@@ Shots fired after Super Bowl parade

[penelope]

Feb 15, 2024 11:38:53 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I’m so sad and angry. The long term stats often only talk about the death count and don’t mention all of the people who were injured (often in severe life altering ways) or witnesses. I saw a social media video where some guys were trying to name a type of place in the US where there hasn’t been a shooting and every place they named and then googled already had a shooting. School, malls, movie theaters, churches, marathons, libraries, concerts, sports games at a public park, playgrounds, amusement parks, fairs, etc. They got more specific in their guesses and were still stumped. Most had mass shootings. Super Bowl parade may have been one that didn’t qualify at the time. If we can’t go to any of these places without fearing being shot, how free are we?

In the 90s there were a lot of news stories about terrorism related car bombings overseas and I remember thinking how awful it would be to live in a city like that where you were constantly in fear of a bombing, but that is essentially the US now (and statistically probably worse).

Similarly I remember watching footage of war in the Middle East and thinking how awful it would be to grow up in a place with bombed out buildings and in fear of something as simple as crossing the street and a bomb going off or being shot at by terrorist groups. We are no different now, we are just shinier. Our buildings and houses aren’t falling apart from war but we have to live in fear that we could be murdered just for going to the grocery store.

Sometimes I walk across campus with students hustling from class to class and think to myself, today could be the day it happens here. It feels like it’s just a matter of time and it is such a dark, scary feeling. I hate that both of my sons are second guessing having children because they don’t want to bring them into this horrible world we live in.

[underwaterrhymes]

(((JayhawkGirl)))

[picksthemusic]

I'm so sorry, JayhawkGirl.

[1confused1]

I’m so sorry JayhawkGirl

[mrsukyankee]

JayhawkGirl, sending all the hugs your way.

[pugz]

JayhawkGirl I'm so sorry you guys were close and the kids are so shaken. 


This feels like the longest most surreal week in Kansas City.