One thing I’ve noticed about this Arizona shooting tragedy is that everyone feels like they need to say something about all this. Perhaps this is because I’m new to using Twitter consistently or that I’m blogging somewhat regularly. But I think there’s something going on here. We’ve become a society of people who cannot let a moment go by without making a comment on it.
Whether their quotes were “It’s Palin’s fault because of her crosshairs graphic,” or “The Obama speech wasn’t cool because people cheered,” or “Don’t blame Palin, it was just a nutcase with a gun,” or even “Don’t blame the gun lobby, everyone should be armed to prevent this kind of thing,” every homo sapien with access to a keyboard has weighed in on this event. Once the first round of commentary was fired off, the inevitable response commentary followed and so on, consistently, from the moment the media shouted out the horrible news all the way through today.
It’s no wonder there’s been so many comments regarding the lack of respect for the dead and injured and their families. Have we always been this way? Or is it the dawning of a new “cannot-shut-our-pieholes” era?
I for one resolve to say nothing at all about this event, the politicians directly involved or indirectly involved, the victims, their families, the media coverage or the commentary. Oh, wait, I just did! Damnit!
1 comment:
You raise a good point. I've tried to refrain from opening my yap throughout the ordeal, which hasn't been that difficult since I tend to avoid political discussions like the plague. The only comment I've really put out there is I feel playing the "blame game" is disrespectful to the victims - especially as they lay in intensive care. I think as a society, we need to be a little more sensitive to the people involved before using their tragedies to start a political rally.
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