I agree with Cap. Easy to blame identifiable, tangible things that society looks down on as violent, evil, vile, unbecoming, etc.
Instead, it's an extremely complex series of issues that can include (but not limited to) mental illness, physiology and genetics, traumatic childhood experiences, social integration and acceptable behaviors, rules and limit setting, education, etc. And it really is unfortunate to see that it takes a series of major incidents to get people to start taking this seriously, because it is a natural human tendency to only take things seriously as a reaction than proactive strategy.
The "thoughts and prayers" and easy blame strategy is an easy cop-out, as Cap stated. Blame something we can tangibly see.
Mental health and how we engage it as a society is just as big of an issue - if not more - than climate change in the next 100 years, in my opinion.
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