Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

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I probably shouldn't weigh in, but for what it's worth, Kate, I went back and read your first post about this and it's not clear to me that you were responding to something so emotional. I think in particular the first paragraph comes across as flippant rather than a response to pain. To be clear, I fully believe that you were strongly affected -- it makes sense that you would be -- and it makes sense, in retrospect, that the seeming flippancy might in actuality be a screen for deeper and darker feelings. But I don't think it's entirely fair to "go off" on mookieproof for responding negatively to the "mass shooter number" framing.

fwiw i got no hard feelings and lots of gratitude towards/for everyone here. really appreciate having had this space to say some stuff i needed to say. if anyone has any negative feelings or judgements towards me as a result of my posts here, fair enough. :)

fwiw i don't dislike kate (and very much enjoy her music posts, particularly those about how pink floyd does or does not rule; would totally read a book)

and i can understand that transitioning would become one's most important topic

but her personal posts have become increasingly solipsistic -- which is fine in certain circumstances -- but i think rather less so in a thread discussing mass shootings. that's all

We just had a situation at my son's school where a boy claimed he had a gun and a list of six kids he was going to kill. I don't think he actually had a gun or intentions to kill anyone, but he was pulled out of class and people came in to search his belongings. Some kids were sent home early in tears. Not sure what will happen to him.

What really sucks is that my son is friends with this kid and he's always been really nice and funny. His mother was murdered by his father a few years ago, so there are surely issues he's dealing with. But the other kids in the class are scared of him now.