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Heather Heyer and Police Timidity in face of Armed Fascists

@ezlusztig tweeted "This is madness. VA Gov McAuliffe says police didn't engage because they feared the armed racist militias with semiautomatic weapons". The NRA's position on armed citizenry is bogus. Trump's reluctance to condemn the alt-Right sympathizers within his base is tacit support of Fascists. #Resist with your personal commitment to help steer this country to more peaceful tomorrows. It takes more than staring at your screen.

 

 

Va. Shooting Pushes Media to Familiar Places

It’s easy to blame the rhetoric and that’s the way the media are playing the Va. shooting. Political analysts are called before the cameras and call for unity. Not one social, cognitive or psychological scientist is interviewed in the mainstream media. We ignore the root and snip the leaves.

We don’t need more or less guns. We don’t need less fiery discourse. We need stronger social services. We certainly don’t need to prolong and ratchet up the trauma by seemingly endless replaying of the event and publishing the knee-jerk reactions of extremists.

We need more education that teaches our children how to handle strong emotions in a rational and effective manner. #Resist by #ThinkingAboutThinking 121Contact

American Misdirection

Reacting to a bomb set off in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood Donald Trump said, “We’ve got to be very, very tough.” Fox News’ blared, "New York City Under Attack." A pipe bomb exploded in New Jersey. An attacker stabbed people in a Minnesota mall.It was a frightening. Thankfully no one was killed. In fact no one was killed by bombs in the U.S. during 2016. But over 11,000 Americans were killed by guns this year. Are we focused in the wrong direction?