IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT MASS SHOOTINGS IT WOULD BE EASY TO GO "POP PSYCH" AND "FIND" CAUSES ALL OVER THE PLACE...
WAS THE SCHOOL SHOOTER PSYCHOTIC, AUTISTIC OR JUST PLAIN EVIL...WHATEVER THAT MEANS...?
WAS THE DENVER THEATER SHOOTER "BAD"...OR JUST NUTS?
AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER "GARDEN VARIETY" MURDER SUICIDES AMONG "ORDINARY PEOPLE"...THAT HARDLY MAKE THE LOCAL NEWS NOWADAYS...?
CLEARLY WHAT IS BEHIND MOST OF THESE "EVENTS" IS AN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION THAT IS TESTING THE AMERICAN PSYCHE FOR "WEAK LINKS"...LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN RECENT TIMES
GUN RAGE IS MERELY THE END RESULT OF MASSIVE FRUSTRATION...
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION COULD DEPRESS ALMOST ANYONE...
MOST OF US ADULTS HAVE COPING MECHANISMS THAT WE LEARNED OVER TIME...
BUT YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MALES, THE KINGS OF THE WORLD... OFTEN LACK THESE KEY MECHANISMS...
THESE COPING MECHANISMS CAN BE THE FAMOUS "SOUR GRAPES" DEFENSE... "OH, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT THAT ANYWAY..."
OR A GOOD ABILITY TO FORGET ABOUT BAD THINGS...AND JUST MOVE ON...
SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO "DOWN SIZE" THEIR EXPECTATIONS... AND FALL BACK ON PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS AND FAMILY...AS IS OFTEN SEEN IN THE POOR MINORITY COMMUNITIES...
SOME PEOPLE LOOK TO RELIGION TO DEFUSE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS..."ITS IN GOD'S HANDS... SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT..."
MANY YOUNG MALES ARE "SOCIALLY TRAPPED" BETWEEN PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS...AND A LOUSY JOB MARKET...
INDEED, I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE TENDENCY OF YOUNG WHITE MALES...TO "ACT BLACK" IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET INTO THIS "GHETTO CULTURE" ENVIRONMENT AS A "DEFENSE" AGAINST THE MORE DEMANDING CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOUND IN THEIR WHITE MIDDLE CLASS SOCIETY...
THE POINT IS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO COPE... AND EVERYONE COPES IN DIFFERENT WAYS...
HERE'S THE PROBLEM... SOME PEOPLE CAN'T COPE...AND THEIR FRUSTRATION GROWS TO THE POINT OF BURSTING ...
THESE ARE OFTEN THE "HIGH ACHIEVING" YOUNG WHITE MALES...
OR THE MID CAREER WHITE MALES WHO HAVE FAMILIES THEY SUDDENLY CAN'T SUPPORT... HENCE THE RASH OF "OFFICE SHOOTINGS"...OR "WORK PLACE VIOLENCE"...
WE ARE TOLD THAT MIDDLE AGE MEN ARE "DROPPING OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE" IN RECORD NUMBERS...
ALSO THAT RECENT COLLEGE GRADS...OFTEN BURDENED WITH MASSIVE SCHOOL DEBTS"...CAN'T FIND LIVING WAGE JOBS...
MILLIONS ARE "UNDERWATER" ON MORTGAGES THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY...
THESE ARE ALL SITUATIONS...THAT TEST FOR THE "WEAK LINKS"...
SOME WILL MOVE ON... AND COPE... OTHERS MIGHT CRACK...
I FIND THE NEWS THAT GUN SALES ARE AT RECORD HIGHS...VERY VERY DISTRUBING...
THE PURCHASE OF A HAND GUN IS A WINDOW ON THE INTERNAL WORLD OF SOME PEOPLE... NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE 2D AMENDMENT...OR FEAR OF CRIME...ETC... I THINK PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLY "NEED A HAND GUN" ARE LIKELY HAVING PROBLEMS...
SO TALK ABOUT EVIL...SO ABOUT CRAZY... AND POP PSYCH THESE MASS SHOOTINGS ALL DAY...
AMERICA IS A DOWNSIZED NATION...AND NOW AMERICANS NEED TO DOWNSIZE THEIR LIVES...AND TRY NOT TO GO CRAZY IN THE PROCESS...
WAS THE SCHOOL SHOOTER PSYCHOTIC, AUTISTIC OR JUST PLAIN EVIL...WHATEVER THAT MEANS...?
WAS THE DENVER THEATER SHOOTER "BAD"...OR JUST NUTS?
AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER "GARDEN VARIETY" MURDER SUICIDES AMONG "ORDINARY PEOPLE"...THAT HARDLY MAKE THE LOCAL NEWS NOWADAYS...?
CLEARLY WHAT IS BEHIND MOST OF THESE "EVENTS" IS AN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION THAT IS TESTING THE AMERICAN PSYCHE FOR "WEAK LINKS"...LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN RECENT TIMES
GUN RAGE IS MERELY THE END RESULT OF MASSIVE FRUSTRATION...
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEPRESSION COULD DEPRESS ALMOST ANYONE...
MOST OF US ADULTS HAVE COPING MECHANISMS THAT WE LEARNED OVER TIME...
BUT YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG MALES, THE KINGS OF THE WORLD... OFTEN LACK THESE KEY MECHANISMS...
THESE COPING MECHANISMS CAN BE THE FAMOUS "SOUR GRAPES" DEFENSE... "OH, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT THAT ANYWAY..."
OR A GOOD ABILITY TO FORGET ABOUT BAD THINGS...AND JUST MOVE ON...
SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO "DOWN SIZE" THEIR EXPECTATIONS... AND FALL BACK ON PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS AND FAMILY...AS IS OFTEN SEEN IN THE POOR MINORITY COMMUNITIES...
SOME PEOPLE LOOK TO RELIGION TO DEFUSE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS..."ITS IN GOD'S HANDS... SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT..."
MANY YOUNG MALES ARE "SOCIALLY TRAPPED" BETWEEN PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS...AND A LOUSY JOB MARKET...
INDEED, I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE TENDENCY OF YOUNG WHITE MALES...TO "ACT BLACK" IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET INTO THIS "GHETTO CULTURE" ENVIRONMENT AS A "DEFENSE" AGAINST THE MORE DEMANDING CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOUND IN THEIR WHITE MIDDLE CLASS SOCIETY...
THE POINT IS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO COPE... AND EVERYONE COPES IN DIFFERENT WAYS...
HERE'S THE PROBLEM... SOME PEOPLE CAN'T COPE...AND THEIR FRUSTRATION GROWS TO THE POINT OF BURSTING ...
THESE ARE OFTEN THE "HIGH ACHIEVING" YOUNG WHITE MALES...
OR THE MID CAREER WHITE MALES WHO HAVE FAMILIES THEY SUDDENLY CAN'T SUPPORT... HENCE THE RASH OF "OFFICE SHOOTINGS"...OR "WORK PLACE VIOLENCE"...
WE ARE TOLD THAT MIDDLE AGE MEN ARE "DROPPING OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE" IN RECORD NUMBERS...
ALSO THAT RECENT COLLEGE GRADS...OFTEN BURDENED WITH MASSIVE SCHOOL DEBTS"...CAN'T FIND LIVING WAGE JOBS...
MILLIONS ARE "UNDERWATER" ON MORTGAGES THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY...
THESE ARE ALL SITUATIONS...THAT TEST FOR THE "WEAK LINKS"...
SOME WILL MOVE ON... AND COPE... OTHERS MIGHT CRACK...
I FIND THE NEWS THAT GUN SALES ARE AT RECORD HIGHS...VERY VERY DISTRUBING...
THE PURCHASE OF A HAND GUN IS A WINDOW ON THE INTERNAL WORLD OF SOME PEOPLE... NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE 2D AMENDMENT...OR FEAR OF CRIME...ETC... I THINK PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLY "NEED A HAND GUN" ARE LIKELY HAVING PROBLEMS...
SO TALK ABOUT EVIL...SO ABOUT CRAZY... AND POP PSYCH THESE MASS SHOOTINGS ALL DAY...
AMERICA IS A DOWNSIZED NATION...AND NOW AMERICANS NEED TO DOWNSIZE THEIR LIVES...AND TRY NOT TO GO CRAZY IN THE PROCESS...
