Comments by "SkyRiver" (@SkyRiver1) on "Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 5, 2019" video.

Paradox? Irony? Oxymornical juxtaposition? First the report on the anti-immigrant white supremacy movement, then the anti-gun plug, then the reports of corruption so rampant in Mexico that journalist (and many others) are assassinated by government officials who are really working for drug dealers. Well if you don't see the cognitive dissonance, just let me ask. What is the difference between the USA and Mexico? Why is it that before the recent mass murder in El Paso (by a non-resident) that El Paso was (and probably still is) one of the safest US cities, and right across the boarder on the other side of the same accumulation of humans, is Juarez: one of the most dangerous cities on earth? I am not offering any answers here only questions. What is the difference between the USA and Mexico? Our corrupt oligarch, power elite, and robber barons, need to be more circumspect. They can't just kill someone for personal reasons -- not to say this has never happened, but it is not nearly as common. I will submit one answer for your approval. If all drugs were to be decriminalized in the USA, and treated as the medical and psychological problems that they are (for some), and perhaps even establish sanctuary zones, where people could do all the drugs they want and buy them from drug stores over the counter. Don't you think that that would put the end to the billions of dollars that end up in criminal hands and corrupt everything from our own federal agencies and military, to the banking system, to small town cops, down and out tradesmen, etc, etc, and it's all just puritanical nonsense. I know, it's hard to think outside the box when thinking is the box, but give it a try.
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@tieler2 Totally agree. In Switzerland many people have fully-automatic military weapons in their homes. No mass shootings at all. I personally think that the answer would be to give anyone who publicly tells a lie in the mass media a fine of one tenth of their total worth (I just made that up but it's still better than what we have now -- people being lied to from every quarter.) Democracy cannot possibly work in a culture of lies and spun stories. Our almost every elected official is proof of that statement. Every news person who reports a false story or puts some insinuating spin on one should be fined. Any politician who lies or just makes stuff up and says it publicly should be deported for ten years, after they are fined, and bared from employment in any firm that operates in the USA.
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@deanjones2525 Right-wing nut cases will still kill people even if you get rid of all firearms. They will take a tip from Islamic fanatics and just roll huge trucks and other appropriate vehicles into crowds of people they hate. If you hate people in California (for example) because they are liberal kooks you just toss a match out your car window. Get real, there is always a way to injure masses of people, at least when someone uses a firearm it is just a local event. If someone poisoned a water reservoir or something like that shootings would pale in comparison.
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