The political system and media is broken in America. This piece revolves around gun control.
"Mind Control"
This is not partisan
Can you not put politics aside?
Realize innocent people are dying
Why can’t we do anything?
You’d think that after Columbine or Sandy Hook people would change
Twenty kindergarteners mowed down
Their lives stifled by rifle; snubbed with a gun
Who cares about, “Oh well he had mental health issues” and “This isn’t about gun control”
It is about both of these things so why are we arming people senselessly
We shouldn’t be giving guns to people with a mental past
Instead we can have better background checks
If you’re upset that we need them in the first place you do not deserve a gun
Guns are depictions of violence and murder
It’s so easy for those unheard and unreported on to get them
Mental health second, gun control first
Vice versa
Maybe if we taught men to not act out in violence we wouldn’t see this happening
Every mass shooter in recent history has been a male
Why can’t we analyze that?
It’s because men are taught by society to hold in their emotions
“You’re the strong one if you don’t cry”
You immature child
Why is it okay for women to cry at every misstep but men have to stay stoic?
Rationalize it to me and don’t hide behind your contrived societal norms
We are all human
This isn’t a gendered issue but we need to flip the switch
We are all human and deserve to be heard
It is absurd people’s genitals get in the way of that realization
We live in a nation born out of rebellion
Here’s my statement
Forgo party lines
Democrat and Republican create schisms
It is okay to be socially left and fiscally right
Left and right are archaic and here to stay
Moderate is what we need to be
Moderate discussion with those unlike your own
Moderate in our words for we don’t want to step on your toes
The news cycle fulfills its prophecy of heresy
Glorifying and humanizing lone wolves
Our president calls for the death of a domestic terrorist because he’s an “ISIS people”
Get out of your box
I’ve stepped out of mine and it’s time for you to do the same