They aren’t serious…

“They” could be any number of people on any number of topics.

They aren’t serious because what they say hasn’t been thought out. It’s just a reaction, a quick response. Maybe the words spoken are meant to sound like they care, or that they are seriously thinking about a situation, or who knows what.

Here’s the thing, they aren’t serious. They never meant to be taken seriously. They are offering a knee jerk reaction because that’s what they think they are supposed to do, or because it makes it seem like they care, or because what is said becomes a distraction from their own culpability. Or something else.

They aren’t serious. Especially when its so easy to poke holes in the ideas that are offered. Again, any number of issues could be talked about here. Child sexual abuse within the church has a they who aren’t serious. Anti-Vaccination folks. QAnon folks or any number of conspiracy theories. Those that deny that we have any racial problems at all in our society. And responses to mass shootings.

“Every school should have an armed officer!” Great. How are you going to find enough folks? I saw that there are approximately 130,000 schools in this nation. And the more important question — how are you going fund this endeavor — especially when the people who offer this idea are usually the ones who are voting to cut education funding. You can’t have it both ways — that doesn’t work in reality. I need to remember — they aren’t serious and this isn’t a serious idea. Why do I lend legitimacy to it with a…