Sharing my near death experience where I was about to get killed in year 2000.
Tag: Gun Violence
‘Sign Gene’: Blood, Guns, and Testosterone
When you see the statue of Laurent Clerc on Gallaudet campus, it is the world’s most valuable and earthed symbols of Deaf community. It has ruined the image of Laurent Clerc. The roots of gun violence is not enough examined.
After watching the movie, “Sign Gene”, we the Deaf patrons appear uncomfortable with the gun violence. Co-producers of the movie are both are professors in Department of ASL/Deaf Studies at Gallaudet, the same leadership, the advancement of knowledge, has fallen under a cloud of compassion that it is also falls under a wrong agenda.
It blows my mind away and heart-broken to see this movie was showing so much violence and graphic. The movie was so graphic and violent—did Gallaudet administration watch the film before it was approved in the public eye? It continues to be seen as the problem rather than the challenge.
We must continue to challenge against gun culture in America. Around 1 million people showed up in DC to support March for our Lives few months ago to stand up against gun violence. Gun violence is important to talk about with everyone. And because it is so important, we need to talk about it more.
This movie, “Sign Gene” has shown plenty of mental health stigmas. And that leads me to share this question I found recently. “What role does mental stigma play in the debate over gun violence and gun policy, specifically stigma?” questioned by Audrey Hamilton. Whose is responsible for this?
Seeing gun violence everyday in America is a critical social problem. Standing up against gun violence is an important of people’s overall health. Their mental health is an important as their physical health. Talking about gun violence is important to others. Gun violence is difficult to talk about. Talking about gun violence is important at every stage in people’s life. Gun violence is more common than you think. Gun violence is caused by trauma and violence.
A German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) wrote: “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
But why would Department of ASL/Deaf Studies who sponsored the film and co-produced by two professors chose to carry the tradition of gun violence and help them to become what they are capable of carrying guns in the image of Deaf community?
So does this mean the gun violence cannot be interpreted? Or does it mean that gun violence stories cannot be interpreted? What about victims and survivors of gun violence who share their stories are about but ignored in ASL? Knowledge is pain, and challenges the practice of gun violence as effective oppressors in the Deaf community.
It is important that we must never be ignorant in any way whatsoever. I seriously think the film would have done a lot better WITHOUT GUN VIOLENCE. The film should be more Deaf-centered superheroes, funny, witty, and inspiring.
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFDg_WycklI
-JT
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My Film Reflections: “Sign Gene”
Rally Against Gun Violence: A Movement
Students walking out to do a rally against gun violence all over America is the beginning of the movement.
A Whole Country of Gun Violence
My thoughts are with Parkland, Florida. The mass shooting is sickening and stomach knots. It is getting too old. It is everywhere. It is time to make a change! I never had been a supporter of Second Amendment. Did you realize something wrong with the amendment itself?
A Well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
It is the most confusing language for people to understand this amendment. It is often misinterpreted. Did it say guns? Handguns? What is Arms? It means that people could build bombs, carry AK-47, high assault rifles, anything. So, the politicians in Congress who are members or supporters of National Rifle Association (NRA) want to be the arms of the killing machine. It is the most powerful lobbying in the world. Remember, Charlton Heston, former NRA president’s shameful quote: “I have only have five words for you: From my cold, dead hands!”
While he was saying that in 2000, the mass shootings from 2000 to 2018 in America: 239 school shootings, 438 people were shot, 138 were killed in cold, dead hands. Oh, NRA-LAND! There is very good article to read by New York Times: After Sandy Hook, More Than 400 People Have Been Shot in Over 200 School Shootings. by Jugal K. Patel. The link will be shown below.
I have five words for NRA. From my compassion, writing hands, to support gun control and get rid all of weapons. Have some heart for a change! End the cold, dead hands! The bullets needs to be controlled!
-JT
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References: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/15/us/school-shootings-sandy-hook-parkland.html
Can We Discuss More Often About Toxic Masculinity?
White People Are Dangerous Domestic Terrorists Than Muslims
Yes, the shooter from church killing in Texas was white. His name was Devin Patrick Kelley. First and foremost, we need to be aware that White people are way worst terrorists than Muslims in America. That’s true! I am not kidding. We must never be ignorant in any way whatsoever. The white supremacy continues in the wake of shooting anywhere. Muslims are never more dangerous than white people. Never!
National Rifle Association (NRA) has been always stronghold of Republicans. Even Charlie Sykes said that the GOP is “in the thrall of the NRA”–and the majority of Republicans are White and racists.
What does “thrall” means? It means the state of being in someone’s power or having great power over someone.
Can we become involved–becomes a real part of the process even at the greatest distance to stop the power of NRA? Gun violence has been the major problem in America for long time. Talk about it! Get other involved and concerned about gun violence. Follow the progress to stop gun violence. The most importantly, we should write letters to Congress.
In this time of crisis, it is us who should not hold out, by our very nature, the deepest vision of healing and peace that is possible for America. Time for all of us to enter into the collective unconscious because it is by our nature alone that we make a difference in stopping gun violence in America, but by our actions, our thoughts, in our coming together as Americans.
Trump needs a blow slap on the back of his head. With the money purse from NRA, they are appropriating gun violence in the wrong way. Gun violence, white terrorists and white supremacy are the problem, it is a death warrant, and ignoring them is a problem. How come we did not recognize the language that changed so much in its own frequency right after Trump was elected almost a year ago? The number of hate crimes has been on the rise more than ever. The majority of people who committed hate crimes since November 2016: White people.
-JT
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The Predicament of Gun Culture
What happened in Texas church shooting was tragic and heart-breaking! We need to stop the silence treatment about American gun culture–and I bet that National Rifle Association (NRA) would say, “It is perfectly legal to kill people” as they did not give a shit about several school shootings and South Carolina church killing, the list is countless. Just mind-boggling!
It is truly tragic. Supposedly, if the shooter who killed the latest number of people, 27 so far–was the shooter white? If the shooter is indeed white, then we really need to talk more about it and politicize more often about it. Enough of white supremacy.
If we refuse to talk more about it, then it is unethical, irresponsible, and oppressive society that continues to silence innocent people. It contains information and concrete tools for ongoing language and culture bigotry, hegemony, and oppression even in Deaf community. It also provides assistance for white supremacy against Deaf people. Yes, there are several White Deaf people who are very much supporter of guns and Trump’s America. Oh yes, plenty of white supremacy in Deaf community.
What happened behind the shooting: the deterioration of American culture and the growing sentiment across the nation aggressive and often dishonest tactics, the American gun culture are blocking resistance on American lands–why are we experiencing a lot of apprehension from gun violence problem? The worst thing was that these people who were in a church–supposedly the epicenter of thoughts and they were killed by guns. What is that?
My deepest thoughts are with those affected by today’s terrible events in Texas.
-JT
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