Also in the news, just for perspective, mind you.
Raqqa battle: âStaggeringâ civilian toll in strikes on IS
UN war crimes investigators say US-led coalition air strikes on Islamic State militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa are causing âstaggering loss of lifeâ.
Hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed since March, as coalition warplanes support an offensive by a Kurdish-led alliance.
In the past week, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters have pushed into the west, east and north of Raqqa.
The battle for the city has also led to 160,000 civilians fleeing their homes.
Yeah. It was a war zone.
Wow. I hope this kind of thing doesnât keep happening. What Iâm worried about is it might. People are already frayed and at witâs end across the nation and now large swaths of Capitol Hill arenât even pretending to care about them. Desperation (and mental illness) requires more action and compassion to abate it, not less. I wish more people understood and believed fhat.
Yeah - perspective, which I do not think the GOP is capable of actually recognizing.
The poor poor lambs. Nobody died except the shooter - they got lucky.
The deaths of millions around the world is a statistic. A congressman who thinks his pay is too low is a tragedy.
It was ever thus, ralph.
Need. More. Guns.
âHe looked like a normal resident.â
(âHe was white.â)
âI didnât think anything of it.â
(âHe was white.â)
âThere was nothing earth-shattering about it."
(âHe was white.â)
A Republican Congressman from South Carolina, you say?
Who tweeted after the Paris attacks, "Howâs that Syrian refugee resettlement look now?â
And made a name for himself by refugee bashing?
You mean that Rep. Jeff Duncan?
Do tellâŚ
And another shootingâŚyea I know there will be lots around the country today if things go as usual, but stillâŚ
Just think if everyone had a gun and they all started try to shoot who they thought who was the original suspect(s)!
Edit: This is what I think every time someone says shit like âif everyone had a gun weâd all be saferâ. Hell it would be chaos and that doesnât even include all the shootings from fumbling gun owners shooting themselves and bystanders when they drop them or accidently discharge them!
In GOPersâ own words:
Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords shot in the forehead execution style: nothing.
Republican Representative Steve Scalise shot in the ass: this is an outrage that should bring a bipartisan condemnation of Democrats.
sounds like another day in Somalia, er, meant 'Merica
Soâmerica?
Our new reality, this place is not safe
late edit: Rep. Chris Collins (R-Russia) is planning to pack heat in the Capitol building, if anyone needs to know how to get a gun past security or where to find one on the other side of the metal detectors, just go take it from Collinsâ pocket
Sadly, iâm afraid the new litmus test to own a gun will be a pledge of loyalty to T rump, himself. It still doesnât matter (obviously not!) that youâre insane, but you can still own a gun if youâre bat shit conservative. However, if your a liberal, lights out! Boom! Problem solved.
Curious. What did this guy and the other GOP âharrowingâ concern about unhinged loons with guns shooting at members of congress and staffers when Gabby Gifford was shot?
They couldnât say anything for fear of drawing attention to that groovy map Palin put out with the crosshairs on it.
Theyâve got precious little to stand on to say one thing about all of this right now. They cut the ground out from under their own feet.
But if the past is any indication that wonât stop them.
And they will begin by offering their thoughts and prayers.
See? The litmus test for owning a gun. Conservatives only.
The new ideologic segregation. Separate, and by no means equal.
We have the guns. We win.
O of course it wonât. But @inversion isnât the only one on our side who has been collecting receipts. Everyone in the country knows very well who is responsible for all these guns being out here in the hands of god knows who.
In my worst nightmare, weâll see some liberal or progressive truther emerge to declare that this shooting never even happened, and that itâs all a conservative conspiracy to force guns into everyoneâs hands.
To protect the Republican children, of course.