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   A child is in critical condition after at least five people were shot   
   Saturday during a Mardi Gras parade in Louisiana, officials said.   
      
   The 6-year-old, whose gender was not immediately known, was struck in   
   the leg multiple times and airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Baton   
   Rouge where they are listed in critical condition, local outlet   
   Unfiltered with Kiran reported.   
      
   An adult was also in critical condition and airlifted to a Baton Rouge   
   hospital, while two others were taken to a local hospital in critical   
   but stable condition, per the outlet.   
      
   The 21st annual ‘Mardi Gras in the Country’ parade  — which has since   
   been shut down by authorities — had just begun when the gunfire broke   
   out, East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis told WAFB.   
      
   Four suspects had been taken into custody according to Travis — and   
   police are searching for a vehicle in relation to the shooting.   
      
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   Not_A_Lib DonkeypoxIsKillingAmerica   
   5 hours ago   
      
   I'll take obvious patterns for 500...   
      
   A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability,   
   and a shared understanding of right and wrong. But critics argue that   
   the modern liberal model is pushing us in the opposite direction—and the   
   results are impossible to ignore.   
      
   Bail reforms that release offenders back onto the streets, prosecutors   
   who treat criminals like victims, and years of soft-on-crime policies   
   have created an atmosphere where lawlessness feels almost protected. At   
   the same time, the border has been left porous for years, with waves of   
   unvetted immigration overwhelming systems and communities. Add to that a   
   sustained political and cultural campaign that treats law enforcement as   
   the enemy, and it’s no wonder morale has cratered while crime surges.   
      
   And then there’s the cultural shift—an entire younger generation being   
   taught to sympathize with criminals, distrust authority, and view   
   consequences as cruelty. Schools barely teach ethics, responsibility, or   
   discipline anymore. Instead of building strong citizens, we’re raising   
   people who believe rules are optional and accountability is oppressive.   
      
   Put all of this together and you don’t get a compassionate society—you   
   get a fragile, unstable one. A society where chaos grows faster than   
   order, and where leaders seem more interested in ideological experiments   
   than in keeping the country safe.   
      
   When a culture stops defending what’s right, it starts protecting what’s   
   dangerous. That’s the real cost of the “liberal society” critics warn   
   about.   
      
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