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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 2020743" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Rhetorical question you don't need me to answer, but hey.</p><p></p><p>The dialogue we have regarding events like this, and the context in which we have it, is terribly off-putting to me. Speculation, blame, silly viral blog postings, hunting for correlations to push a political/religious agenda, etc. So yeah, having seen the same <em>open dialogue</em> play out time and time again since 4/20/99, I'd say the what passes for it in America is wholly unhealthy and unproductive, and oftentimes it's simply abhorrent. Underlying issues? Please. To say the focus of the dialogue surrounding the Sandy Hook (or Columbine, or Aurora, or...) shooting are the underlying issues that contributed to it is like saying the movie Deep Throat was about ENT medicine. </p><p></p><p>Open dialogue in situations like this is polluted by fear, selfishness, prejudice, and the shouting of people who think <em>open dialogue</em> doesn't involve listening. The reaction to a mass shooting is formulaic and predictable and never brings about any meaningful change. That would take being uncomfortable and making sacrifices, and we don't want that. We want to shout and blame and temporarily sate our narcissistic appetite so we can forget about all these things we care so much about. Until next time - then we hit replay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 2020743, member: 4319"] Rhetorical question you don't need me to answer, but hey. The dialogue we have regarding events like this, and the context in which we have it, is terribly off-putting to me. Speculation, blame, silly viral blog postings, hunting for correlations to push a political/religious agenda, etc. So yeah, having seen the same [I]open dialogue[/I] play out time and time again since 4/20/99, I'd say the what passes for it in America is wholly unhealthy and unproductive, and oftentimes it's simply abhorrent. Underlying issues? Please. To say the focus of the dialogue surrounding the Sandy Hook (or Columbine, or Aurora, or...) shooting are the underlying issues that contributed to it is like saying the movie Deep Throat was about ENT medicine. Open dialogue in situations like this is polluted by fear, selfishness, prejudice, and the shouting of people who think [I]open dialogue[/I] doesn't involve listening. The reaction to a mass shooting is formulaic and predictable and never brings about any meaningful change. That would take being uncomfortable and making sacrifices, and we don't want that. We want to shout and blame and temporarily sate our narcissistic appetite so we can forget about all these things we care so much about. Until next time - then we hit replay. [/QUOTE]
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