Shooting at high school in Parkland, Fla.

[Papenbrook]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

The ideological purity your striving for is commendable, but in the end it's just not tenable.

Total War isn't possible. A person is limited the the number of battle fronts they're capable of fighting. And if I can be blunt for a moment, it's not your place to dictate to me what hills I should be defending and for how long.

I know my limits, you don't.
It's ablelist for you to assume, so please refrain from doing so going forward.

We were having a productive conversation, free of personal insults and disparagement prior to your engagement.

No. You were having a prejudiced conversation about people, and you were somewhat assuming of them as well.

Just so you know, anyone can be oppressed and be the oppressor at the same time. No one is safe to it, myself included. Mind you, that doesn't make us terrible people. We just have to be aware of it, and try to reprimand ourselves.

I know what the shooter did was awful and simply inexcusable. I hope he gets properly reprimanded and punished severely for his terrible actions that he willingly committed.

I hope that the victims and their loved ones will be comforted from this tragedy. I hope that people will take the into consideration.

However, every single time a tragedy like this happens, I hear the same whispers of "gun control", when it's more than just that. Truth be told, this forum became an echo chamber. It's really uncomfortable.

As someone who has a brother whose autistic, a mother with depression, and who herself has issues of social anxiety and depression, it all just got to me. People were making too many ableist microaggressions that I couldn't just ignore.

So, I apologize if I hurt your, or anyone else's feelings. I wasn't being considerate. I hate myself for it. I really do.

Autbot_Benz: May I hope you find peace.