Oh, well, another mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado! Yawn! Frankly, it’s pretty damned pathetic that we have gotten so used to these mass shootings in this country that unless you happen to be the one in the line of fire, they hardly get any attention at all. They will grab headlines for a few days and then what will happen to help prevent the next mass shooting – nothing! Heaven forbid anyone tries to pass any type of gun control legislation. We do exactly the opposite in this country. I have discussed in previous posts the ridiculous law that will go in effect June 1st of this year here in Montana allowing almost ANYONE who is over 18 to carry a concealed weapon WITHOUT a permit almost anywhere in the state including on college campuses. The only place you need a permit to carry a concealed weapon is in state and local government offices.
Some segments of the population in this country are just becoming more and more obsessed with killing things – killing people, killing democracy, killing the environment and killing wildlife. It seems like sometimes we are becoming just a more modern version of the 1984 award winning film, The Killing Fields, which detailed the mass killings under the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia immediately following the Cambodian Civil War (1970 – 1975). In the Global Peace Index from 2020, the United States was listed at position 121 right between Azerbaijan and Burkina Faso – and two slots lower than Honduras!!1 The top three slots went to Iceland, New Zealand and Portugal (which is one reason why it is on my short list of places to check out).
And in keeping with the ‘killing theme’ of this post, I thought I’d share an OpEd that was in the Sunday paper here. The Republican-controlled legislature here in Montana has mounted an all-out assault on wildlife here in Montana – ‘the last best place,’ which, if all of these laws pass which is quite likely, will become known as ‘the last best killing place.’ This is just symptomatic of the mindset that seems to have taken hold in this country. Conversation, cooperation and compromise all require work – I guess it’s just easier to chamber that round, pull the trigger and solve whatever problem there is by killing something!
If I sound disgusted – it’s because I am!
Our country’s citizens fall into two groups. One group considers the rights of others. The other group only cares about their rights only. It’s ironic that these two groups fall into a political group that support what they think their rights should be. The Democrats seem to be more altruistic and the Republicans seem to be more sociopathic. The Republicans think they have the right to harm those who disagrees with them. Our domestic terrorist groups are mostly all white. American Nazi Party , the KKK, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers to name a few. These were the groups that attacked the Capitol that caused the insurrection to overthrow the election. The Republican Party still has not recognized this crime against our country. The only logical conclusion for me is that the Republican Party are white supremist and anarchists that want to eliminate democracy and install a dictatorship for white people only. If we remain complicit to these crimes our country will return again to Jim Crow law.