To not discuss means is actually the political choice. I'm not politicizing this.
Juliette Kayyem: “To not discuss means is actually the political choice. I'm not politicizing this.”
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Juliette Kayyem emphasizes the importance of discussing the means of violence in the context of mass shootings, framing it as a political choice to ignore.
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the big lie is direct -- directly motivates violence, because in the white supremacist viewpoint, and in these radicalized groups viewpoints, when something is stolen, they can rightfully use violence to get it back.
This is also similar to what we saw in Brazil and the United Kingdom. Two leaders who were COVID deniers who ended up getting sick.
No one should believe that these cameras will stop terrorism. No one in law enforcement believes, oh, if we just had cameras, we'd be safer.
I'm tired of the United States being on defense all the time trying to figure these guys out. It's time we start talking about access to weapons as a security issue and not solely as a legal or Second Amendment issue.