The New York Daily News is a buzz about the latest nut job to take his angst out on innocent people. Perusing the comments, I found about what I expected. What exactly does it say about our society that the comments about the story of a mass murderer are becoming cliche?
I first saw this story on the news, then read about it on the internet. My first thought had been to write from a 2nd amendment point of view, hence the title. But then I thought; Why state the obvious? Read the comments on that article and you'll realize that a majority of the people who are commenting at least profess a belief in a right to own guns, and even those opposed don't seem to be arguing against self-defense. If New Yorkers feel that way(and I firmly believe the residents of New York City are, by and large, the most self-involved, self-important group of idiots in our country) than there really is no reason to belabor the point, except to say, loudly, to the residents of New York City: You asked for the bans, you expect to be taken care of by your nanny state, what did you expect??????? He who calls the tune, pays the piper.
And that brings me to the point that's been nagging me since I read this story. Where were the men? In that article, I found mention of one person, a survivor, who fought back. Please don't mistake what I'm saying, I don't blame the victims. I want to know where were the bystanders? A man begins "wildly hacking" in the middle of a crowded subway car and the only response? "...screaming passengers running for safety."
Here are the problems that I see. Incidents like this will continue and the real issue will continue to be clouded by the hysterical media sales machine that drives the narrative of the event, by the public who get distracted by the wrong lesson, and of course, by the political whores who will soon be crawling out of the woodwork to milk this unfortunate event for all the attention they can get. Those idiots will probably find some new legislation to propose that will do nothing but lull the public further and enrich and empower the elected whores.**
Much has been written about the emasculation of males in our culture. I happen to agree, and I believe incidents like this are the most potent demonstration of that fact. Our society hasn't just tolerated the behavior that lead these sort of attacks, we've enabled it. Just to be clear, I'm not talking about coddling criminals, plea bargains, or gun control. Nor am I trying to make a liberal / conservative argument. I'm talking about the system/culture/lifestyle/whatthefuckeveryoucallthisculturalmilleiuweallswimin. Our culture has embraced diversity to the point that the we (collective we) don't stand for anything. The label sheep fits. We have celebrated cowardice as virtue and conflated weakness with valor.
He who calls the tune, pays the piper. Sheep get sheared and slaughtered.
***My humble apologies to any actual working prostitutes who may read this, I in no way meant to imply that you are as sleazy as most elected officials.
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