Conspiracy theories have been
around for years, but the latest conspiracy theory about Sandy Hook Elementary
school makes me curious as to what you think.
Since The mass shooting that
left 26 people dead, most of them children, on December 14th,
conspiracy theories have been eating up the Internet. Professor of media
studies at Florida Atlantic University, James F. Tracy, posted on his blog a conspiracy
theory pointing out the discrepancies with Sandy Hook. The conspiracy theories
started on his blog, points out many discrepancies in the media coverage
following the horrific shooting. He questions how many shooters there really
were, and says the parents were hired actors, he also brings up the guns used. He does say regardless 20 children were
murdered. He makes plausible points, but who would gain something by a shooting
like this happening?
Since the shooting gun control has been a hot
topic. Many of the victim’s families are calling for stricter gun control. Some
advocates even want guns completely taken away, and just like that, the
conspiracy theory has a motive. How horrible is it to even question the Sandy
Hook Elementary massacre? Why do so many people believe in this conspiracy
theory? Is it hard for us to imagine a person taking innocent lives in a
horrific act of violence? Advocates of stricter gun laws are saying that the
NRA is behind this conspiracy. Saying that they made up the hoax to deter
people away from getting stricter gun laws.
Whose at fault here? Negligent Journalism practices, Guns being available,
mental health, or is it the audience…. society? Yes I said it. It’s the
audience that drives mainstream media. Guess what? The only way to solve this conspiracy
theory is to watch the video of Adam lanza entering the school and killing 26
children. Do you want to see that video? You probably do, but think about this…
put yourself in the parents’ shoes. Would you want the video of your child
being murdered released? Can you imagine how frustrating it must be to read
that people actually believe this is a conspiracy?
Conspiracy or not they lost a
child. Now , if the video of what happened inside the school was released, how
would that make you feel as a parent? Do you want to see children being
slaughtered? Could you sleep after watching that? Why is our society,
especially my generation, so quick to jump to conclusions of conspiracy? Do you
really want to see what happened? We live in a digital age, where we believe
what we see, and if we don’t see it, then we question it. The video of what happened inside Sandy Hook
will never be released. Now conspiracy theorist questions this, and say they
wont release it because it shows the truth. They don’t release things like that
out of respect for the families! Stop thinking this is some conspiracy, because
you don’t want to see what human condition has come to.
Let me point something out
real quick. Do you remember watching the video footage of Columbine high school
shooting? I do, I remember being in the third grade and seeing Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold, walking around the school with their guns on TV. This image has been burned into my mind, but
I can’t tell you a single victims name. If this video is released it only puts
more spotlight on the killer. It will
only make him more famous and inspire copycats. This video would only numb
another delusional person and inspire them to do the same thing, but only
bigger and better. I think it would be unethical to release the school footage.
Which is easier believing that
a single person did this, or believing that our government did this in order to
take our guns away? It’s easier to blame the government and see the conspiracy
rather than face the ugly truth that someone could commit such a horrific act. It’s
easier to bring gun control up too. This is not a gun control question, in my
opinion. Connecticut has the strictest gun laws on the east coast. This is a
question of mental health, something that hits closer to home. Our guns should
not even be brought up, we are allowed to have guns and should be allowed to
protect ourselves. I believe in the second amendment. A gun will rust into a
pile if no one picks it up. It is human condition that has been broken by our
society, so much that we want the details, every gruesome detail of this
horrific crime. If we don’t get those details we question it.
Or is this a conspiracy? Did
our government kill 26 children and hire actors to play the part of the
parents. Aren’t journalist supposed to expose things like this? What if this
story goes so deep that they cant? Then people slander them for even
questioning the massacres actuality. We are all turning on each other. That’s what
all of our enemies want. So you can
either believe that this is a conspiracy, or you can believe that it really
happened. Either way it’s horribly sad that our society has turned out like
this. Paranoid of government, material driven, and numb, something is WRONG in
our society. That’s the main problem. Americans need to come together instead of
apart. These children’s deaths should not be exploited to bring up gun control,
or create conspiracies about government… shame on BOTH sides most of all shame
on our society. Stop taking away from the victims. Its only been one month. What
happened to us?
Here are some references you
can also find many videos on YouTube involving this topic
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com one month
later ac360 noah pozner
http://memoryholeblog.com
professors blog
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/14542/20130114/newtown-conspiracy-theory-nra-gun-control-advocates.htm article on hoax
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