I agree with her that we need to understand the genesis of the violence, but doing that will require throwing political correctness totally out the window and going wherever the facts lead - something that no federally funded university is going to do.
Teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, single parent households, pop-culture, increasing secularism, politicians using race as a wedge issue, gang culture and the entertainment industry glorifying it, bad schools and ineffective teachers, etc. There are likely multiple factors, but when I've had this discussion with many liberals, their answer is often to blame 'poverty'. Poverty is a chicken or egg factor, and determining which is most contributory will again require following the facts wherever they lead.
To do this right, it would require a non-academic coalition of private bipartisan participants that includes a wide array of professional expertise.
There are likely multiple factors, but when I’ve had this discussion with many liberals, their answer is often to blame ‘poverty’.
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I’ve long ago given up on ever trying to reason with or debate with liberals. They have been immunized against exposure to facts, logic and the lessons of history by a corrupt education system. They do not think; they only emote and can rationalize anything away.
The non-academic coalition of private bipartisan participants that you suggest sounds good in theory but for the reasons stated above I doubt that it could ever produce any constructive or useful policies or results.
In a somewhat related note it looks like Boris Johnson’s new government could actually be a game changer that has a chance to reestablish conservative policies back into their government. Even though this is about Great Britain I found the article relevat to our own political situation:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/post-brexit-planning-establishment-due-enormous-shake
She wants federal funding to figure out who is doing all the gun violence and why?