School/Mass shootings are now part of our culture.

C'mon. Break your silence...you know you want to. Let me help...
You know man, it's honestly just tiresome.

There isn't any new ground to cover, there's no point to make I haven't already made. The media is gonna do media things, "both sides" will do their things, I am not sure what value I bring by repeating myself.

Let's do this, just go back and read what I said for the Nashville shooting. It's the same thing.
 
You know man, it's honestly just tiresome.

There isn't any new ground to cover, there's no point to make I haven't already made. The media is gonna do media things, "both sides" will do their things, I am not sure what value I bring by repeating myself.

Let's do this, just go back and read what I said for the Nashville shooting. It's the same thing.
100%...and I feel the same way. It's rinse and repeat. We're not a serious society anymore.
 
So, you know that whole tolerance thing...I think tolerating transgenderism as being real and not treating all of it as a psychological issue is a serious safety concern.

You know man, it's honestly just tiresome.

There isn't any new ground to cover, there's no point to make I haven't already made. The media is gonna do media things, "both sides" will do their things, I am not sure what value I bring by repeating myself.

Let's do this, just go back and read what I said for the Nashville shooting. It's the same thing.

At least under this administration there's no pussyfootin' around when it comes to calling things out for what they are:

 
As I posted in the identity thread, I know 2 trans folks and they just want to be left the hell alone. They are basically numb to both sides of the social and political aisles, particularly because of the radicals on both sides. Again, they just to be left alone and not pawns in some political and social game. They know who they are, they don't have regrets, they don't have an agenda, they think involving kids in any form or fashion is disgusting, they want to be left alone.

That said, I know a few who have legit mental and psychological problems. Gay and don't know (for whatever reason(s)) on how to deal with that, cross dressers who've decided they are "trans" but have no desire to actually be trans, and one garden variety nutjob with a back story that is mental illness personified.

What's the majority of the community like? I have no idea though I strongly suspect the "leave me alone crowd" to be the majority. What I do know is nearly every extremist nutjob of any bent or persuasion leaves signs, clues, is open about their hate for xxxx. Radical Islamists, Eco-terrorists, "Christians" who bomb abortion clinics, BLM, and on and on and on, they told us their end state and how they will accomplish that end state through violence. Crazy is crazy and not representative of the majority. You don't wake up and choose violence, you leave bread crumbs and enough clues Inspector Clouseau could solve the case.

The real problem here (and the examples above) is this threat didn't magically appear. Someone knew and kept their mouth shut, and I frankly view them as guilty as the shooter.

YMMV
 
I'll echo what AWP said. I had a friend who was a few years younger in high school. We went to a small private Christian school and she just never really fit in. She was quiet, nerdy, just didn't take really good care of herself and was socially awkward. I pretty much befriended anything with a pulse, so she was somebody I was cool with, whereas I was one of her best friends. She literally asked me to prom after I graduated, but I was out of the country at the time, so I set up a mutual friend to go with her cuz I felt bad lol.

Long story short, I ended up reaching back out to her years later via social media to see how she was doing. We spent a day together just kind of wandering around, checking out coffee spots and the like. She was a member of Antifa, so I got to meet some of those individuals during that day as we handed out food to the homeless at one of the bus stops. It was a very unique experience, and one I'm glad I participated.

My overall observations were as follows,

1. Communist. Now, the variety of how to "enact revolution" differed greatly, but the core is literal communism. Zero deviation.
2. Outcasts. They were all social misfits.
3. Family Issues. Every single one that I interacted with had some form of family issue. Some severe, some more perceived.
4. Non-Binary. A-sexual, Pan-sexual, you-name-it sexual. In essence, because they never fit in with "normal" society, they had to define themselves by being "other." But many of them still needed that communal sense of belonging, so they created new identities that were still unique, but had overlap with others in their newly formed group.
5. Community. It was literally a community of misfits, but a true community nonetheless.
6. Genuinely Believed they were targeted. The biggest issue was that they genuinely believed that Nazi's existed and wanted to exterminate them. As a result, otherwise non-violent individuals were willing to become violent or support violence in ways they otherwise would not. The justification was to protect their community.

I think the current issue is that, you have a group that genuinely (incorrectly) believes they are being targeted for extermination. Combine that with unresolved trauma, untreated mental disorders, hormones/other drugs, communist indoctrination, and it's the perfect storm.

Mentally, many of them believe they are on death/desperate ground. I think that's why the suicide rate was always so high in those communities, since taking their own life seemed like the only way to escape the pain they were feeling. Recently, there has been a shift from just taking their own life, to having somebody else end their life while they try and kill as many of the most vulnerable as possible. I'm not sure what that catalyst was, but I expect this trend to continue.

Circling back, I do think most in the community are like my friend. She wants to be left alone, but as the community feels more threatened, I think they will more easily justify violence coming from their community, and that will negatively effect each of the individuals who make up said community by further radicalizing them.
 
I empathize to some extent, but here's the reality:

While still a relatively small overall percentage of the population, the number of people identifying as transgender has increased dramatically among Gen Z and Millennials the past 5 - 10 years.

It used to be ~.5% of the population. Now, it's over 3% by many reports. It's a quadruple, and by some reports, nearly a fivefold increase. Meanwhile, those over age 35, ie Gen X, Boomers, etc. has remained the same at <.3%.
Increases in Self-identifying as Transgender Among US Adults, 2014–2022 - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

These younger generations also make up the lions share of the overall transgender population at ~75%, despite only being about ~35% of the overall population.

This is indicative of a serious cultural and mental issue among young people in this country. Look at the number of packages in Hollywood that have not one, but multiple trans children. What are the odds? What young child even knows such things? This is why it's a societal issue as well.

Not every trans person is or will be a mass shooter, but, at some level, every trans person is mentally ill. That a person believes they're something they're biologically not, to the point they want to undertake permanent physical alterations, is evidence to this. This all applies to non-binary crowd as well.

The fact that states, such as mine, have not only limited the options for these young people to get help, but further pushes and enables the behavior, is pretty appalling.
 
I empathize to some extent, but here's the reality:

While still a relatively small overall percentage of the population, the number of people identifying as transgender has increased dramatically among Gen Z and Millennials the past 5 - 10 years.

It used to be ~.5% of the population. Now, it's over 3% by many reports. It's a quadruple, and by some reports, nearly a fivefold increase. Meanwhile, those over age 35, ie Gen X, Boomers, etc. has remained the same at <.3%.
Increases in Self-identifying as Transgender Among US Adults, 2014–2022 - Sexuality Research and Social Policy

These younger generations also make up the lions share of the overall transgender population at ~75%, despite only being about ~35% of the overall population.

This is indicative of a serious cultural and mental issue among young people in this country. Look at the number of packages in Hollywood that have not one, but multiple trans children. What are the odds? What young child even knows such things? This is why it's a societal issue as well.

Not every trans person is or will be a mass shooter, but, at some level, every trans person is mentally ill. That a person believes they're something they're biologically not, to the point they want to undertake permanent physical alterations, is evidence to this. This all applies to non-binary crowd as well.

The fact that states, such as mine, have not only limited the options for these young people to get help, but further pushes and enables the behavior, is pretty appalling.
Here are two graphs that perfectly overlay one another.
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