Fuck I made the mistake of going back over by Facebook, and now I'm pissed off again. Stupid place.
Hey Again, Steemitizens,
Over on Facebook, the endless political debates that go nowhere and the theater of absolutely useless virtue signalling continue without us.
I made the mistake of stopping in over there. Something I have done maybe half a dozen times in nearly 9 months since discovering the sanity and intellect that lives here on Steem, getting along mostly aside from some famous drama queens here, and changing lives all around the world together with projects like @YouAreHOPE and so forth.
Color, race, culture, religion, none of that matters when you are feeding starving orphans together around the world, right?
So when I learned of a school shooting in Florida near where I used to live, I went to FB for news of loved ones in the area there. Some had students IN those schools, but luckily for me and my friends none of our loved ones were directly involved in the tragic and heart wrenching event. Only nearby when it happened. My heart is with those who were injured for quick healing and with those who faced such sad loss of loved ones and their children in Florida.
But that said, the same stupid debate rages on here in the States, with the paranoid and afraid yelling BAN THE THINGS and the rational and sensible seeking REAL solutions.
Like this one. This was my first non-steem promo post on FB in 9 months. And it ain't wrong.
Posted on FB today, 2/17/2018 by me:
REAL advice.
The rest of you who think this article is wrong and keep yelling "ban the things" are pretty unbelievably wrong about how that works. (Hint, it won't, and can't even, and it's incredibly naive, inaccurately biased and just plain ludicrous to think so. See article within. Don't just take my word for it for the last 8 years here.)
How's that gun-free zone, drugs being illegal and alcohol having an age limit, along with the thousands of existing gun laws, working for you so far? Adding more and expecting something to change, are you people drinking underage, on illegal drugs? How do you even come up with this nonsense? Seriously, really? Wow, just wow. There are literally ZERO statistics in your favor, and millions proving this "ban" idea to be just flat out stupid.
Remember prohibition? History? Nah, course not, that doesn't signal your virtues well enough.
Read this and learn how to REALLY start affecting the long term culture change we need to solve this problem:
THERE’S A WAY TO STOP MASS SHOOTINGS, AND YOU WON’T LIKE IT. There’s a Way to Stop Mass Shootings, and You Won’t Like It.https://mystudentapt.com/2015/10/06/theres-a-way-to-stop-mass-shootings-and-you-wont-like-it/
@SirCork
Founder @YouAreHOPE Network
Founder @SteemStarNetwork
Steem Witness
Firearms Owner - and they have never hurt a soul, but they have saved a convenience store operating man from assault by five large men armed with baseball bats and stopped a car theft by two men on my own block in two different instances where I ended a crime by carrying a firearm. What has your virtue signalling saved?
Also- I don't advise trying to rob me either, I won the bet in this 28 second clip and I'd win that one too...
Good job sir
Facebook is really a stupid place mate. It's full of garbage there! This is why I am more active in steemit than any other social media site.
"Notice those around you who seem isolated, and engage them.” - if you are ready, then I'm ready, because this is actually GOLD.
Engage the isolated one - give yourself a chance, see where your linitations are, learn to communicate, learn who you are.
I'm trying to see 'You are hope' as a hope for the issues that surround me. Still can't jump in and put a lot of efforts to raise awareness for issues I'm surrounded with.
Thank you @sircork!
Believe it or not, I am one the "isolated" people. I promise you this will work.
Well, why not to believe you. In one way or another I'm also isolated. Communication and socialization costs efforts even for extroverts.
Which effort is better. Saying hello to a loner on a park bench? Or sending "thoughts and prayers" after everyone is already dead, right?
what? you expect them to get off there ass and do something besides cry and bitch?...lol....
half of them do not vote,and 2/3 of them that do vote think that there is a diff. between Rep./Dem. .... they seem to like doing same thing and expecting a change in out come...
I think we need to lock them in a room w/ a loaded gun for a week and let them understand that a gun,does not do a damn thing by its self...and while they are in the room w/ a gun we will let the pedo politician babysit there kids...
;-)
one word.
Yep.
I haven't quite dumped FB yet, even most folks in my own Gothic subculture are too easily caught up in their virtue signalling quoting mainstream media talking points. But I've lingered and maybe hope to "save" one or two from the insanity. But that's just hope. Sheep wearing Black.
I like you already ;) Rock on!
The politician's syllogism: "Something must be done, and I am doing something, so therefore I am doing what must be done!"
Lao Tzu: "The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be. Therefore the Sage says: 'So long as I do nothing, the people will work out their own reformation. So long as I love calm, the people will right themselves. If only I keep from meddling, the people will grow rich. If only I am free from desire, the people will come naturally back to simplicity.'"
Wisdoms both!
Facebook On Bans: "It won't work, but we have to do SOMETHING!"
"If we save even just one life, it's worth it!"
"When will it be enough until they finally take some action?"
Good post @SirCork! Glad common sense is a little easier to find than I have thought in the past.
Oh it's not easier to find. Most of us have given up and gone to our bugouts already, oh around, 2008 ;)
great information...
Which part, comments like this will get you marked as a spammer. it's not even an information post, it's an opinion.