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Topic started on 1-2-2013 @ 01:49 AM by FyreByrd

Mass Killings: Why American Men Are "Going Postal"


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The blind rage of mass killings is a wake-up call. We have to look at the interaction of all the conditions of existence that combine to generate America's mass killings. At present, the US is home to a vast group of predominantly white, dispossessed, enraged men. We have a political system that permits vast money at the top to hijack our politics and culture with unlimited "gifts." Our airwaves are sold to the highest bidder. We have powerful lobbies that sell US militarism and gun ownership as refuges for dispossessed men. We have profit churning mass media with films, videos, and adverti
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Related News Links:
www.nytimes.com
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
www.nationalreview.com
www.rolereboot.org

Related AboveTopSecret.com Discussion Threads:
Classic Facial Warning Signs in Today's Mass Murderers
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reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 02:42 AM by slugger9787
reply to post by FyreByrd



How about quit taking the misguided social worker paradigm that blames everyone
else and negates personality responsibility of the individual for their own actions.

Next thing you know the fault of misbehavior will be laid at the
doorstep of your mother for
sitting you on the potty crooked.


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 04:00 AM by WaterBottle
I think it is just because America is not a friendly place. It's an all for yourself country.

You have a ton of people with this sort of mindset...



Literally about half the country thinks like this. And the other half is only slightly better..slightly.

edit on 1-2-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 04:03 AM by WaterBottle
reply to post by burdman30ott6





Fix the American family and you fix America, bottom line.


Not really. The family is only one part of it, poverty and access to decent paying jobs is another.


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 04:49 AM by DrFeelgoodXXX
Originally posted by slugger9787
reply to
post by FyreByrd



How about quit taking the misguided social worker paradigm that blames everyone
else and negates personality responsibility of the individual for their own actions.

Next thing you know the fault of misbehavior will be laid at the
doorstep of your mother for
sitting you on the potty crooked.

Totally agree and it's time to stop the debate and make some changes!


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 06:56 AM by slugger9787
reply to post by magma



This is complete and total BS.
Personal responsibility.


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 10:16 AM by stuncrazy
Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to
post by burdman30ott6





Fix the American family and you fix America, bottom line.


Not really. The family is only one part of it, poverty and access to decent paying jobs is another.


love this. i would only like to add is that fixing poverty and access to better paying jobs would fix the american family. bottom line.


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 10:21 AM by Wertdagf
reply to post by FyreByrd



The reason is that many myths and delusions are losing ground to stand on. Instead of searching for the truth, many have instead searched for the comfort of fantasy. There are many people who would rather die than live in reality. This is only the start of something that will scar us all.

Here at ATS we will be witness to this self-destruction. Watch as the hearts of your brothers fail.


reply posted on 1-2-2013 @ 10:44 AM by redhorse
Originally posted by burdman30ott6
And again another of these articles fails to make any connection between the overall turning to crap of America and the divorce rate and single parent family rates. Since the 60s divorces and single parent families have tripled. 80% of those single parent families are mom only. How in the blue hell can anyone in their right mind expect solid, strong young men to be raised when their primary influence from "dad" is whether he sent the monthly support check or not?

Fix the American family and you fix America, bottom line.


I think that there are many factors that have contributed to this. It is a pressure cooker that has been gaining energy for a few generations now, with many different factors contributing, and working in symbiosis with each other. I agree that the divorce rate and single parent households, and the lack of a strong patriarchal figure may contribute. However, overall the grinding poverty that many of the children of those single parent households endure is a greater contributor; which actually supports the article.

When you have young men, with few prospects for upward mobility, few socially acceptable outlets for anger and frustration (as the culture continues to try to make men less... well, men), and a loss of social dominance that many men (even young ones) can look back and see, you have a recipe for disaster. Just about the only politically correct figure to make fun of any more is the poor white male, and with increasing frequency just white males in general.

Most cultures have some sort of outlet for testosterone influenced violence, which exists, as much as we try to deny it in our current paradigm. Some way to channel "boys will be boys" in a way that will do less damage, not do damage, or may even be helpful. The only thing we have for that is the military these days, and once the military is done with these guys... Most of them are chewed up, spit out, and discarded like trash, physically, and emotionally... to their bone and soul. One more thing to be angry about.
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