General Discussion

Pardon me, ma'am, but which America have you been inhabiting, and how can I get there? Seems to me this nation was birthed in violence, grew through violence, sustained its union through violence, participated in and instigated multiple wars, gunned down multiple political activists and candidates, and gun violence is a leading cause of death for youngsters. We celebrate lethal violence in mass media, we stock our homes with deadly weapons, we pretend we're capable of establishing our own "well-regulated" militias ad hoc, and killing a celebrity is a path to fame. The more I think about it, the more it looks like America is THE place for violence, political and otherwise. I'm frankly surprised we don't see more of it.