@kingu_platypus_gidora I could, but what is there to say? I was an angry kid, had plenty of reasons to be angry, and I wasn't exactly reluctant to express my anger through violence.

However, because my parents weren't idiots, they made damn sure that there weren't any weapons in the house.

@starbreaker

I am glad you didn't!

@KnotKnormal No, of course not. if the Black Panther Party went around carrying rifles and shotguns in public today like they used to back in the day, I can guarantee that the powers that be would be looking for ways to justify drone strikes on American soil.

@starbreaker Yep.

@MissSnarkerson "willfully ignorant of reality"?

@starbreaker something like that............

and, as an aside, it makes me realize how heavily I rely on ableist terms for things I think are Not Smart™️ ...

@MissSnarkerson How about "ignoramus" or "ignorant shitfountain" or "shit-for-brains"?

@starbreaker ignorant shitfountain!!! 💝

@MissSnarkerson @starbreaker

there's also the bare simplicity of "shitbag"

@sydneyfalk @MissSnarkerson Shitbags can be opened and spread around the garden for fertilizer.

An ignorant shitfountain just spews everywhere and feeds off itself like that old "tubgirl" grossout photo.

@MissSnarkerson @starbreaker I still haven't found good terms for that sort of thing :(

@ginguin @MissSnarkerson

How about "dolt" or "dullard"?

@starbreaker @ginguin perfect for when I need to keep the language mild!!!!!!

@MissSnarkerson @starbreaker The deputy stationed at the school took a position by the door, but stayed there for four minutes and never entered. He resigned after being suspended without pay. If someone who's supposed to do that kind of thing for a living can't manage it, how can a teacher be expected to?

@KnotKnormal @starbreaker ...and that doesn't even touch on training levels (and really, why would we want our teachers to essentially be combat trained soldiers?!?) or the way adrenaline impacts different people differently....

It's all just so obviously flawed, and I literally don't understand why it's not obvious to everyone and it just makes me tired......which I suppose is the whole point...

@MissSnarkerson @starbreaker The NRA wants us to be too exhausted fighting the flaming bullshit to mount effective opposition.

@KnotKnormal @MissSnarkerson My hatred is inexhaustible. If I were killed, it would take on a life and form of its own.

@KnotKnormal @starbreaker you're not wrong......it's an effective strategy, even when we know it's happening...