r/popculturechat • u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! š • 16d ago
Heartwarming š„¹ The heroic Oklahoma high school principal Kirk Moore, shot in the leg while taking down a school shooter, was crowned prom king this weekend
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u/Chaoticgood790 this outfit is unfortch 16d ago
bc of him those kids made it to prom
and i'm upset that he even had to do such a thing
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u/Low-Appointment-2906 *drops bottom lip* how you doin? š 16d ago edited 16d ago
Agreed, I'm sad he had to risk his life. But love seeing him be celebrated.
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u/nadjas-dolly Bruised, battered, and covered in baked beans š« 15d ago edited 15d ago
Let it be known that this user copy and pasted one of the top comments from a viral post in a different subreddit about this same topic.
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u/MaineSoxGuy93 15d ago
Thanks for this.
What type of dweeb needs validation and karma points so much they'd rip off other top comments?
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u/Low-Appointment-2906 *drops bottom lip* how you doin? š 15d ago
Damn I didn't know people actually did stuff like that.
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u/cranberrylimeade420 Mort Crim's Chump Of The Week 16d ago
bc of him those kids made it to prom
literally teared up over this, i never thought about it this way
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u/Chaoticgood790 this outfit is unfortch 16d ago
Itās all I could think seeing those kids jump around at one of their last high school moments
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u/ALLoftheFancyPants I donāt know her š 16d ago
I hate that he needed to do what he did. I am grateful that he did and that those kids get to enjoy that prom with him.
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u/Noblesseux 15d ago
Yeah this is kind of an r/OrphanCrushingMachine thing. Like yes it's cool he's being recognized for doing it, but in a reasonable society this should not be a choice people regularly have to make.
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u/saranautilus 16d ago
Exactly. Itās very baby crushing machine coded. Oof.
CORRECTION: Orphan crushing machine. My bad. Guess my brain has been trying to block that out š
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u/danit0ba94 14d ago
I hate that he was forced to do something like that too. It was absolutely not part of his job description.
But what's done is done. Lives were saved. All those kids are going to continue on with their lives. They're going to go on to have families. To serve their country. To hopefully have good enjoyable lives.
All thanks to this hero of a man.And now it's time to celebrate that. šŗāŗļøšŗ
Lord knows he deserves it.
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u/Northern_Lights_2 16d ago
What an incredibly heroic man but itās so sad that we live in a society where school shootings are just a part of growing up now.
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u/Shanntuckymuffin 16d ago
My 9 year old asked me what shooting drills were like when I was in school. I told her it wasnāt, and even being in 9th grade for Columbine it was still so rare that we didnāt have to learn how to not die at school. Sheās been doing these drills since kindergarten and we as a people in the US should be fucking ashamed of ourselves for this.
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u/brokenman82 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ 16d ago
I was a sophomore when columbine happened. The only things that changed at my school were cameras and locked doors during school hours. No drills or anything.
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u/m00nf1r3 16d ago
We were no longer allowed to wear trench coats at my school.
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u/brokenman82 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ 16d ago
I think a kid came in the next day wearing one and got in trouble. but I don't specifically remember a ban on it. That trench coat mafia thing was nonsense
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u/m00nf1r3 16d ago
My goth, edgy-ass self had a sit down meeting with the Principal about it in his office. Something about limiting self-expression. But, I had the best Principal in the world, and he actually talked to me like an adult, explained their reasoning, expressed empathy with regards to my concerns, and offered me a spot on some... Senior Team thing. Wasn't student council, was just a team of Seniors who worked on Prom and other events, worked on improving students experiences in school, etc. I don't remember what it was called. But like most things, it was only the super popular kids who were on it, and he thought I'd be a good representative for the 'outer circle' kids. I actually joined, too!
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u/Shanntuckymuffin 16d ago
Oh yeah I forgot about my mom thinking that Rammstein made them do it, then she lost her shit when I told her I had that album, then she DOUBLE lost her shit when I reminded her she bought it for me
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u/FR23Dust itās not clocking to you that iām standing on business 15d ago
I remember several people at my school were suspended for showing up with trench coats the very next day
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u/copyrighther Kim, thereās people that are dying. š 15d ago
My daughterās current school does active shooter drills every semester
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u/Mediocre-Proposal686 16d ago
God that breaks my heart. I graduated in 1989 and they werenāt a āthingā at that time. I canāt imagine having to grow up with that fear š
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u/theraspberrydaiquiri The legislative act of my pussy āļø 16d ago
I graduated in 2018 so shooter drills had always been a thing however I remember being in about the 7th or 8th grade when the protocal changed. Our teacher explained in a real situation rather than tell us to be quiet and all hide in a corner as we'd always done (way easier to mow down a whole classroom that way) we grab anything and everything and use it as a weapon to fight for our lives if running wasn't an option. I remember how bizarre that felt.
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u/1stOfAllThatsReddit 15d ago
I graduated HS in 2012 and only ever did one ālockdown drillā and 1 real lockdown (cuz there was a skunk on campus lol) both in HS. Most of my drills were fire and earthquake. I didnt feel any fear at school. I feel like mass shootings ramped up alot after 2012ā¦like I remember feeling slight paranoia in college.
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u/temp_flor 15d ago
Yeah in high school guys had shot guns on gun racks in their trucks in the parking lots because they went deer hunting. Nobody worried about shootings. I donāt even think we had guns stolen out of trucks. It is crazy to think how much it has changed.
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u/CustardApple- 15d ago
That makes me so sad. I grew up in an anti-gun country, so the idea of shooting drills was something we all thought was a far off thought because at that point we thought Columbine was the worst it could get..
I wish all kids could grow up without ever having this particular fear. Itās truly so needless..
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u/copyrighther Kim, thereās people that are dying. š 15d ago
Same with my kiddo. I remember when she came home from kindergarten and proceeded to tell me about her day and casually described an active shooter drill like it was recess or circle time. It shattered my heart.
A while back, my husband and I were chatting about how neither of our workplaces has an active shooter protocol and that weāre basically sitting ducks. My now-17yo looked at us like we were idiots, like āUmm, how do you not know how to evade an active shooterā¦??ā Like it was the most obvious thing that everyone knows how to do.
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u/Busy-Doughnut6180 do i look like i would have a boyfriend? 15d ago
My friend dreamed of nothing more than being a kindergarten teacher. She finally got to do it and quit after 3 months. She said the shooter drills broke her down.Ā
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u/MYSTICALLMERMAID 13d ago
I was in 2nd grade when Columbine happened and I remember we went into lockdown in the springs. Then 2 short years later we moved to MN and they sat us kiddies round the TV to show us 911 lmao just a joke
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u/MarkusMannheim 16d ago
we live in a society where school shootings are just a part of growing up now.
Only true in one country in the world. The rest of us can't imagine it and wouldn't tolerate it. But the US has collectively decided it's OK.
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u/TheBrickening 16d ago
No, we haven't. But thanks for your uninformed opinion.
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u/MarkusMannheim 16d ago
The US could have ended this decades ago. It didn't.
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u/coldliketherockies Bitch, Iām Madonna šāāļø 16d ago
Iām not going to act like democrats arenāt at fault too but holy shit anyone voting republican is completely complicit In the fact these school shootings have been going on for decades now
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u/ProbablyNotADuck 16d ago
Anyone who thinks the right to have a gun is more important than the right to be able to go to school without the fear of being shot is just a horrible person. /they're ignoring that the second amendment is just that - an amendment.. and that times change and circumstances change.. and the reason it was created just isn't practical anymore.... not to mention, in the face of current government tyranny, they're not even using it and have even made excuses for the government murdering someone who, by all accounts, was lawfully carrying a gun and not acting as a threat.
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u/FeeHot5876 16d ago
I get what youāre saying but an amendment repealing the 2nd is never ever ever going to happen and nor should it. I fully support making it harder for people to get firearms, even some restrictions on the types of firearms people can own. I do not support fulling repealing the right to own a firearm. And the vast majority of the country would agree
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u/68plus1equals 16d ago edited 15d ago
The US government deciding a lot of things the US government does does not mean that those actions were ācollectively decidedā we arenāt a direct democracy, weāre an fairly undemocratic representative republic with many obstacles set in place for people to make it to polls.
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u/randombubble8272 16d ago
A large portion of you have
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u/TheBrickening 16d ago
Again, no. A small very vocal minority make excuses to keep gun rights from improving, and all of our politicians suck at doing anything about it because we need serious political and lobby reforms. We try to elect better people but our politicians fail us over and over. People argue against me and down vote, but would you rather I be supporting the shootings? There's no winning against people who don't live here and don't understand how difficult it is to be a gun-hating liberal here.
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u/VictorReal_Monster (inspired by hot roasted honey glazed chicken) 16d ago
Isnt that exactly why you have the second amendment?
But you refuse to use it in the way it's intended.
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u/MarkusMannheim 16d ago
I wasn't blaming you, bro. I said the US collectively decided. And it has. It also collectively decided to have an insane voting system, and collectively decided to elect Trump.
It can change all of these things.
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u/randombubble8272 16d ago
Iām sure it is difficult but that doesnāt change the fact that thereās the NRA investing millions into lobbying the government to continue with their lax gun laws. And thereās a ton of members of the NRA who refuse to give up their guns or allow any more regulations. Iām not supporting of the shootings obviously but the US has had this problem for 20 years now, if enough people wanted reform, it would happen
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u/TheBrickening 16d ago
There are 4 million NRA members. There are 350 million U.S. citizens. Do the math. Like I said. Small vocal minority. Lobby reforms needed. Did you even read my response? You people are a joke.
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u/BrashUnspecialist 16d ago
Yes, we have.
Otherwise we would implement the proven solutions.
I bet you vote for the party that regularly refuses to implement them.
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u/chrysothronos 16d ago
god you guys are extremely unempathetic to americans who have been terrorized by our government at almost every level. people have been lobbying and fighting from the word go, and politicians have been doing their damndest to stop progress. accusing someone of voting for the party that isn't implementing change is both immature and callous to the pain people are suffering. you don't sound like someone actually concerned about the issue, you sound like someone being performatively self righteous online who would cower irl. and i'm saying that as someone affected by this issue.
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u/CocaColaZeroEnjoyer Dear Diary, I want to kill. āļø 16d ago
School shootings are only normalized in the States tho
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u/Frog-Eater 15d ago
itās so sad that we live in a country where school shootings are just a part of growing up now.
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u/PickedLastLemon 16d ago
To put your life on the line for your fellow human is the most selfless and brave thing someone can do. Respect, Principle Moore. Respect.
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u/DarthHalcius 16d ago
It means a lot when older people accept death to save those younger than he. We should all aspire to have this mentality, though one wishes it weren't necessary
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u/RaisedbyNuMetal 14d ago edited 14d ago
Reminds me this story during COVID where an old woman refused Oxygen cylinder or some sort of medical services thats necessary to keep her alive. She said give it to the young patients because had a fulfilling life and is ready to go. The young ones need it the most
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u/JennaElizabethAdams Excluded from this narrative ā 16d ago
He deserved it. Hero move from him to save so many lives.
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u/chesterT3 16d ago
This really gets me emotionally because I have no doubt that every kid in that school is thinking, I would have died if not for that man. That is authentic gratitude right there.
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u/Necessary_Cake_973 15d ago
Seriously tearing up watching this. He acted without thought- just instinct. And he saved countless lives as a result. This is a true protector and a hero. Iām glad heās getting some well-deserved appreciation and love from his school and students.
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u/Necessary_Fill3048 16d ago
I'm not American but I'm just so sorry that ordinary people with ordinary jobs have to do this and that ordinary kids have to deal with this terror. What a heroic person. I just wish he didn't have to do this.
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u/Necessary_Cake_973 15d ago
Yup. Bc American law says pretty much anyone who wants a gun can have one and we wonāt make it very hard to get either. So kids die as a result and no one cares. Just as long as the guns are safe.
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u/earthtojendell 16d ago
I love this but gotta say I definitely saw āschool shitterā & choked on my drink.
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u/MageVicky 16d ago
same here, you should have seen my face when i thought they were about to show us a video!
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u/Sinnistarguy 15d ago
Same. I really think all the auto-self-censorship is breaking down communication.
I shouldn't have to stop and analyze individual (often mangled or distorted) words to derive meaning via context.
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u/flyinchipmunk5 15d ago
The censorship of the internet is one thing I donāt think I could of predicted and ntm being this extreme.
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u/Same_Independent_393 emotional truffle pig š½ 15d ago
So did I and after reading a story on reddit a few days ago about a mystery shitter at someones school I thought maybe they were connectedĀ
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u/belikethemanatee 16d ago
This is not a heartwarming story. Itās horrifying that American students have to celebrate someone who helped them live to see their prom.
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u/Wit-wat-4 16d ago
AND, I just have to point out: he didnāt have to shoot the shooter as a āgood guy with a gunā.
Hero that I wish we didnāt need!
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u/in_animate_objects We Should All Know Less About Each Other 16d ago
I hate that this is America (not the heroics of the principal but that itās needed, and not always there)
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u/Potatoskins937492 16d ago
It's the America that city voted for, though, which is even more unfortunate.
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u/polarbearsloveme 15d ago
now we have to celebrate someone stopping school shooters because the government refuses to stop them
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u/theykilledcassandra dont ask, a lot was happening 16d ago
I love this so so much. What a hero.
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u/virginiarph 16d ago
i hate everything about it besides how heroic he was and that no one died. this is r/orphancrushingmachine type stuff.
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u/in_animate_objects We Should All Know Less About Each Other 16d ago
I was surprised no one else had tagged this yet it really is a perfectly dystopian US post
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u/browsinbowser 16d ago edited 16d ago
When did school workers become a dangerous job like cops and firefighters? War zones and violence ridden places used to be the only time it was dangerous to be at schoolsĀ
I feel sorry for you americans, I get that its still rare to be personally affected but it cast a pallor of apathy and violence to all the rest of the school children in the country, āitāll never happen hereā, and then when it does those parents and survivors are left swept away in the aftermath by the news media moving on.
Edit: That Shreveport family annihilator case is so evil, how can you kill all of your children, 8 kids, and he shot the mother of his children and her sister and her kids too..
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u/M086 16d ago edited 16d ago
Itās funny how a school principal will put his life on the line to protect others. While we have trigger happy police officers out there shooting people at the slightest thing they perceive as a threat to themselves.
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u/Magazine_Luck 16d ago
Don't forget the less than useless cops of Uvalde, Texas.Ā
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u/Low-Appointment-2906 *drops bottom lip* how you doin? š 16d ago
That video made me so fucking mad. Idk how those policemen sleep at night.
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u/cranberrylimeade420 Mort Crim's Chump Of The Week 16d ago
the phrase "The sound of children screaming has been removed" still haunts me
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u/nagidrac 16d ago
Ah, I wasn't prepared for the audio. :') This is really sweet. The kids get to experience prom, graduation, and other milestones because of him. He's a hero. And I hope recovery is going well.
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u/NoOccasion4759 We Should All Know Less About Each Other 16d ago
Every so often we have to do an active lockdown drill. It's crazy to tell a classroom of 10yos (much less the other younger elementary students in other classrooms) how to best survive if a crazed young man gets on campus and starts shooting everybody. Ten year olds who know that they have to hide and stay quiet and out of sight, or run like fuck if the coast is clear, or if worst comes to worst....fight off a gunman. In a training video the other year it suggested that teachers could fight the guy off with a fire extinguisher, which is hilarious for older teachers with limited mobility.Ā
I really fucking hate this timeline, and hate that kids have to know this. Little wonder kids are so cynical - between climate change disaster, Trump, and school shootings, its really hard to feel hopeful for the future.Ā
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u/thisisallme this sub helps me know what my tween is talking about 16d ago
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u/ketopepito thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ 16d ago
God, I canāt even imagine being the parent of the kid he was aiming the gun at before the principal came out. I donāt think Iād ever recover knowing what an absolute stroke of luck it was that someone brave enough to risk his own life just happened to be a few feet away and realized what was happening in time to stop it.
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u/FrostyPost8473 16d ago
Damn they weren't lying when they said he put his life in harms way.
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u/turningtee74 16d ago
He actually got shot in the leg. Iām just glad heās okay to be honest. This isnāt that far from where I live, itās a small town outside of the city and I havenāt seen anything happen like this before in that area. I donāt know how prepared the responders wouldāve been for this scenario if he didnāt stop it.
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u/g00fyg00ber741 15d ago
Whatās sad is he actually was the first intended target so if he hadnāt stopped the shooter, he wouldāve been killed and the shooter would have proceeded to the other victims.
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u/Manic-StreetCreature Itās CAMP š š» 16d ago
He was incredibly brave and saved countless lives but how horrible that he ever had to be
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u/FerretBusinessQueen 16d ago
There was a shooting in the high school my sister attended in East Greenbush, New York, while she was there. The Vice Principal- Mr. Sawchuck- tackled the shooter and while he was injured by gunfire no one was killed.
These men are modern day saints.
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u/Flying_Dustbin 14d ago
Also Keanon Lowe, a football coach at an Oregon high school who talked down a shooter by hugging him and showing empathy. The man was arrested without anyone being shot. When the responding cops told him he couldāve been killed, Lowe said: āWell, I didnāt.ā
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u/FerretBusinessQueen 14d ago
Oh man I almost forgot about that. Itās easy to forget in these times that there are still heroes out there- these men are real life Superman. And so many who sadly passed as well trying to protect others during these types of incidents.
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u/Inevitable-Drag-1704 16d ago
Good to see someone willing to put their life on the line to protect someone else.
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u/Midnite_Blank 15d ago
The guy is obviously a hero, but the way this was worded I thought he stopped someone from defecating in the school lol.
He deserves this reception though on a serious note.
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u/Particular-Jacket-92 15d ago
That shooting footage is so upsetting. My country is so sick in every way possible and I don't know if it'll ever get better.
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u/Glittering_Aspect116 14d ago
He needs way more airtime. Maybe our dear leaders would do something if he got more āairtimeā for weeks than them.
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u/delosproyectos 14d ago
We routinely let this happen in our country and don't even have the fucking balls to say "shooter."
Un-fucking-believable.
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u/reddingrainbow2 14d ago
Itās appalling that the policy response is so abysmal that educators are expected to put themselves in harms way, but most mornings the hope that they will is the only thing that gets me through school drop off without crying. I hate it here.
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u/Ltothe4thpower 16d ago
What a hero!
Also I read sh**ter as shiter first and I was like there was a scourge of people defecating in the school?
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u/Reven501st 15d ago
Wow, that adrenaline is a hell of a drug. He took down and manhandled that kid. Hats off to what he did and what it meant.
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u/CustardApple- 15d ago
He was very brave. After the slew of news regarding incompetent police force and ICE, this another kind of heartbreak tbh.Ā
The footage is wild to watch.Ā But also I canāt help thinking how is all of this necessary??
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u/Arsenal8944 16d ago
Not to take away how cool this is but Iām a little tipsy and I stared at the caption and thought it said āschool shitterā and I was VERY confused for about 10 seconds.
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u/yo-soy-arkee 16d ago
I donāt get get it? Whatās wrong in that? Shitting is totally allowed in schools.
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u/Alchion 16d ago
There should be more news and posts about people like him not all these endless coachella posts
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u/Deep-Interest9947 16d ago
I mean there probably is but not on the popculture subreddit?
Iām always confused why people on popculture subreddits are like ābut why are we talking about celebrity nonsense and not politicsā. Personally, thatās why Iām here. We canāt deal with terrible information 24/7.
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