I'm a teacher in Texas, thank you for saying "we can't put the responsibility on schools to handle men with weapons of war." I feel like I've been screaming this all week and I've lost my voice.

@fairycat23

2 жыл бұрын

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@AspLode

2 жыл бұрын

Because passing the buck is the other kind of politics. It's about hamstringing good-faith attempts at conversation with suggestions so idiotic that it is, by design, more exhausting to prove how stupid it is than it is to push more stupid ideas forth. We have politicians who don't delegate to experts but instead themselves speak as if they're experts, case in point Ted Cruz talking about the minutia of public safety. And it is with a certain unbelievable level of callous self-serving cynicism that this idealistic battle is fought, because it is in active, cognizant, fervent defense of a status quo that sees children dying at school. Look at how quickly Abbott and Patrick snap from thoughts and prayers to venom and insults when approached by Beto O'Rourke

@iplaysdrums

2 жыл бұрын

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@MarcosProjects

2 жыл бұрын

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@pthaloblue100

2 жыл бұрын

This, exactly!!!

My entire life, Republicans have said "government doesn't work," then as soon as they get into office, they spend all their time making sure it doesn't.

@melissag9081

2 жыл бұрын

Republicans: Trust us to prove our claim of government incompetence and dysfunction is true.

@simplethings3730

2 жыл бұрын

That is the plan. That's how it works. To stop the government from regulating businesses you have to sabotage the government. How better to do that than from the inside.

@lindascott3973

2 жыл бұрын

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@danielmcandrew979

2 жыл бұрын

And they get away with it because people, not just news media, go around saying “politicians have ____” when in reality it’s just Republicans. Sometimes you understand the impulse cause there’s technically a few conservative dems or independents involved, but still. Call a spade a spade or ya end up feeling like there’s nothing that can be done, nothing can help. Cause ya think “politician” when its “republicans” long enough and you actually ignore reality and act according to the phrase ya been parroting. That’s essentially what’s happened with much of the public in this country my entire life. Republicans can act with impunity and it’s just “politicians.” Dems do anything and it’s treated as bad and is “the democrats.” And people wonder why the youth vote has historically been under represented since Reagan

@luqcrusher

2 жыл бұрын

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“There is something deeply hypocritical praying for a problem that you are unwilling to resolve.” (A quote that has popped up recently and resonated given the political climate). Fantastic video, Hank.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

mooooooooooood

@kari-un5ro

2 жыл бұрын

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@anna-graceschumann8869

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, the Bible even agrees with you. Prayer without actions is just noise.

@ZhovtoBlakytniy

2 жыл бұрын

Praying is part of the solution. But don't just pray for them, pray WITH them or if praying isn't your thing be present in their lives and your community equipped with love for your fellow humans.

@gyinagal

2 жыл бұрын

AFAIK, this was Miroslav Wolf, one of the foremost theologians alive today.

I am a teacher. A few years ago, I took part in a mandatory professional training in which stress balls representing bullets were thrown at us as we implemented different ALICE Drill protocols. A gun with blanks was fired in the school's hallways so we could learn what a "weapon of war" sounds like in a school building. We practiced running. We practiced hiding. We practiced barricading. I am a teacher.

@93DavidJ

2 жыл бұрын

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@bannewanne

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what to say. I'm sorry. I'm a teacher too but not in the US I just can't imagine.

@jahughes478

2 жыл бұрын

As horrifying as that is, I work at a school, and I kind of wish we had that training, because I don’t know what a gun would sound like, and every loud noise makes me jump, for fear it could be gun fire.

@nanszoo3092

2 жыл бұрын

THIS Is Unacceptable for SO Many Reasons. I can't even think of anything to say to you personally except that THIS is just wrong.

@993LD

2 жыл бұрын

Teachers aren't paid enough.

I moved the UK eight years ago with intention of returning to the US in 5-7 years. I didn’t realize leaving, seeing it from the outside, would mean I can’t. Because I’d lived abroad before, but not since having two children. Knowing I have removed my kids from this, how can I possibly put them back into it? I can’t. It is a crushing, guilty, awful, complex and yet clear feeling.

@InstrucTube

2 жыл бұрын

I don't blame you in the slightest. I don't even have kids, but I'm pretty sure if I moved out of the country I'd struggle to come back.

@xequth

2 жыл бұрын

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@thescumbagofnewyork9397

2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I can't help envying you. I've looked into moving, but I just can't find any job outside of the US.

@kevinw2592

2 жыл бұрын

My wife kids and I have lived in Canada our whole lives and we are feeling like we need to leave. Our right wing has been moving towards Republican style politiking for 15 years now. All the arguments we hear on Murdoch news outlets are being repeated by some of our politicians. Our centrists are fighting for the status quo, holding on to an increasingly smaller mandate. And our left is ineffectual. As a nation, our only pride is that at least we're doing better than the Americans. It's a low bar. And, when you look at the numbers, not always true.

@AnnLiesArtist

2 жыл бұрын

I had this same feeling when I left my rural home and saw it from the outside for the first time. As fascism has increased its stranglehold on my Montana friends and family it’s gotten harder and harder to love them. That is the politics I have no more time for.

Let's not even discuss that there's a decent overlap between people who do not allow criticism of police and military actions but still need guns to "fight the government"...

@MrQuantumInc

2 жыл бұрын

"The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun!" It is an absurd sentiment and a sign someone has seen too many action movies, but they seem to believe it anyway. The terrifying part is how easily the live between "good guy" and "bad guy" can change.

@o76923

2 жыл бұрын

Or how many of them are already cops. The constitutional sheriff movement is massive and one of their central beliefs is that county sheriffs are the final arbiters of the constitution thus any federal interference with their job is illegitimate. There are large swaths of the country subject to these feifdoms where state and federal law enforcement realistically cannot act because of the bad PR that would be generated from fighting back against cops who side with criminals and are willing to overthrow governments.

@wkeown

2 жыл бұрын

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@runakovacs4759

2 жыл бұрын

And also claims that small arms will help defeat a tyrannical government. These people never read the history of Eastern Europe. Warsaw Uprising, 1956 Hungarian revolution. All crushed by tanks. To the point that it has a term today: tankies - authoritarians who advocate and endorse use of millitary force to crush insurrections.

@SezShares

2 жыл бұрын

+ THIS

One of the worst arguments is, "If we make guns illegal, bad people will still find a way to get them." Before the drinking age was raised to 21, teenagers were getting into so many drunk driving accidents that it was a huge problem in the United States. After we raised the drinking age to 21, those numbers went down DRASTICALLY, and continue to be lower than they were before. Do teenagers still "find a way" to drink? Yes. Do teenagers still get into drunk driving accidents? Unfortunately, yes. But the numbers going down is the most important reason we changed the law. Any lives saved as a result of policy changes IS A GOOD THING.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

But that might impact the profits of the largest sellers of weapons on Planet earth.

@popenieafantome9527

2 жыл бұрын

@@Praisethesunson what companies can do with enough money and lobbying ....

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

@@popenieafantome9527 What workers can do when acting in solidarity with each other against the capitalist class will always be greater.

@Argusthecat

2 жыл бұрын

"If we make guns illegal, criminals will still own guns. And that's why we don't make any laws, ever. Because if we made laws, the people who would break the laws will break the laws, so the laws don't matter."

@sams1982

2 жыл бұрын

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I was in fifth grade when Sandy Hook happened, and I truly feel that that event was a defining moment of my generation. I will never forget where I was that day and the absolute horror that filled the school auditorium. Since then, there have been mass shooting after mass shooting. Terrifying lockdown drills, once never even heard about, and now a feature of every school. Something so clearly needs to change. The fear of children being senselessly murdered must be number one above all else.

@FredZoise

2 жыл бұрын

This is so interesting because I was 10 when Columbine happened. That felt like a defining moment of my generation. I also came from a small town and people would call in bomb threats regularly to get out of tests. There wasn't really a difference between a fire drill and a bomb threat so I think we were desensitized to it. Plus we were just kids, I doubt we fully understood the significance of a bomb threat. All of it has been a problem for way too many years.

Being European it is such a strange concept to me that this is a possibility. We have no active shooter drills, only fire and earthquake school drills (I'm from Greece btw). This is not a threat for the most part. No kid should be filled with the fear of getting killed in their own school.

@duality4y

2 жыл бұрын

unfortunetly shoots happen where i live (netherlands) it's not often but I can feel the fear creeping up, I live in the Netherlands and to hear about a shooting is so so saddening and confusing

@doctorx3

2 жыл бұрын

what's funny is that I hear about Eastern Europe and I think about Kalashnikovs and organized crime being everywhere. Am I mistaken, or is Greece an outlier?

@elif6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@doctorx3 the Eastern Europe you’re envisioning was more than 30 years ago now, right after the fall of the Soviet’s, there are bad things, people and areas like in every country but it’s not a chaos zone anymore.

@jeanwire3221

2 жыл бұрын

As an American, I hear this sentiment from Europeans online somewhat frequently, and it's very frustrating. We are aware that most other countries do not have this problem. The vast majority of Americans support the sort of gun control measures that would prevent tragedies like this, but we are held hostage by a small number of despots. Comments like this read like Europeans bragging, as opposed to offering support or empathy during this time.

@elif6908

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly this last school shooting is much more bizarre for me, another non-American, because the guy just turned 18 and just walked and bought an assault rifle (or whatever it’s called not important). Like I’m not the expert but every other shooting I heard the guns belonged to parents or illicitly bought. It’s mind boggling for that you just go and buy a rifle and no one, not even a soul questions you.

When a *politician* says _"I don't want to talk about politics,"_ they're really saying _"I don't want to be held accountable for not doing my job."_ If you are a *politician,* your job *IS* politics. Times of crisis is *WHEN YOU ARE ON THE CLOCK.* If you are being consulted by the media, your constituents, or anyone else, it is because a *POLITICAL* issue needs to be addressed. Do your damn jobs. Seriously, Ted Cruz can [multiple expletives redacted].

@CODENAMEDERPY

2 жыл бұрын

Cool pfp.

@GreenGorgeousness

2 жыл бұрын

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@dianeb.8242

2 жыл бұрын

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@thethirdchimpanzee

2 жыл бұрын

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A quote I've seen doing the rounds: "Let's take a moment to honour the sacrifice of our brave school children who lay down their lives to protect our right to bear arms." 😓 💔

@MiaThorsteinsson

2 жыл бұрын

what a haunting quote, and it's awful that it rings so true

@Wyrdgrrl

2 жыл бұрын

That is a deeply disgusting and sickening quote. Literally saying that they value guns more than children's lives.

@Djynni

2 жыл бұрын

Except the children don't lay down their lives - they don't make that choice. Other people volunteer them.

@flowerheit4512

2 жыл бұрын

@@Djynni +

@MethosOhio

2 жыл бұрын

This is sad, but true, and ultimately necessary.

Hank, I'm a school architect and what hit me so hard about your video was the statement " we cannot put razor wire around our playgrounds" but the horrible thing is, because no on will do anything about guns, we *are* doing that. We are making our schools prisons, we are creating "secure vestibules" at every elementary I work on. We are putting blast proof walls and bullet proof glass. And STILL if someone leaves a back door unlocked, if someone accidentally drops their keycard in the parking lot, it's all useless. The only real thing we can do to keep the kids safe is keep guns away from our kids. I've only been in the architecture industry for 4 years and I have built 7 secure entries so far. I'm exhausted.

@Velocitist

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your continuous effort, I hope for the day comes when your expertise won’t be need to in this manner.

@shortourt14

2 жыл бұрын

I remember my fiancé (also a school architect) coming home from work and telling me how they had a contractor come in to advertise their bullet proof glass…I hate that we’ve made a market out of “secure” spaces before passing reasonable gun legislation.

@summertime69

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a documentary years ago profiling a company that was building a school and they were discussing the features. The architect kept going on and on about all the safety features, including curved walls, so that shooters *might* not have a clear shot at their victims... No where else in the world does this.

@Anon54387

Жыл бұрын

Good luck on keeping guns away from kids. You could literally outlaw guns and still there'd be guns near kids. Or other threatening weapons. Attacking the weapons is attacking a symptom. We used to keep crazy people locked up in psychiatric hospitals. We stopped doing that. Now we have mass shootings. So why not do it again rather than infringing the rights of the sane and non-violent? We aren't turning schools into prisons because people own guns (Americans have always owned guns and lots of them.) rather because we have a bunch of crazy people running loose that belong in psychiatric hospitals.

This is the greatest most well written video on this topic I’ve ever seen. Thank you Hank and John for not being afraid to speak your minds and say what must be said.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

And genuinely the audio only format helped, I think.

@Geeksmithing

2 жыл бұрын

* that you ever heard. There was nothing to see. 🙃

8 years old- I watch the news in horror from the floor of my grandmother’s living room, students my age shot dead in an elementary school. I had never heard of a school shooting before, I didn’t understand. I asked my mom what Santa was going to do with all those kids’ presents, she just cried 9 years old- I sit shaking in fear in the corner of my darkened 3rd grade classroom, holding the hands of my classmates while we wait for the man with the gun to break down our door. Someone had gone on an armed rampage at the auto garage across the street from my school, I was 9 the first time I thought I would die. 13 years old- I’m at my school district’s Equity Fights AIDS fundraiser, ready to go on stage and perform with my friends when the alert comes across our phones, 17 students shot dead in Florida. I stand shivering in my school’s parking lot as I protest with my friends, begging someone, anyone to do something, to protect us. 14 years old- Mooring hooks are installed on the doorframes in our classrooms so we can tie our doors shut. Teachers are armed with hammers and lacrosse balls. I’m no longer just being taught geography and algebra, I’m being taught how to build the most effective barricade and the quickest escape routes. 15 years old- our sister middle school goes on lockdown because an armed man has breached campus, I sit wondering if my friends are still alive 18 years old- I watch in horror as kids, no older than I was when I first heard the words school shooting, die. 10 years we’ve asked, we’ve begged, we’ve screamed. They don’t hear us, they don’t care. My life doesn’t mean anything to them, it never has

@elsajohnson6663

2 жыл бұрын

Omg that ia so sad. What has happened to this country

@moontiger6393

2 жыл бұрын

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@Drekromancer

2 жыл бұрын

That was raw. Thank you for sharing your hurt with us. I hope we can make a difference this time.

@standing_around

2 жыл бұрын

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@melodysmash

2 жыл бұрын

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Extremely well said Hank. It is disgusting that in saying "this is not the time for politics" they are doing exactly that, but ensuring future children are sacrificed for it.

Both of my parents are public high school teachers in Texas, the amount of times I have a thought of “what if they never come home” is too many to count. It shouldn’t happen. My mom’s retiring today, and I’m happy not just because she won’t have to work anymore, but because she won’t be a possible victim to gun violence in the future… the worry won’t stop for my dad though, not yet anyway

@oswenaisla4016

2 жыл бұрын

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@shimmeringsound112

2 жыл бұрын

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@brainey

2 жыл бұрын

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@resourceress7

2 жыл бұрын

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@ihavebeard30

2 жыл бұрын

A possibly unhelpful idea but could teachers organise a sort of long term mass strike over safety concerns in response to all this? I get this is far from ideal and would have huge problems but I dunno

I feel your frustration and anger. My little sister elected to finish high school from home due to fear of this and poor Covid safety. I’m glad she is safe but I’m sad she will not get to experience high school as I did.

@VirgilOvid

2 жыл бұрын

How much fear is your family instilling on her? I support political action but making her believe she is in constant danger is not the way. Please resist the urge to fear monger, it will mess her up psychologically for the rest of her life. The risk of being shot in school is far, far, far, far down the list. Don't make children live in fear, teach them to take political action to fight for what's right.

@ozkey1558

2 жыл бұрын

@@darcyrobbs6866 Uvalde has school district police. There was an armed guard at the entrance of the school. The gunman shot at them and entered the school. Schools are gun free zones for students & visitors, not for guards and district police.

@CPrime-sl9dj

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, finishing online. Things are way to ridiculous these days. If I can’t go to school assured that I won’t get murdered in 3rd damn period, I just won’t go. My (possibly unpopular) opinion is that guns are a unnecessary evil that only causes problems. I don’t know why people think the government is always out to get them, like this isn’t Iran or North Korea or something. As hank said, it is the politicians way of getting re-elected: using fear. Such a crock.

It is so hard to be someone who works in an elementary school right now. I don't have anything else. It's just hard.

@kateh7484

2 жыл бұрын

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@oswenaisla4016

2 жыл бұрын

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@aisling_90

2 жыл бұрын

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@sams1982

2 жыл бұрын

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@hpdftba

2 жыл бұрын

Hugs from one teacher to another

The bigger point is, we do not only need to protect our children from guns. We need to protect them from having to live in those bank vaults and behind that razor wire. It is not only about preventing them from being in that tiny, tragic minority of kids who are killed by insane people with military style weapons. It is also about preventing them from being in the vast majority brought up with no reasonable sense of safety.

@GreenGorgeousness

2 жыл бұрын

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@pendlera2959

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The prevention we're having to use is becoming increasingly traumatic even if the event never happens.

This fall I am starting my career as a high school teacher. I was a student who lived through Sandy Hook while I was in the 6th grade, and now I am going into the schools from a different perspective. Though, my perspective on safety, the apparent apathy of lawmakers, has remained constant in my disgust towards people unwilling to protect those most vulnerable and most important. During my student teaching, we did safety drills for an active shooter. It was horrifying teaching students how to stack their desks properly to barricade a door, and how important it was to play dead if a shooter entered the room. Then as the drill started, my mentor teacher and I were those standing in front of the door. We were the first line of defense. I would do anything for my students, but the fact that I must be prepared to do that is dismaying.

@oswenaisla4016

2 жыл бұрын

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@iplaysdrums

2 жыл бұрын

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@Billywashere89

2 жыл бұрын

Dismaying is the largest understatement of all time...

@sera8697

2 жыл бұрын

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@ihavebeard30

2 жыл бұрын

A possibly unhelpful idea but could teachers organise a sort of long term mass strike over safety concerns in response to all this? I get this is far from ideal and would have huge problems but I dunno

Politicians have _long_ spent more time getting elected than doing their jobs. I can only hope that this finally breaks acceptance of that and forces people to do what they're elected for, rather than use their power to hold policy hostage as kids continue to die.

@MarkThePage

2 жыл бұрын

The difference these days is that many don't do their job at ALL. They only obstruct and blame. But so many Americans are apathetic and don't vote, so these politicians keep getting reelected.

@IceMetalPunk

2 жыл бұрын

"Politicians have long spent more time getting elected than doing their jobs." That's because in a democracy, getting elected *is* a politician's job. Collecting votes puts them in office, which gives them their income and power. Being inept only costs them anything if they can't continue collecting votes through means other than doing the right thing -- which of course, they can and often do. It's a fundamental problem at the core of the democratic process: hiring someone based on popularity alone not only removes any skill requirements, but *incentivizes* manipulation.

@IceMetalPunk

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Lochlann Like a "here's a list of promises you made that got you elected, here's the timeline you gave us; if you complete less than 60% of these on time, you're fired and we're holding a new election"?

@OrWhatWeHave

2 жыл бұрын

​@@IceMetalPunk to be fair, in the United States this is significantly influenced by having a FIFTEEN MONTH federal election cycle (not including flipping mid-terms) so politicians are forced to spend a huge amount of their time in office campaigning. This is a big problem, and has simpler solutions than some of the other big problems with democracy. That's not to say that time outside of election cycles isn't motivated by reelection either, but it's less of a time-suck. Australia just had a federal election. It was called on the 10th of April and held on May 21st. Six weeks of active campaigning. A lot more time spent at least pretending to govern.

@mrbyzantine0528

2 жыл бұрын

@@IceMetalPunk I like that idea! When can we implement it?

On a random day two years ago, I asked my Facebook feed if "now" was a good time to talk about gun control. My European friends were concerned about what new tragedy had happened. My American friends blocked me.

@28th_St_Air

2 жыл бұрын

Then they are not friends

@kevinw2592

2 жыл бұрын

@@28th_St_Air i was going to write "friends", but I thought it was too on the nose. I'm Canadian and we have a lot of the same problems here, just not to the same degree. My dream is that the US becomes a positive example again. Cause we need some of those.

@SIS3W3N

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinw2592 Again?

@kevinw2592

2 жыл бұрын

@@SIS3W3N in Micheal Moore's movie, "who should we invade next" he goes to countries around the world and investigates ways they are doing things much better then the current US. The catch is they are all things inspired by or emulated after the way the US used to do things. The US never had a monopoly on virtue, or sin, but it was a legitimate good example to the world once upon a time.

@Alverant

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinw2592 I'm not sure America has ever been a legitimate good example. We had racial discrimination in many forms, including slavery. When laws were passed about it, things got a little better but it was still there. I remember people fighting against the ERA because it would encourage women to "leave their husbands and become witches". Then there's how we treat religious minorities and the LGBTQ+ community. It's like we're always looking for some marginalized group to beat down and blame for everything.

As a Scotsman I've been lucky that since we had the horror of Dunblane we have never suffered such a tragedy since. My heart goes out to everyone in America who lives with a sense of fear around the possibility of this happening to them or someone they know. I hope change does come and things do get better for everyone.

@xequth

2 жыл бұрын

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@kevinw2592

2 жыл бұрын

It seems like to be an American is to live with fear.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kindness.

@dgill441

2 жыл бұрын

thank you. may i ask if you know what changes were made after your tragedy?

@an_sealgair9497

2 жыл бұрын

@@dgill441 initially it was a ban on handguns and assault rifles ( though I may be mistaken on when the assault rifle ban took place). As the years have gone on things have tightened up. While it is still possible to get guns for hunting it does me checks and adequate licenses are required. I don't personally know what the process is, as I have never looked into getting a gun, but I know it is possible as farmers and hunters quite often have them, they are just much rarer. It's so strict even air rifles are not allowed unless you have a proper license for them.

There exists a higher level of wrong when a politician, in their course of holding their current seat of political power, who gained their position through practicing politics and is paid by taxes collected from the public says "This is not the time for politics."

I saw on TikTok a man asking: when is the time for politics? How long do we have to wait? 3 days? 5? Because if it's 5 days then there has not been a single time in this decade without a mass shooting in 5 days, so politics haven't been able to be discussed yet. It crushed me to my core

@oswenaisla4016

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you Hank for articulating what I feel in such a clear and concise manner.

Never has a more pointed and poignant take on the distinctions of political facets been succinctly and concisely stated. Hank; thank you.

I'm European, but the culture in the United States is becoming more and more frightening to me. The fact that this form of violent extremism has been allowed to grow and root itself in your nation for (at least) the past three decades, is heartbreaking and completely abhorrent. Meanwhile, somewhere on the internet and in your society, others are watching this and getting ideas. Will your primary and secondary schools all get fences, gates and armed security? Will they have to prepare themselves for armed conflict? Is that what the second amendment was intended for? I'm so very sorry that this is reality. I don't know what else to say.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man. The American imperial project is built on overwhelming violence against those least able to fight back. The American rabble only get upset when that violence gets turned inward. Instead of against some nonwhite people in some not America place like it normally is.

@sarahmihuc3993

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's way out of control and has been for over 10 years at least. We already have walls/gates, metal detectors, & armed police in many, many of our schools and have had that even since I was in high school 10 years ago. I only experienced a few years of active shooter drills but I can't imagine the effect that it would have had on me as a young child, especially as it seems they have gotten a bit more extreme in what they train you to do (eg play dead, hide under desks, barricade the door). I'm an American expat and like others in these comments, share the sentiment that I will never move back because between this and the healthcare system and our broken political system, it's too awful to live there. Luckily I can still vote.

@krim7

2 жыл бұрын

I work in a School District. All schools have been upgraded since Sandy Hook to have full fencing. They also have been remodeled to accommodate a single point of entry, complete with a bullet proof glass. Each classroom door must remain locked at all times and, if it has a window, it must be covered at all times (so no one can see into the classroom from the outside. Once every quarter, each school has a "Code Red Drill" to practice for an armed gunman gaining entry to the building. During a Code Red, no one inside a classroom is allowed to open the door, even if they hear people outside asking to get in or hear someone over the PA say the coast is clear. The lights in each classroom are shut off and the students drop to the floor. When the danger has passed, a police officer will unlock & open the door.

@danieljensen2626

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Lochlann My impression from arguing with people on this is that most people on the right believe the military would help them overthrow the government. Although at that point I'm not sure what civilians need the guns for other than holding out long enough to make the military choose sides. And, to be fair to them, the vast majority of people in the military are conservative, so it's possible there's some truth to that.

@ZhovtoBlakytniy

2 жыл бұрын

@@danieljensen2626 from someone without a political affiliation that talks to all sides, the pro second amendment (which is not a right vs left thing actually) government can't be relied on because things can change and the fear is authoritarian government not having checks. The right doesn't want a far left authoritarian government and the left doesn't want an authoritarian right one. I'm sure you don't want either one, neither do I. The pattern is gun confiscation followed by an extremist authoritarian government being installed sooner or later as a result. Everyone's favorite example - the Nazis.

I got a TikTok for a bullet proof school bags. This video was so chilling to watch. Even describing the use of velcro straps because in that moment you need to use that back pack for safety your hands would tremble. So Velcro was the easiest to secure.

@TeezyPie

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that someone has come up with this product and is then pushing hard to advertise it this week for profit is beyond ghoulish. Not surprising at all, either, which is so depressing.

@imightbebiased9311

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeezyPie I kid you not. The first time I became aware of these is when one of my friends from high school posted something after Sandy Hook that basically said, "I can't believe I'm having to shop for bulletproof backpacks to send my child to school now." We've gone nowhere in 10 years.

@michnish

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing these after Sandy Hook I can 100% tell you if we lived in the US this is what my little boy would have instead of his construction backpack. I can't read any articles about what happened because even the titles just make my heart stop. If I think too hard about this being a reality it could break me.

i remember being in high school and walking out in 2018. we were angry and afraid and we thought we could make the government listen to us. and 4 years later here we are again. i... i don't know what to try and do anymore.

@pitpat2928

2 жыл бұрын

we marched for the climate, we marched against gun violence, we stood up for lgbt youth and it feels like they patted us on the back for our bravery and sent us on our way. like they were glad we’d be strong enough to keep facing injustices. im so fucking sick. we cant stop screaming but i also cant imagine whos voice itll actually take to tip the scale.

@thatjillgirl

2 жыл бұрын

At bare minimum, you've got to vote religiously. Every election, local to federal. Voter turnout in this country is pitiful.

@toddoverholt4556

2 жыл бұрын

The government won't listen to anyone. They only listen to the corporations that control the politicians, and the corporations only listen to their shareholders

@PitLord777

2 жыл бұрын

Kids can't vote so no one's really incentivized to listen to kids.

@Zeromaus

2 жыл бұрын

Give up, you're wrong and your efforts won't get you anywhere

I'm not an American, I'm not even on the same continent. I live in a country with it's own heartbreaking and infuriating problems, but the idea that someone can walk into a school and gun down a whole class full of 10 year old children...AND THE GOVENMENT CAN'T BE MADE TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THIS SHIT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN... I can't understand it. To many people outside, America is something to aspire to, "the shining city on the hill"... This shit has lost it's luster.

the comparison of Political Theatrics vs Political Governing feels very similar to so many other things happening socially. it's "Give respect to earn respect" when the first respect is 'obeying authorities' (parents, police, etc) and the second respect is 'being treated like a human'. It's disgusting.

I don't think i can watch this right now, but I'm leaving a comment for the algorithm because people need to see it Write to your representatives. Don't let them hide from their responsibility in this.

@elisabeth1393

2 жыл бұрын

So many people are asking what the government is going to do about this. Go ask them. Send them a letter, write an email, call and leave voicemails requesting a response. Ask them how seriously they’re taking this issue and what they’re doing to address it. If you think they have a bad or incomplete plan, respond. Engage in conversation with your representatives and their teams. Bring friends, family, and even local government members into the conversation. Tell your reps how important this is, and if you’re comfortable, how increased gun violence has impacted your life and wellbeing. They work for you. It’s appropriate to ask elected officials hard questions and hold them accountable when they aren’t fulfilling their duties.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting and being here. Please take care of yourself and yes, absolutely, demand better from the people enabling this.

@Drekromancer

2 жыл бұрын

@@elisabeth1393 Thank you for the call to action. I think many of us need this reminder to jolt us out of our resigned stupor. But you're right. We still have hope - but only if we take action. First, take care of yourself. Then, do everything you can sustain. And if you don't have the time or the strength, then get your friends and family to do it for you. Lives are at stake.

"We need guns to fight government tyranny!" Bro, you *are* the government tyranny

@clomino3

2 жыл бұрын

"We need guns to fight government tyranny" *Gives police tanks*

@M4nusky

2 жыл бұрын

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@GreenGorgeousness

2 жыл бұрын

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@Zeromaus

2 жыл бұрын

Bro, you are the bootlicker.

@chaosPneumatic

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly this. By "government tyrrany," what they actually mean is "when the people I oppress take power."

This tragedy after tragedy in the US is getting ridiculous. Looking at it from abroad, my heart is in pain for my home country. Yes, now is the time for change, for everyone- all life is precious.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

America murders kids by the dozens all over the Earth literally everyday. That's the price for being an imperial power. Lol at Muricans upset that their domestic rabble occasionally gets a taste of the violence they subject large swaths of the rest of the world to.

@commanderrockwell1123

2 жыл бұрын

and what change do you think is going to be effective lmao

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

@@commanderrockwell1123 Organizing with your fellow wage slaves to Overthrow your capitalist masters. That is your only path to safety and salvation

I was a substitute teacher in a first grade classroom the day of the shooting at Sandyhook. Half way through the day, everything changed for me when I started looking at the room in a way of how to barricade. I started trying to figure out what I could possibly do to confront a shooter and love long enough to give the kids time to escape through the window. This week, I send my second grader to school, and I've cried every day in grief and fear and knowing nothing will change. It may make no difference, it may be futile, but call your senators. Beg them to support the gun legislation that they are about to vote on.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

Work with your fellow wage slaves to Overthrow your capitalist overlords. That is your only path to safety and salvation.

@sams1982

2 жыл бұрын

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@mariasibbio8844

2 жыл бұрын

I am a third grade teacher and the intrusive thoughts of what it would be like if there was an active shooter have been very real. Hang in there ❤️

I remember when I was in high school, not long ago, and the phrase ‘the worst mass casualty event’ pertaining to guns happened multiple times between my junior and senior year. I have hope because I have to, but I find that I am exhausted.

@TwirlGirl2197

2 жыл бұрын

And the saddest part is that the phrases “worst mass shooting” and “worst school shooting” and the like have largely been replaced with “worst mass shooting since…” We have had some shootings so horrific we struggle to top them (Sandy Hook and Las Vegas) and yet our elected leaders still won’t do anything to stop them.

@MarkThePage

2 жыл бұрын

What enrages me most of all is that a big portion of us who've been growing up with this, who are now old enough to vote, have not been voting. If everyone under 30 voted, our government would suddenly look very different and we'd finally start seeing policy action.

Thank you so much for addressing this, Hank. You were 100% spot on.

Thank you, Hank. I'm a teacher in Arizona. I'm reeling. The district in Uvalde had a comprehensive plan. But humans are humans. A door was propped open. A classroom door was left unlocked. Because it's *not* prison. It's school. Schools should *not* have to face men with military-grade weapons. If we have to live in fear of being gunned down in our churches, our grocery stores, and our classrooms, then we do not live in a free country.

@1qtaz

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's what the white nationalists want, if we feel we don't live in a free country, we will accept authoritarian rule. And the plan to be the authoritarians.

@yarnyness5431

2 жыл бұрын

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@93DavidJ

2 жыл бұрын

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@Zeromaus

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, you're living in fear? Are you okay? Is the paranoia taking over bud? There's a difference between freedom and safety, and freedom should never be sacrificed for safety. Freedom can be scary sometimes but government sanctioned safety is a prison.

@sariew8853

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zeromaus you mean like putting barbed wire fences around schools, locking them down, and arming teachers - that's state-sponsored safety, right?

“Now” is always the time to hold our representatives accountable. That is what they are elected for.

@shity_animation

2 жыл бұрын

I really doubt that will happen. Unless you can spin it about the economy. In the land of the Free it economic interest is the most important thing.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families right now”, “this is a mental health issue”, “right now we just want to give space to the families of the victims”. No! Shut up and do something about it.

@SpaveFrostKing

2 жыл бұрын

"This is a mental health issue." "Okay, let's offer universal mental healthcare." "Uhhhh..... no."

@lohphat

2 жыл бұрын

“It’s a mental health issue.” Then the Republicans vote against accessible healthcare.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

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@pendlera2959

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny because they did pass a law in some states that restricts the gun ownership of people who have been in mental hospitals (regardless of their reason for being there) or people who a medical professional has decided are "unsafe" to have a gun (this can be done anonymously, and there is little guidance or accountability to prevent, say, a racist doctor from saying a Black man with depression needs to be stripped of his guns). In some places, the ban lasts for 5 years, for others, it lasts indefinitely. Ironically, this discourages people who like guns from seeking mental health treatment, making them more dangerous.

@toddmatteson183

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that the most unhinged or despirate among us think of themselves as current or potential heroes, while the ones with real power for change are busy trying to appear as victims.

I just finished my education degree and am currently looking for my first teaching job. Honestly this is the thing about teaching that scares me the most. I love teaching but the idea that someone can come to school with a gun is almost enough to make me not want to do it. And now I see a bunch of people posting on Facebook about arming teachers as if adding more guns to the equation is going to make things better. This is not what I signed up for. I shouldn’t have to have a gun in my possession in order to feel safe at my place of work. The worst part is that the people are are arguing for teachers to be armed are the same ones that belittle and insult teachers and push for there to be less funding to schools making the education even more underfunded and unprotected.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

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@darcyrobbs6866

2 жыл бұрын

They aren't saying teachers should be armed. They are saying that teachers should be aloud to carry if they want. As of feeling safe in your job. I'm sorry, I genuinely am. Someone should've taught you that peace isn't the way life works. Its violence. peace is an aberration.

When I was in 6th grade and Sandy Hook happened, I mostly feared for my own life and the lives of my friends. Looking back, I can’t imagine what my parents were going through every time they saw me leave for school. I really feel for my teachers that had to explain to a room full of 11-12 year olds what happened and that it could happen to us too. In the years after that, we learned how to make barricades out of shelves and desks. Our teachers would go through the classroom with us and have us point out objects that could be good weapons. It feels so dystopian

Yep. As you've said, when you have fears and concerns that exist at a societal scale, we look to our elected representatives to do something about it. That's not politicizing the issue. It's a public concern. It's already politicized. And politicians are being asked to do the job they campaigned to do. What's truly frightening is how obviously these politicians are neglecting to do their jobs. How obviously they'll campaign and argue to do nothing. Children are being murdered. In response, let's do nothing. The lack of compassion, empathy and humanity is horrifying

Thank you, Hank. This was obviously not easy for you to make a video about, but you pushed aside that discomfort and did it anyway because it needed to be said. People like you are who we actually need in politics-willing to push aside personal discomfort to address a real problem.

Hank, I think this is one of the strongest videos you ever made. I have deep appreciation and admiration for your ability to articulate thoughts and emotions that I have been feeling. Thank you.

Living in Australia, I feel so sad seeing what is happing in the US. Our government, that is far from perfect, did bite the bullet after the Port Arthur massacre 26 years ago and tightened up gun control by introducing sweeping reforms. Was it easy? No! Was it effective? Absolutely! Is the work ongoing? Of course! And it will always continue. Our children are entitled to every protection we can possibly afford them. I don't care whether they are white, black, brown, yellow, Australian, American, Ukrainian, Russian, African or from Mars. Wake up political America. Look around you and see what a barely controlled access to guns is doing to your country. My heart and thoughts go out to the families of the children, teachers, and community impacted by this latest tragedy. Xxx Sue

@Yithmaster

2 жыл бұрын

Bro people in your country got put in camps for a disease with a 99.9 survival rate

I get that people might not like talking about politics, but if they are tired of these school shootings and want them to stop and make a change then they very much have to talk about politics. Like it or not, politics shape our society. No matter what people do, they can't escape it. People for example go to the Disney parks for escapism, but as we've seen in Florida with DeSantis, not even the Disney parks are safe. What we need to do is put our political differences aside and just think of common sense, if you were in the position of an elementary school student during an actual shooting and not a drill...how would you feel? Does the fact we have to do shooter drills in the first place would make you uncomfortable?

I have a 3 year old in Preschool and a 5 year old that's going to start Kindergarten in the fall... I feel this. Thank you, Hank

@MarcosProjects

2 жыл бұрын

@@darcyrobbs6866 I appreciate the suggestion but the point Hank and I are trying to make is that politicians can and should fix this. I shouldn't have to homeschool my kids because I'm worried they'll be shot at school

@TheMntnG

2 жыл бұрын

me too. they walk to school alone and are happy. the school has no fence.

@brainey

2 жыл бұрын

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It's nice to hear someone say what lots of us are thinking. Thank you for this because I have trouble sorting through my own emotions and thinking and it always helps to have someone say what they're thinking so I can say, "That! Yes, that." As an American teacher who left America and is terrified to come back for this exact reason: thank you.

My school district had a shooting when I was in 3rd grade. The gunman only used the weapon on himself, but the event scarred us all. Since I was 8 years old I knew I might die at school some day. I was passionate about gun control long before I could vote because I saw how gun violence can hurt a relatively safe small community for years after an incident. My teachers were traumatized, and they were forced to re-live that trauma during our monthly active shooter drills. I was a junior in high school when Sandy Hook happened. When nothing happened in legislation by the time I graduated over a year later, I gave up. Nothing changed in the decade after my community was touched by school gun violence and nothing changed in the year after elementary school children were murdered en masse. It's horrific. But I had already run out of energy to care by the time I was old enough to vote. I was already disillusioned by the notion that the government cares at all to protect my life. I don't know how anybody still has the energy to feel anything at the latest news of gun violence.

@alexgreene5419

2 жыл бұрын

This is something I think a lot of people feel. At least about just being too tired to care. We hear about gun violence at schools and how many people died and were injured and I feel like we're all just "oh only that many? That's not as bad as the last one" as opposed to the outrage that you should be getting from people. I feel it myself. When I was in high school we were doing school shooter drills andi just went through the motions. My small engines teacher said to my class "if there's a school shooter, we're not laying low. We are opening that emergency exit and running. Cause I'm not going to be you guys human shield, I have 2 little girls at home". And I honestly don't blame him. Teachers should not have to go to school and be expected to be the kids human shield. They have families and lives that are just as important. We need to fix the problem, which is the guns. It's just the matter of how are we going to get enough people to care for more than a day to actually create change

@Drekromancer

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexgreene5419 Well fucking said. Thank you for sharing this message. I often feel ashamed of the fact that I feel so numb - and yet, what choice is there? All we get is constant escalation with no solution. At some point, caring starts to feel like a waste of time. Let me forget about the tragedies I cannot stop, so that I might focus on the people in front of me. The people I can still save.

You know, it's kind of funny how people in the government are telling you that you can't trust people in government, and they somehow expect that to make you trust them more.

@pendlera2959

2 жыл бұрын

The idea is to restrict the power of government so businesses and rich individuals can exploit the populace without government holding them back.

@sidzero

2 жыл бұрын

@@pendlera2959 - I don't think it has anything to do with restricting the power of the government. It's 100% pure politics. "You can't trust anybody with power but me and my friends, vote for us!"

Thank you, Hank - Your articulated anger is what I wish I could give in response to this

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

The response is to Overthrow your capitalist masters.

I though I was over feeling the despair and pain of these tragedies, but this one made me cry.

Thank you. Thank you for speaking from the same place of rage, frustration, disappointment, and disbelief that I and so many others are feeling. I try so hard to understand different viewpoints and ways of seeing the world, but this is one where I just... I have no room for viewpoints that see children as an acceptable sacrifice.

When I hear of things like this happening in America, my heart hurts. From the outside it looks and feels like you're being held hostage by a vanishingly small number of politicians. I hope this helps to usher in some positive changes to gun access.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

From the inside, it feels like that too sometimes.

@Drekromancer

2 жыл бұрын

@@untappedinkwell Well said.

YES!!! Especially about the different kinds of politics. My friend got so upset about me that my first response was "political" (reposting something that said "protect kids, not guns") and not "religious" (what she reposted that said she was "praying for the families"). She told me the families are grieving and they don't want politics right now, they just need comfort. Seems to me it would bring a lot of comfort to know that no one else will have to go through this ever again! But no, I'm a terrible person for wanting actual change.

I'll never forget hearing about Sandy Hook. I was at my first job in Canada, in an office of women and all of us were mothers and/or aunts to small children. Someone spat "Americans and their fucking guns" with such vehement disgust that it is the phrase that haunts me every time I hear about a new mass shooting. We went on to be outraged and disgusted over the day as the typical BS was shared about sending 'thoughts and prayers' but it was not to be political. That was the day I realised the US government does not care about children. Children died a preventative early and tragic death but the same politicians who spout BS about "family values" chose to protect the NRA and their wallets instead of children. I will never forgive them for it, and be grateful my countries are not so callous.

@thatjillgirl

2 жыл бұрын

I hear more or less the same phrase in my own mind every time there is yet another mass shooting, and I'm American, born and raised. It's pathetic.

@merlintym1928

2 жыл бұрын

When a gunman came into my school and killed eight people, I never felt powerlessness or fear quite like it my life, and that was the reason I bought a gun for the first time. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it's not about the fear of losing an assault rifle, for me and most people, it's about the fear of becoming a victim again. There were 46 people shot in Chicago this weekend, but you probably only heard about Texas, because mass shootings only ever matter in swing States, and Illinois already has very strict gun control. You're wasting your time blaming inanimate objects for human tragedy. Gun control didn't stop my shooter, it didn't stop the 212 other mass shooters in Chicago that didn't make headlines, and it won't stop the next one. If it's the time for politics, then advocate for something that might actually help, because in America, we have gun control, in most places, where most people live, and it's not fucking working.

I feel the hurt and frustration. I was in middle school when Columbine happened, my school's response was to take away my pocket planner and prohibit me wearing a trenchcoat; I have been angry ever since that so many look at everything about the gun problem but the guns themselves.

@mynameismatt2010

2 жыл бұрын

Mental health support and media attention are the real problem. It’s not as if school shootings only happen in the US, or only in states without restrictive gun laws.

@Zeromaus

2 жыл бұрын

Guns don't pull the trigger.

@mynameismatt2010

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zeromaus Exactly! This is far more of a people problem than a hardware problem.

@makkerfelix

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zeromaus but they do shoot the fucking bullet

@kashiichan

2 жыл бұрын

@@mynameismatt2010 The hardware is the problem. It's virtually impossible to do the same thing in the same amount of time with a knife or bat. Guns allow impulses to cause mass death.

I’m sad about the circumstances that led to this, but I’m glad you are saying this Hank. I wish these opinions were represented more in the news and mainstream media. Thank you for making this

I never stopped to think that the active shooter drills we're doing in school didn't happen before me, I just viewed them as a fact.

@k-a-youtube

2 жыл бұрын

I had this realization about a month ago and I was shocked. Talked with my uncle about it, who of course didn’t have these types of drills even as recent as the mid 80s.

@PirateFrodoPotter

2 жыл бұрын

I graduated 8th grade in 2005, high school in 2009. We had 1 active shooter drill my entire school career.

@SIS3W3N

2 жыл бұрын

Such drills did not exist before Columbine.

In 1812, perhaps guns could protect your family from a corrupt government. Perhaps. But in 2022, the government has tanks, fighter jets, and bombs so devastatingly powerful they can destroy entire cities. Your assault rifle cannot stop a corrupt government. Hank, thank you for making this video. Sending love from Canada to my American neighbours.

@oswenaisla4016

2 жыл бұрын

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@MastaKeahi

2 жыл бұрын

Did the gov unfreeze Canadian bank accounts yet?

@davetoms1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastaKeahi quite frankly I'm surprised the Canadian government didn't freeze the accounts of those domestic terrorists sooner. We talk a big game about being against terrorism but then a bunch of white people do it and the cops let them attack the capital and harass peaceful citizens for weeks on end.

@MrLeoAtrox

2 жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting that average Americans should have access to tanks, fighter jets, and bombs?

@SamuelKasten

2 жыл бұрын

Afghanistan has entered the chat. Bunch of shepherds with AKs beat the US, the most powerful military in the world. I used to think the same as you, but I have realized my mistake. There are other, better arguments for gun control to be made, though.

As a woman in this forsaken country, I feel like they want to farm me for babies. If you want me to have children, let's make this a country where they won't get gunned down trying to learn. I am so confused by the policies being enacted. (Or in this case, promptly ignored) Nearly every young woman I know wants kids, but won't subject their future children to this hell scape. They love their unborn children too much.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

Hey now. The American ruling class doesn't want to just farm you for babies. Think of all the unpaid and underpaid work they have your gender do to maintain the capitalist death machines.

@redgreen2453

2 жыл бұрын

Right!? I makes me absolutely furious when older people say our generation is selfish because so many of us don’t want to have kids when we’re literally sacrificing everything because their generation would rather burn the world behind them then let us have it when they’re gone

@PirateFrodoPotter

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@alicianoriegavelasco6114

2 жыл бұрын

No, you see, the reason they need to make all those foetuses be born is *because* we can expect a few of them to die in school shootings. How else would you keep up the numbers? /s

@GreenGorgeousness

2 жыл бұрын

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No one has been able to put my frustrations and fears and everything about this into words, including myself. Thank you for this video. I'm so sorry and sad that you had to make it, and that so many years after that video in 2012 that this is not only still a problem, but far far worse. But thank you for being here. And putting into words things that none of us should have to say or think about.

Hank, you and John mean so much to me. You have been a voice, outside my own, that says what I feel during times such as these. I can’t express the comfort that brings when I feel completely alone. I thank you for speaking. I thank John for speaking. You are the friends I need in the darkness. I believe humans can do better, and seeing people like you two reminds me that isn’t a false hope.

@sams1982

2 жыл бұрын

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I feel enraged when I hear politicians blame CRT in a country built on slavery, or blame a lack of God in a school with the highest church attendance, or blame videogames when research shows video games have no impact on outcome...

@LiraeNoir

2 жыл бұрын

Actually recent studies show that videogames help. They can and tend to help with stress, with several mental health issues including depression, with social connections, and with several mental and intellect skills. Yes even "violent" videogames, the so-called "violence" in them has no real impact on their overall benefit.

@raindio7169

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiraeNoir so this. Even when games d increase aggression, it's been shown time and time again that it's rarely violent and never permanent. Throwing your controller at the screen doesn't make you a mass murderer. I'm more scared of some of the football fans

Yes yes yes. When I told my children about it, they immediately wanted to write our senators with me. So we did, and they signed, in their little 5 and 6 year old wiggly handwriting. 😭🖤 I’ll never get over it. It’s time.

Thank you, Hank. For what it's worth, I think this video was better as pure audio. I'm not even anywhere near the US, yet every time I hear of something like this, I feel sick to the stomach and I look at my two-year-old. I have to consciously restrain myself from imagining scenarious where this might happen to him, to us, or I will physically throw up. I read the horrified and numb posts on Facebook by my friends in Texas and I don't know how they manage to go on with their lives. It's too much.

As an American and parent of three children thank you for talking about this incredibly important issue. It most certainly is the time for politics. I cannot begin to imagine the horrors that our children have experienced and are experiencing. There is simply no excuse to not address these atrocities.

@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

Please consult your local Yemeni for a taste of the violence Americas gun production is primarily used for.

"Thinking about saying these things into a camera was overwhelming me, so I just said them into my microphone, I hope that's OK." Of course that's ok Hank :(

by far the best video discussing the subject I've seen in ages. extremely brief and brutal. thank you.

How do we be rid of the theater? How do we remove the money from policy? How do we convince the uneducated that true government is a tool of and for the people?

thank you hank

I remember how terrifying the nuclear bomb drills were as a kid, thinking about people halfway across the world wanting to kill me. I can't imagine what kids are thinking today, when the threat isn't halfway around the world, but in your own community.

I never commented before but I watch your KZread and listen to your podcast religiously. It’s how my fiancé and I sleep at night. You worded everything perfectly and I never could put my own words to the matter because of all the emotions. I just wanted to say Thankyou to both of you.

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I really bloody hope America can gets its act together and actually deal with its gun problem, but gotta be honest, I have no hope you will. It's like watching a friend continue to self destruct no matter how many times you offer them a helping hand. Please do something, America. Much love from Australia!

Thank you for this. Nerdfighteria, your self care reminders for the day: You are important. You are worthy of kindness and compassion and care. You are worth safety and peace and hope. Stay hydrated. Eat. Take your meds. Move your body. Put something good into the world. Care about each other. And when you are weary, rest. We do amazing things in this community--we are known for looking at the world's problems and coming together and saying "It does not have to be like this." Thank you for being a part of that work. You're important and I'm glad you're here.

@sams1982

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for speaking out on this topic, your addition via commentary on this tragedy was confounding and simply explained. Thank you for using your platform!

I've worked as a title one teacher in an elementary school for two years, and I'm going back to school full time this fall to finish my degree. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was in second grade. I was in middle school when sandy hook happened, and it was horrifying, but it seemed like something so terrible I couldn't fathom it ever happening again. I never knew I would be this afraid of what could happen in my classroom in the future.

The attention to the second kind of politics is exactly the problem. Thank you for articulating my sorrow and frustration so well.

I was so shocked and confused when I first saw it, I thought maybe it was a different term or name for the Buffalo shooting until I noticed it said school shooting. Seeing the interviews of the victims alongside the responses of the politicians truly sickened me. There's not much I can do but I'm cheering you on in your journey for change from Malaysia.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

This morning, I had to listen to two people basically discuss the complete opposite end of this argument at length. Thank you for helping me collect my thoughts and find what I was looking for, Hank.

The articulation between the two meanings of politics is insightful and extremely important to understand. Thanks for this.

What needs to happen is putting politics aside, and governing.

Thank you for saying this so well. I need to learn to control my despair so I can fight for the change we need effectively.

I encourage everyone to watch Beau's youtube video "Let's talk about something better than a ban....". I has no-nonsense solutions that everyone can get behind. Now it he time to be political. No more playing politics. Thank you Hank as always for your ability to cut through the noise. You put to words what I was feeling and I needed to hear it.

Thank you 🙏🏼 for saying something and using your platform to actually voice your opinion. Now that KZread is all about profit, it seems as if creators don’t want to ‘get political’. But this is a human issue, that needs, like you said, to get political.

Thank you for making this & articulating how myself (and so many others) feel about this topic so well.

Thank you for doing this. Because it helps me to frame all the thoughts and feelings I'm having in a way that I can communicate with others.

I love the fact that you always speak your mind and that you do it so well. Thank you for using your platform to say what needs to be said.

Hank, thank you for clearly and succinctly expressing what I have been feeling for a very long time, but have never heard anyone else quite put into words.

A co-worker of mine said that they felt like our nation is in a trauma spiral. Like as soon as you can begin to heal from one traumatic event another one occurs. It felt good to hear the feelings I have been having in words. So I just wanted to share that in case anyone else is feeling like they are falling deeper into this pit and needs a word for that feeling.

@untappedinkwell

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We have to not give up, even when it seems so rigged. Good people can not stand by doing nothing. Put the rage to work. Our kids future depends on us today

@oswenaisla4016

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@Praisethesunson

2 жыл бұрын

Act in solidarity with your fellow wage slaves. Overthrow your capitalist masters. That is the only path to safety and salvation.

So well said Hank. I’m not American, so I find that way of thinking so unbelievable. I hope the vast majority of Americans can get the solution they’ve been seeking for too long.

Thank you for this. I know this is hard. It's difficult to make a video in the shadow of these terrible events. I think everyone would understand if you didn't make a video. But it's times like this that we need you the most, and you stepped up. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

thank you for addressing this

Hank often seems like he doesn't want to be a 'polarizing' person, or that he doesn't want to be 'political'. It's good to see he understands the nuances of what 'politics' really is, and so is able to tell the right-wing nutcases demanding we arm everyone and everything both THAT they are wrong, and WHY they are wrong.

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@merlintym1928

2 жыл бұрын

When a gunman came into my school and killed eight people, I never felt powerlessness or fear quite like it my life, and that was the reason I bought a gun for the first time. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it's not about the fear of losing an assault rifle, for me and most people, it's about the fear of becoming a victim again. There were 46 people shot in Chicago this weekend, but you probably only heard about Texas, because mass shootings only ever matter in swing States, and Illinois already has very strict gun control. You're wasting time blaming inanimate objects for human tragedy. Gun control didn't stop my shooter, it didn't stop the 212 other mass shooters in Chicago that didn't make headlines, and it won't stop the next one. We're not "right-wing" nutcases, your solutions aren't fucking working.

As a teacher who went through 2 shootings in 5 years... Thank you for this video. I'm scared being in public all the time now

I remember seeing John on July 23rd 2015. He should have been happy, elated, returning to VidCon from attending a premiere of Paper Towns. But he looked completely shook. Because that same night at a theater in Louisiana there had been a mass shooting. You are correct Hank. The time was decades ago so the time is now.