tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post8911108779868143530..comments2023-10-31T04:58:26.353-05:00Comments on blogadelphia: Just A Brief Rantel chupacabrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16561225364468732743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-46237160190280634432016-08-16T18:27:22.686-05:002016-08-16T18:27:22.686-05:00Every affinity group seeks to fit tragedies into t...Every affinity group seeks to fit tragedies into their narrative. <br /><br />It's also a by-product of pigeon-holing or labeling individuals. The sound bite times we live in seemingly require quick categorization of events that many times cannot be so easily distilled. Examples would include the Orlando shooter - Yeah, he was Muslim, but I don't know that he was specifically animated by Islamic extremism. The guy who killed Dallas police - Black, but not acting on behalf of BLM.<br /><br />Conversely - and probably the side that frequently irks me - The left seems to always demonize the NRA and gun owners for every shooting. A commenter on Denney's or BSG's blog recently observed that if the NRA and gun owners were so nefarious as portrayed, there wouldn't be any NRA detractors or gun control advocates left.<br /><br />The solution, of course, is to find people interested in solutions instead of circuses. Posing every issue as some sort of cage match contest doesn't seem to produce results. Cooperation is not easy, and compromise is not necessarily the right answer. But if problems can't be discussed rationally by people holding multiple perspectives, the likelihood of positive outcome s is pretty nil.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.com