Yes, actually, it is the guns. 
And yes, simultaneously it is mental illness. 
Yes, it is television.

And yes, it is the movies and the music and the games. 
Yes, it is desensitization. 
Yes, it is the media. 
Yes, it is money.
Yes, it is the times.
Yes, it is technology.
Yes, it is the power of terror.
Yes, it is truth and it’s also lies.
Yes, it is the state of healthcare.
Yes, it is the eroding community.
Yes, it is economics. 
Yes, it is law enforcement.
Yes, it is narcissism.
Yes, it is human failings.
Yes, it is the government.
Yes, it is our history.
Yes, it is moral decay.
Yes, it is politics.
Yes, it is society. 
Yes, it is the void of dialogue.
Yes, it is the disappearance of civility.
Yes, it is them, and yes, it is us.
Yes, it’s all of these things together, and then some more.
Yes, we have to begin something that we can’t even define yet, 
but… it’s huge. And it probably begins with love.

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