Sandy Hook was when I knew it was over. If we can't get it together after fucking children were shot, after teachers died protecting those kids with their bodies, if Alex Jones can spin it into a conspiracy that has led to the survivors being harassed into suicide, if people can continue to be cool with Joe Rogan after he allowed that propaganda on his platform with no pushback, well... we're done, folks. America is done.
These type shootings are not going away any time soon. The Confederacy is still riding around the country 160 years later.
Hate induced death and destruction is a formidable foe.
Remember Sandy Hook? Everyone thought killing 6 year olds was going to be the line, but, well, we all know it wasn’t.
This is the reality:
We didn't ignore it. We, as a people, collectively decided it was okay.
Instead of trying anything to fix it, it was all "but muh freedoms" and "but muh rights" and "but my bottom line" and "but what if'n the gubment come?".
And as a direct result of a decade of inaction, every job you start now has a section in it's training manual about what to do in the event of a mass shooter, nestled ever-so-softly between "fire" and "inclement weather".
Which means, every business now believes it's as likely to happen as anything else and their only recourse is to try and mitigate the damage and ensuing insurance costs.
The USA has openly decreed that gun violence is now a fact of life because it's politically inconvenient to fix it.
