I'd like to ask you if the words you are speaking really "belong" to you......or if they are just a product of your "upraising"?
Do "you" really think people like Dana are the enemy........or have your perceptions been "spoon fed" to you over 18 years, by an ex-FBI employee, whose job to "police the country" would have been easier if he was the only one with a gun?
My observations lead me to believe this is very much the case. You were thrown on the TV circuit within hours of this shooting.....as were your friends. When have you had time to properly grieve......much less study the different sides of the gun debate and "decide" for YOURSELF, if what you are promoting on TV are "your views" or just a reflection of what you have been taught to believe by the adults surrounding you? I would think true intelligence demands comprehensive research/documentation, from both sides, to base your opinions on.....especially if you decide to become the "face" of a "policy change" movement.
Unfortunately, when I think of the word spectacle in terms of this tragedy, Dana's name doesn't come to mind. What comes to mind is my witnessing children, being USED, to further adults political agendas after a horrific murder.
I truly wish the best for you and your friends.......and sympathize that you have been thrown to the wolves by people who should have known better, but who have decided their political objectives are more important than you are.
David Hogg's family is very political. Apparently his mother posted this on Facebook after President Trump's election:
"I can’t be silent any more. I tried to be respectful during the elections. I can’t sit by and do nothing with what is going on currently in the USA. It’s horrifying. If you like what Trump is currently doing please unfriendly or block me because you won’t like what I am going to begin posting."
It is sad to see people sacrificing personal relationships in favor of political objectives. That leads to more polarization in society, and doesn't lead to a better world for young people.
In fact it leads to a society where people are waiting for a tragedy in order to use it for political theater.