It is heartbreaking that the art of discourse is lost. People no longer want to talk and give reasons for why they feel the way they do. It could be because then you have to listen to the other persons viewpoint. One or both parties can change their opinion or agree to disagree. Examples from our government leaders whose discourse almost always degenerates to name calling and mud slinging encourages stressed citizens who do not have it in them to worry any more about medical problems,medication,food, or living indoors to over react. The problem is taken further down the scale of civility and people get hurt. The government needs to realize that currently its citizens are very stressed. They need to display appropriate conflict resolution skill for the citizens watching. There is a lot they can do to take the stress level of its citizens down. The absolute easiest is to listen and actually help and not talk a good game.
Pray for the family and friends of those shot. If you do not pray, please keep them in your positive thoughts.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/alexandria-virginia-congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-live-blog/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/james-t-hodgkinson-illinois-man-identified-suspected-gunman-virginia-shooting-n772271
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html?_r=0
https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/congressman-steve-scalise-shot-alexandria-virginia-park-n772111
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/multiple-people-injured-after-shooting-in-alexandria/2017/06/14/0289c768-50f6-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html?utm_term=.ee65baf9bcfe
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