In yesterday's podcast I offered my sincerest condolences to the victims of hate at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before offering a few snarky comments on the media response and then side-stepping the issue altogether. I said I didn't want to talk about it, and I still don't, but I will, because we must.
Why must we talk about this issue when there are so many much more important topics we could be discussing? Precisely because it so rapidly pulled public attention away from more important matters, apparently right on cue, and thus it offers a case study on propaganda and the malleable human mind.
Before we begin to examine the peculiarities surrounding this horrific event, it would be a disservice if I did not mention at least a few of the more important issues being buried by the sensational outrage over "gun violence"...
Now then, having glossed over the more substantive issues that are destined to shape our collective future, let's turn our attention once again to outrage over the latest school shooting -- and yet another"credible threat of violence" in a different Texas school.
Please do not get me wrong: These are horrible atrocities that demand attention and prove beyond all doubt that our nation has a major problem.
But what is the problem? Is it "gun violence?” Is the "angry young American male" a public health crisis? Is it the antidepressants and medications that are being pumped into kids at an alarming rate? Could it be the documented link between violent first person video games and violence in real life?
