skullaria wrote:
Oh, I totally agree!
My point - probably grossly misunderstood - was that all political sides HAD to engage. IE - Right now there's some pushing for gun control. Those of us against that, HAVE to push back.

There are many sides to a political agenda. Trying to keep freedom - from gun control, forced mental health screenings, forced medication of people not judged a danger to self or others - THAT is as much a politcal agenda as those that would seek to curtail rights that we all enjoy right now.

Which is why I think they have to happen. What would you have people do? All just shut up? Or just one side shut up?

I'm not asking anyone to shut up, I believe in the freedoms that were set out by our forefathers, and I personally have no qualms about anyone speaking freely. Therefore, I think every voice should be heard, no matter how weak, or thin, and until that freedom is revoked (along with others) I will still continue to support our nation. I know that there are politicians who will try to use this tragedy to their ends, and they should be called out as the ambulance chasing charlatans that they are, in an openly public venue.

We need government that is FOR the people, not FOR the government. Otherwise, we become [not so] "great" Britain all over again.

That's my 2¢, YMMV.

RE: Why the Shootings Mean That We Must Support My Politics