Week of March 27th

[dc2london]

HUGE protests in Israel over Netanyahu Plan to change the Judiciary structure

[dc2london]

Oh my word, how sad

[orangebird2020]

Brave workers that saved the day at a local movie theater.

It is scary to imagine what could have happened. This is a place I went before the pandemic and just too close.

[cakewench]

Liz announces she's running for re-election:

[sweetpea]

At least 3 students dead in school shooting at private school in Nashville

[nelzie]

Just checked in for my surgery and it's on the news here. 3 kids and 3 adults killed, female shooter is what they are saying right now.

(I edited to remove info that's since been updated)

[cargem12]

I don't normally post here but I feel like I am going to lose my damn mind. How are we supposed to raise our kids in this country?? I hate guns.

[sweetpea]

nelzie good luck with your surgery.

[starbuck]

I fucking can't

[byjove]

[willow]

I don’t even know. I am out of words.

[MelanieCarmichael]

When does this end?

When?

I'm heartbroken and shaking with sadness and anger and I fear the answer to my questions is "never."

[elle]

Mar 27, 2023 11:38:43 GMT -6 cargem12 said:

I don't normally post here but I feel like I am going to lose my damn mind. How are we supposed to raise our kids in this country?? I hate guns.

I don't know. I keep thinking about homeschooling my children instead, but my oldest is thriving in Kindergarten and really needs that social interaction. We shouldn't have to live this way.

[willow]

Mar 27, 2023 12:04:39 GMT -6 MelanieCarmichael said:

When does this end?

When?

I'm heartbroken and shaking with sadness and anger and I fear the answer to my questions is "never."

I feel this way too. I feel defeated and listless and like nothing will ever change. Will I be worrying about this still when my (hypothetical) grandchildren are in school? Worrying about them? I feel like yes, unless I move my family to Europe. Which won't happen. 

[kbw]

I don’t even know how to feel. I’m shattered for the victims but I’m also struggling for not feeling something for the shooter too. I can’t imagine a sixth grader would be capable of this without an underlying cause like mental illness ( I could be wrong but that’s just my headspace now).

[orangebird2020]

I am seeing the shooter was a 28 year old woman not a 6th grader. Anyone have a good source?

This is just the scariest thing to see today as a mom.

[blurnette989]

Mar 27, 2023 12:20:58 GMT -6 orangebird2020 said:

I am seeing the shooter was a 28 year old woman not a 6th grader. Anyone have a good source?

This is just the scariest thing to see today as a mom.

i just saw the 28 year old woman as the shooter in the guardian. I think that is the report now and the earlier reporting was just wrong.

[willow]

I'm seeing 28 year old woman too. One outlier in this entire headache of mass shootings, a woman. Not that it matters but someone somewhere is going to make this about the woman instead of the guns. Or the fact that 99% of other shootings are done by white men.

[cargem12]

A reporter just said this country doesn't have more people who are capable of carrying out these attacks, just more guns available to them. Is there really any hope of this getting better? I started trying to research a few months ago countries that are somewhat easy to move to from the US but trying to make a living is another thing....ugh. I feel like we're trapped like rats.

[klw]

[TheoV2]

Our country is so broken.

[trueblue]

But TN banned drag shows to keep children safe. How could this have happened?

/sarcasm.

In all seriousness I am just numb to it all and I keep repeating to myself. My kids are OK today, my kids are OK today.

[MelanieCarmichael]

POTUS is giving a press conference and there are kids in the audience but all the jokes? No, Joe.

[cargem12]

Mar 27, 2023 12:45:34 GMT -6 MelanieCarmichael said:

POTUS is giving a press conference and there are kids in the audience but all the jokes? No, Joe.

Unbelievable. This is how desensitized we are I guess?? The comedy bit was totally in poor taste. 

[jkjacq]

It’s not even a leading/breaking story on msn

That’s how numb the nation is to this

[mrsweasley]

Mar 27, 2023 12:25:49 GMT -6 willow said:

I'm seeing 28 year old woman too. One outlier in this entire headache of mass shootings, a woman. Not that it matters but someone somewhere is going to make this about the woman instead of the guns. Or the fact that 99% of other shootings are done by white men.

MH said the R's response will probably be to ban women in schools

We shouldn't be this scared to send our kids to school

[elle]

[dc2london]

The fetishization of guns is so fucking gross

[dc2london]

Gifted article I read this morning. Before yet another mass shooting.

wapo.st/40gA06q

[enchanted]

My heart breaks for the loved ones of the victims and for the kids and faculty/staff who survived, but witnessed things no one, especially no child, should ever have to.

I hate that I'm not surprised. This is life in this country. It shouldn't be.