As bad as I think this current legislation is, taking a reactionary stance will do nothing to help the situation. Injustice has existed for as long as man has - but only NOW we decide to take offense? It's a sad state of affairs that Americans are so oblivious to the outside world that it takes a tragedy of this magnitude to wake us up from the willful slumber we've been caught in. But getting paranoid, and deliberately trying to provoke emotions is not the answer. In fact, any kind of knee-jerk reaction is not the answer. Reacting to events is the immature answer, as as rational adults, we should be above that.
We need to act, not react. If we want to change the laws, we as constituents need to act. First we really do have the write or speak to our Congressmen, most of them even have email addresses to send things to. If you are unlucky enough to not even know who your representatives are, Congress.org is a great site - you just input your zip code, and the site provides the representatives for your state and district. Not to mention their webpages, mailing addresses, and email addresses.
And if you write them, and you feel that your representatives aren't listening, then do the thing you probably should have done in the first place - VOTE THEM OUT.
If we don't act in a rational manner, then we have no right to complain. Because silence, in this case, really does mean assent.
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We need to act, not react. If we want to change the laws, we as constituents need to act. First we really do have the write or speak to our Congressmen, most of them even have email addresses to send things to. If you are unlucky enough to not even know who your representatives are, Congress.org is a great site - you just input your zip code, and the site provides the representatives for your state and district. Not to mention their webpages, mailing addresses, and email addresses.
And if you write them, and you feel that your representatives aren't listening, then do the thing you probably should have done in the first place - VOTE THEM OUT.
If we don't act in a rational manner, then we have no right to complain. Because silence, in this case, really does mean assent.