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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Violence: The New Normal

 Now tell me, wasn't that the shitiest Fourth of July this country has had ever?

I worked.  Gained 1.6 pounds.  Sold a flooring installation and a blind measurement, all the time checking for news updates on the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.  I've been to Highland Park.  Affluent is a nice way of describing the suburb.   Six dead.  Oh, and there was another mass shooting in Philadelphia, where two died.  I believe there were others, but those are the 2 that come to mind.  Thanks to the 2nd amendment cultists, this is the new normal.

Locally, a domestic disturbance near the Walnut Street bridge in Harrisburg led to a panic.  People took to social media shrieking, "no shooting! no shooting!"  

My nephew and his wife were at a parade in Mechanicsburg where someone set off fireworks, which led to a panic with people knocking people over as they ran to safety.    This is the new normal.  How do I know it's the new normal?  She posted some asinine comment on Facebook that they went for ice cream afterwards to calm their nerves.  Yep, the new normal.  Ice cream fixes everything... well, maybe not in Highland Park.

Everyone will be touched by this violence.

Here's a current pic of my dahlias, more are preparing to open, and the marigolds are finally beginning to fill in.



Another example of the New Normal is Darren Bailey, a Trump backed candidate for Governor in Illinois.   In the first video message he released after the shoot, Bailey said that we need to pray for the victims, and the police, and then basically 'move on.'  He's another one Conservative asshole who has yet to realize all of their prayers have remained unanswered.  Nope, not a one.  God has evidently turned a deaf ear towards those prayers.  Anyway, someone must have told Bailey he sounded like a stupid sack of shit, so he released another video in which he said he didn't mean to sound like a crass, failed human being.  You're too late, Darren.  People already know you accept these shootings as the New Normal, and people just need to move on when they happen.




12 comments:

  1. Yet another complacent dip shit who would rather play ostrich with his head in the ground.

    And yes...the Fourth did suck. I usually enjoy the day and it was fine..but my family and friends were a bit more somber what with this sucky country atmosphere.

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    1. And the suckiness will only continue as long as the GOP have any form of control in this country.

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  2. Oh, that's all we talked about during the backyard celebration we went to. One of the girls told me that her friend, who works at a hospital where the Highland Park victims were taken to told her they had to send some victims to ANOTHER hospital because they were full. Ugh.
    And the police were very polite with the shooter. They asked him nicely to surrender. I wonder what the family of that man in Akron is thinking...
    Shitty, shitty, shitty. New normal my ass.

    XOXO

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    1. I didn't see, do they know yet exactly how many times that poor man was shot? 60 was what I heard, but that might be wrong.

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  3. Yes, it really was a shitty 4th. The last thing any sensible person feels like doing is celebrating this year.

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    1. There are going to be a number of pissed off gun lovers when America finally comes to its senses.

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  4. Did Darren Bailey forget to say that "lessons will be learned"? They never are though are they. How sad!

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    1. Nope. For a political candidate, his response was an all around failure.

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  5. I live near Philly. I had a friend who texted me from the Parkway saying what a great time she was having ... and then I guess it wasn't so great.

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    1. Such a shame. Americans love celebrating the birth of our nation, but this goes to prove Republicans can and will destroy everything they can't control.

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  6. Just another day in the United States of Guns.

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    1. The Republicans made this monster, but they sure as hell don't want to try and control it or kill it.

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