I'm pretty sure they were highlighting a hostile pattern of behavior

Dec 6, 2016
8:31:35am

deejo All-American

that was being overlooked. Not just the fact that he liked guns. As a dad with teenaged kids in school, I appreciate this message.

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Bullying PSA from the parents from Sandy Hook

chitchatfan

12/6/16 7:17am

Best PSA I've ever seen. Absolutely chilling.

Finngirl

12/6/16 7:42am

Because every teenage boy who is interested in guns is a mass murderer waiting

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:24am

That's your take away? Wow.

Finngirl

12/6/16 8:28am

What's the subtext? I will admit the Instagram post bothered me. Reading a

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:32am

It's okay. Not everyone needs to get it. Either it resonates with you or it doesn't. That's the way ads work.

Finngirl

12/6/16 8:34am

So you're not going to try to help me out here? Help me see the error of my ways

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:34am

I like a video about looking for subtle warning signs much more than a video

Skeptical Optimist

12/6/16 8:31am

I did appreciate that part.

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:33am

Then guess what? You got it!

Finngirl

12/6/16 8:43am

I would have chosen different warning signs. Like reading the Socialist Review,

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:56am

That's probably why you didn't get hired for the job.

Finngirl

12/6/16 9:05am

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Abe Froman

12/6/16 4:44pm

I'm pretty sure they were highlighting a hostile pattern of behavior

deejo

12/6/16 8:31am

He was grouchy with a girl at a library table and was a bit of a loner? That's

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:34am

What I get from it is that we need to be more aware. Before I watched it

chitchatfan

12/6/16 8:34am

I agree in principle with the message you believe you took away.

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:36am

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Cougarrr

12/6/16 8:45am

That's not the point.

Cougarrr

12/6/16 8:46am

What's the point?

TaiJuan

12/6/16 8:57am

Be more aware of kids that may be overlooked.

Cougarrr

12/6/16 8:59am

I wonder if there were different ways to demonstrate he was being overlooked?

TaiJuan

12/6/16 9:00am

Sure, but this was as effective as any.

Cougarrr

12/6/16 9:05am

TJ has this whole story board prepared that will be better!

Finngirl

12/6/16 9:06am

The original video provided a link

deejo

12/6/16 9:10am

Uh. About that. Kind of makes my point.

TaiJuan

12/6/16 9:24am

What is your point again?

Cougarrr

12/6/16 9:36am

The one you bothered to read well enough to thumbs down.

TaiJuan

12/6/16 10:08am

RE: The one you bothered to read well enough to thumbs down.

Cougarrr

12/6/16 10:54am

And bullied; kid was also being picked on.

Finngirl

12/6/16 9:05am

This wasn't an anti-gun video. More than anything, the message was "pay

CFMcK

12/6/16 10:30am

I didn't like the way the video treated vandalism of school property as

rotorhead

12/6/16 9:47am

So did they ever start dating?

Blue Cougar

12/6/16 10:04am

They dated and eventually Evan Hook married his sweetheart Sandy.

Dread Pirate Westley

12/6/16 10:11am

no. they were shot. one survived, the other did not.

Finngirl

12/6/16 10:46am

And then she blew up a Christian megachurch in a suicide bomb vest.

TaiJuan

12/6/16 10:48am

Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

Dread Pirate Westley

12/6/16 10:51am

Twue wuv

Finngirl

12/6/16 10:57am

This ignores the role of mental illness in the Sandy Hook shooting

Boss Hog

12/6/16 12:45pm

Mental health support is the best "solution" to these problems.

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