Yes. Yes. Yes. Our culture accepts chest beating, ground pawing, fist waving as a way to express one's unhappiness instead of seeing that this is only "normal" for children. These adults who engage in deadly tantrums because they're unhappy haven't matured. But we seem not to recognize it as such. There's something about our acceptance of how we see masculinity in particular. Most of these shooters are men. Men who appear to have been stuck in childhood and who have embraced the worst aspects of masculinity. It's time we changed our definition of masculinity and how we raise boys. And it's time we stopped electing politicians who pander to the worst of us instead of actually doing what most of us want - reasonable gun regulation.
The guns, yes, but please don't forget the meticulous and unremitting cultivation of chips on shoulders.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Our culture accepts chest beating, ground pawing, fist waving as a way to express one's unhappiness instead of seeing that this is only "normal" for children. These adults who engage in deadly tantrums because they're unhappy haven't matured. But we seem not to recognize it as such. There's something about our acceptance of how we see masculinity in particular. Most of these shooters are men. Men who appear to have been stuck in childhood and who have embraced the worst aspects of masculinity. It's time we changed our definition of masculinity and how we raise boys. And it's time we stopped electing politicians who pander to the worst of us instead of actually doing what most of us want - reasonable gun regulation.