In Buffalo, We See the Effects of Ignoring the Mental Health Crisis Among Our Children
By Joe Cunningham | May 16, 2022 7:30 AM ET
In New York State, schools were forced to close for COVID-19 the week of March 16, 2020. They remained closed the rest of the school year. Around the state, several districts either stayed closed or had repeated closures. The same can be said across the country.
On May 5, I wrote about the dangers of the mental health crisis we saw ourselves in. A large part of what we’re seeing, particularly among our youth, is due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and the policies that forced our kids into isolation. The pandemic and those policies did contribute to pushing more and more of our kids into new, more dangerous social circles — those on social media.
In Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, an 18-year-old male opened fire in a supermarket in a predominantly black neighborhood. He drove hours from his home in Conklin, New York, to commit the act of terror. It seems very likely that this was planned and executed according to that plan.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is partially correct in blaming “social media” and its influence, but the focus is largely superficial. She wants law enforcement to find any and all examples of “hate speech.”
NY State Attorney General Letitia James called for people to tamp down anger and proceed in love. She also said they will be continuing to “investigate social media” and that her office would be focused on that, as they have been “the last few months.”
Governor Kathy Hochul picked up on that tack, as well, saying they needed to look more into “social media” and algorithms to identify “hate speech.” She said they were going to be sitting down with social media companies to see if they were doing everything they could to shut down hate speech. She termed the attack “white supremacy terrorism.”
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https://redstate.com/joesquire/2022/05/16/in-buffalo-we-see-the-effects-of-ignoring-the-mental-health-crisis-among-our-children-n564938
