A Minnesota school shooting reignites the same tired debates over guns and mental illness. But one crucial question remains almost entirely unasked: why schools? This essay revisits my conversations and research on what makes schools the recurring stage for these tragedies—and the uncomfortable truths we ignore at our peril.
The fact that these crimes usually take place at schools has never been surprising to me. I’ve never been able to fully explain why but this covers a lot of the reasons.
They target schools to promote maximum terror and pain. The real target is the adults in society, and the world at large. We have callously thrown our kids to the wolves for decades, grinning like ninnies as we served them up to sexual predators online on a sliver platter. In addition to blacking out "trans" the media will also never admit how many of these shooters are on "porn". Unsurprising. They don't want to reach any inconvenient conclusions.
"The same system that insists affirmation is life-saving also insists we are cruel—or even 'genocidal'—if we recognize it is something clinical to treat."
The fact that these crimes usually take place at schools has never been surprising to me. I’ve never been able to fully explain why but this covers a lot of the reasons.
They target schools to promote maximum terror and pain. The real target is the adults in society, and the world at large. We have callously thrown our kids to the wolves for decades, grinning like ninnies as we served them up to sexual predators online on a sliver platter. In addition to blacking out "trans" the media will also never admit how many of these shooters are on "porn". Unsurprising. They don't want to reach any inconvenient conclusions.
Thank you for pointing out the following:
"The same system that insists affirmation is life-saving also insists we are cruel—or even 'genocidal'—if we recognize it is something clinical to treat."
Great read.
Another informative perspective: https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/the-hog-clip-as-a-symbol-of-delusion