Used in a sentence: "Remember when our culture only had Armchair Quarterbacking as a pastime instead of Armchair '"Mass-Shooting"-ing'?"
It was only a matter of time. What with the ease and comfort with which social media allows each of us to offer up our own opinions about ... you know ... pretty much everything ... the latest Armchair activity was bound to make itself known.
I've previously commented on Armchair Ethic-izing (coined during the Penn State Sandusky trial) and on the propensity for everyone back home in Chicago to be Armchair Educators (the system *is* pretty screwy there) ... and now Dr. Ben "Euthanasia" Carson (I gave him that nickname because his tone and delivery puts me to sleep when he talks) has offered up the "let's roll" approach to surviving a mass shooting.
Thing one: Dr. Ben E Carson ... meet Chris Mintz. Chris Mintz ... meet Dr. Ben E Carson.
Thing two: It's very easy to say, in hindsight, what one would do when one is not directly in the situation, isn't it?
Thing three: Can we please let the dead bodies be buried and permit the families to grieve before we co-opt the news cycle for personal gain on the presidential trail?
Thing four: Is there nothing our society can't pervert from its spot in the e-Armchair, pulled up and plugged into the social media outlet?
Thing five: As the young kids say: "Get up out the Armchair folks!" It is time to ACT and to make a difference!
BEN ... MEET CHRIS ... CHRIS ... MEET BEN:
http://abc7news.com/news/heroic-umpqua-student-charged-straight-at-gunman-to-save-lives/1013550/
SO ... I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP TO MAKE SURE I WAS USING IT CORRECTLY:
http://grammarpartyblog.com/2012/01/20/pass-time-versus-pastime/
THE LAST ARMCHAIR ACTIVITY THAT I THOUGHT DESERVED A BLOG POST:
http://www.capcognition.blogspot.com/2012/07/random-scandal-sheet-for-sunday-71512.html
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