking two days after 10 people were killed in a school shooting in his state, said abortion, divorce and violent video games and movies show that 'we have devalued life,' which he pointed to as a cause of school shootings.

Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday, "We have devalued life, whether it's through abortion, whether it's the breakup of families, through violent movies, and particularly violent video games."

Patrick continued, "Psychologists and psychiatrists will tell you that students are desensitized to violence, may have lost empathy for their victims by watching hours and hours of video violent games.”

He said, “the problem is multifaceted. It's not any one issue. But we, again, we have to look at our culture of violence, just our violent society, our Facebook, our Twitter, the bullying of adults on adults, and children on children. We have to look at ourselves, George, it's not about the guns, it's about us.”

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The Republican lieutenant governor also said, “We can't sit back and say, 'It's the gun.' It’s us as a nation, George … On this Sunday morning, when we all go to church and pray or go to synagogue or the mosque or wherever we go, let’s look inward at ourselves as a nation.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/guns-part-nation-texas-official-shooting-victims-dad/story?id=55300369

Hey Dan you know what else devalues life? Guns!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Like guns?

[smirkymonkey]

7. And cuts to children's health care?

Shut up Dan. You clearly don't know what you are talking about.

[Initech]

9. He is definitely one of the worst politicians in the country.

What you get when you combine the Koch Bros' reckless policies with the NRA's reckless policies.

[Yavin4]

2. Dear Dan Patrick, explain Japan, Canada, countries in Europe

All have legalized abortion, violent movies, violent video games, and low levels of mass murder.

[ck4829]

3. Meanwhile, Dan Patrick is a full on promoter of the "War on Christmas"

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=MvMCW4LvO4_H5gL5m6XwCg&q=dan+patrick+%22war+on+christmas%22&oq=dan+patrick+%22war+on+christmas%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160k1.286.6997.0.7145.34.32.2.0.0.0.193.3455.0j27.27.0..2..0...1.1.64.psy-ab..5.29.3467...0j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i3k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j33i22i29i30k1.0.Em9iDgChXsY

Maybe instead of "video games", he can look at himself and ask why is saying "Happy Holidays" an act of war? Does he not see any link to this violence with his constant efforts to militarize our culture?

[shraby]

4. Other countries have divorces, violent video games, abortions, but not the school shootings.

He's using false assumptions for the shootings. The main one is the mass proliferation of guns. Until the gun culture exploded we didn't have the numbers of school shootings.

The have gone up in relationship to the relaxation in gun laws.

[area51]

5. You want something that devalues life, Patrick?

How about the fact that we don't have health care as a basic human right?

[dogman]

6. Number one devaluing life is the GOP.

I think he may have a point when he states "it's about us.”

[loyalsister]

8. For example... endless wars?

There has never been a time in the lives of these kids where our involvement in wars have not been in the news. If not current direct actions, the question of what our involvement will be. Suicides and lifetime injuries, including psychological are ever present.

[Ohiogal]

10. Republicans devalue life every day

with their endless and cruel policies cutting aid to the poor, making sure that health care is out of reach for the majority, abominable treatment of minorities, immigrants, and women, and policies that pollute our earth. This imbecile has a lot of nerve talking about devaluing life.

[Javaman]

11. dan patrick: the compassionate...

...sociopath.