for info about the number of weapons he had obtained.

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The chilling thing about the videos, esp. the last one, the manifesto video....
I watched it the day before the killings.
And despite all my Mental health experience, my first thought was that is was a hoax. It seemed "stagy"

the 2nd viewing clued me in that this guy, in his monotone, was possibly showing signs of serious depression.
Which made me think.."oh oh".
But to tell the truth, most people watching would have expected someone who said how much they hated being ignored,
to be acting more frustrated and angry and not calm.

I have a strong interest in plants, and like to grow both vegetables as well as flowers. And I get a lot of perennial varieties of flowers, all set to bloom at different times with different varieties of colors. I enjoy seeing the blossoms. So I go to the home and garden stores sometimes with just the goal of getting some new type of flowering plant and as I load them onto a cart, I'm always asked "getting some plants for your wife?" I then say no and the men at the store will back away or get this quizzical look on their face as to why a 270 pound thirty four year-old man is buying flowers. Ms. Green is correct that society has these expectations of men. Apparently the only reason a man should buy flowering plants is that they are destined for a woman.

Our cultural view of masculinity is stupid. It leads men to act more aggressive than required and often results in men treating women like shit. And as Ms. Green pointed out, sometimes it kills.

thank you SO much for your comment.

My husband loves flowers TOO!

peace,
kp

The problem that needs to be solved in in the society and in the broken hearts and souls of the perpetrators.

Progressives who fall for "Stop and Frisk" Billionaire Bloomberg'f Failed Ideas remind me of the same folks who believed NAFTA would "raise all ships".

Don't fall for it, we should be smarter than that.

Fix the problem, the root problem.

Don't be distracted by tricks for quick fixes that haven't worked and won't work now.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

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