Paris, France

San Bernardino, California

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Brussels, Belgium...

It is the same thing over and over again.

In order to stop these tragedies from happening, we have gone into combat with extremists in the Middle East and around the world. We have gone to war with two countries. Spending billions of dollars along the way.

Now...

Roseburg, Oregon

Charleston, South Carolina

Isla Vista, California

Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Other than Charleston's mass killing, I bet most of you haven't heard of the other killings. No mass movements or billions spent in response. Just lost lives, politicians arguing about guns and one flag taken down. The worst part of this? These attacks are on American mass killings. Two of them were veterans, one was a mentally unstable young man and the other was a blatant racist.

Where are the protests and anger for lack of care for the mentally troubled?

Studies show that 50.1 percent of people in need of mental healthcare did not receive it because they could not afford it.

And for the veterans:

Of the 62,619 homeless veterans recorded, only just over half (35,143) are sheltered. The 27,476 that are unsheltered are sleeping on the streets.

Oh, wait! We got that confederate flag down! That has to count for something right?

(This photo was taken outside of President Obama's hotel by the way.)

I am not saying this as a person who wants to radically change the government and look negatively at the United States. These things anger me because we can do so much better. I see the beauty in my country. I see the people who go out of their way to help strangers. I have seen what good can come out of us when we work for each other. No matter who we vote for, nothing will change if we do not change how we treat each other.