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BobTheSubgenius

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23. My thoughts in this area are pretty bleak, I'm afraid.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 01:09 PM

Jun 21

Tragic events have happened again and again, and despite massive reaction at the time, Business As Usual is restored very quickly.

Sandy Hood, Parkland, Las Vegas..these and others were being called seminal, consequential events, but the only standout result was that they each created a ripple that sank very quickly, and it's that brief ripple that is the outlier. If the murder of hundreds of children are not watershed moments, pray tell what might qualify.

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Does something tragic have to happen before people pay attention? [View all] kentuck Jun 21 OP

Yes, I'm afraid that it will require tragic deathss Vogon_Glory Jun 21 #1

Unfortunately, yes. Ocelot II Jun 21 #2

It is sure looking that way. Prairie_Seagull Jun 21 #3

I fear that even that will not snap MAGA from their spell liberal N proud Jun 21 #4

I agree. All I have to do is think back to all the crap about the school shootings being fake Etc Native Jun 21 #26

Maybe. crim son Jun 21 #5

Agreed vapor2 Jun 21 #10

I see a lot of people looking at their coffee or laptops. Tetrachloride Jun 21 #6

Corruption is so common these days that most people pay no attention at all. walkingman Jun 21 #7

Last weekend elected officials were assassinated. milestogo Jun 21 #8

True. kentuck Jun 21 #9

Only you know when enough is enough Kaleva Jun 21 #12

this...and 5 days later it's gone from socials etc... FirstLight Jun 21 #16

It may have already happened. haele Jun 21 #11

More tragedy wont make anything better. On the contrary, the only thing that can make anything better is a massive.... SSJVegeta Jun 21 #13

I must disagree with you. Violence can make people pay attention Vogon_Glory Jun 21 #35

It isnt the violence that makes rhem pay attention though. SSJVegeta Jun 21 #36

In a word: AverageOldGuy Jun 21 #14

This is ALL too terribly tragic, around the world from human genocide to starvation, mass roundup txwhitedove Jun 21 #15

Innocent people get killed all the time Woodwizard Jun 21 #17

Sadly, Yes. MineralMan Jun 21 #18

Look at your own life BeyondGeography Jun 21 #19

kick and rec, comments below. cayugafalls Jun 21 #20

Children were mowed down at Sandyhook. LuvLoogie Jun 21 #21

Even tragic events apparently change nothing. Heidi Jun 21 #22

My thoughts in this area are pretty bleak, I'm afraid. BobTheSubgenius Jun 21 #23

Apathy Iamscrewed Jun 21 #24

Some might claim we find ourselves in a paradox. Littlered Jun 21 #25

95% of people are not politically tuned in at all. uponit7771 Jun 21 #27

All politics is local. Very local. "My stubbed toe hurts more than your fractured skull." Ping Tung Jun 21 #28

Wow. isn't it already completely tragic already? ananda Jun 21 #29

YES! KT2000 Jun 21 #30

How long before masked men Ghost of Tom Joad Jun 21 #31

No one seems interested in stopping this. lees1975 Jun 21 #32

Yup, if we continue to have 0 agencies willing to enforce the law, people will become increasingly Magoo48 Jun 21 #33

We must be living in the AMERICAN DARK AGES and I thought that was before 1776 YoshidaYui Jun 21 #34

I believe the operative word is selfishness. chouchou Jun 21 #37

Yes. Though even then lots of them won't care, sadly. Oneironaut Jun 21 #38