@Declan Hegarty: Yes, that’s the core of the issue alt-right.

@Malachi: Ah, how lovely of you to see the good in everyone.

@MK76: ‘ That’s why I got the gun. It was a symbol of strength. I’ll never be a victim ‘ Rihanna’s words when she was questioned why she got a gun tattoo after being attacked by Chris Brown.

@Malachi: looking at her videos you’d be forgiven for thinking she supports relaxed gun controls

@Veronica: yawn…..

@Veronica: Ahh no matter what month it is Veronica is on hand to take over the thread with her agenda.

@Niall Sullivan: lesbian women would typically be expected to have more male like tendencies – are you arguing against your own point there?

@Veronica: I can accept that males commit more violent crimes than women and this fact has been true over time and in different cultures and demographics. Lots of studies have found this and tried to explain it using evolutionary reasons such as risk taking and testosterone etc etc. I just don’t see how it’s relevant to point it out here or what purpose it serves.

@Veronica: So you’re only concerned about disproportionate levels of violence from a certain group if it transcends demographics?

Neither men nor black people are inherently violent, I think we can agree. Therefore, if we know it’s not an issue of biology in either case, but a confluence of factors causing this disproportionate violence, then it should concern you whether it transcends demographics or not.

It isn’t logical to assert that male violence is a problem then disregard the link between race and violence as if it’s not there. Black violence is a major (global) problem too. It mightn’t be as pervasive as male violence, but it does undermine your position when you suggest that the race doesn’t concern you when gender does (irrespective of scale).

Just an observation.

@Sean: the more people start to think about these things, the more likely they are to start to question everything they see and are taught.

The first step of changing society is questioning it, and I feel that the more I point out male violence (in context obviously) the more people will start to see a pattern.

@Niall Sullivan: “the most violent are lesbian women”

Whatever gets you off. Sad that a deep misunderstanding of statistics and society are what get you off, but whatever, not my problem.

@Veronica: Only thing you got everybody talking about is his crazy you are.

You are single handedly turning everyone on this site against feminazis.

@Malachi: when you address black violence, do you include gun violence by black males?

When I hear of indiscriminate and multiple killings of people, I tend to assume that the perpetrator is likely to be male but not to assume a racial element.

@Fiona deFreyne: Yeah, why wouldn’t I include it? Failing to see the relevance of that point.

Your assumptions aren’t really any of my concern. I’m just pointing out the fact that consistently decrying disproportionate levels of male violence is fine, but when you then say the racial component of violence doesn’t concern you, your position looks internally inconsistent.

@Niall Sullivan: Sexist, petty, condescending and possible inaccurate?

@Malachi: you attempted to separate male violence and black violence into separate categories. The fact is the black violence, as with white violence, is preponderantly male. So the categories substantially overlap and undermine the notion that any race is more prone to violence than any other race.

Gender, location, poverty, social alienation and easy access to guns are criminologically far more influential and significant than race per se.

@Domhnall McMahon: check out other articles, especially the one yesterday about a small boy wearing a dress. Wall to wall homophobia. All the comments remained.

@Veronica:
I hope you never stop commenting on the journal Veronica. You’d be sadly missed by this lot. Your consistency is truly admirable.

@Veronica: I didn’t see any homophobic comments in that article yesterday or any racist ones in this story now?

@Tweed Cap: thanks. I actually wonder how much ad revenue I bring in for TJ, I’m always swarmed by fellas when I comment, and they can never let go so they keep refreshing the page to see if I’ve replied (and if I haven’t they nag me anyhow).

@Dave Murray: you must have missed all the misogynistic ones aimed at me earlier, as well as the ones about how the killer was black (all in reply to my original comment). Actually maybe they delete my comments because they don’t want so many people seeing how many of the active users of their site are right-wing women haters. Doesn’t paint a good picture, ya know?

@Veronica: when presented with hard questions from other men or women you do a runner as you are unable to answer

Nobody hates women on this site. Nobody is keen on feminazis.

And you have some cheek to complain about men hating women when you hate men

@Veronica: raising the issue of the gender dimension in gun violence and indeed all forms of human against human violence is hugely provocative to men, not because it is unfair, untrue, invalid or unreasonable but precisely because it is a fair, valid, reasonable and true assessment.

When a new perspective is outside of the costly consensus of mainstream thinking, a strong backlash is predictable and inevitable.

I hope that you continue to post your comments. They provoke, stimulate nd are an incentive to deeper thinking about these issues.

The old reliables will continue to attack you, to deter you, to pulverize you into silence and will make multiple complaints to the Journal leading to the deletion of some of your comments.

The echo chamber does not tolerate discordant voices such as your’s.

@Fiona deFreyne: very very true Fiona, and likewise with you. They just cannot leave women who comment on here alone. God forbid someone looks at male violence critically. They are literally implying that by calling out male violence I’m hating men, when in fact the opposite is true, and suggesting that men are inherently violent (which is what they do) is anti-men. Could you imagine being so far gone that your first reaction to someone pointing out that it’s overwhelmingly males perpetrating violence, is to accuse them of hating all men, as though all men are like that??

@Fiona deFreyne: Tony when you were presented with a number of quotes from veronica where she made sexist and trans phobic remarks, you chose to ignore it.

Men and women see veronicas comments as sick and unacceptable. This website must agree too and that is why her comments are being deleted. Read her twitter account. Its disturbing

@Veronica: there is a substantial male component in violence in human against human violence. The victims of male violence are both male and female. Expressing this reality hugely antagonists defensive men, who are sensitive to reality of the male dimension in human violence.

It intrigues me to see how your correct and justified comments infuriates some of the male commenters into extreme howls of indignation, even incandescent rage, and very personal and rebarative attacks on you for having the temerity to express the truth.

I notice how as soon as the gender element is introduced, some of the highly defensive men will rush out distractions such as race and religion.

You have touched on a very raw nerve, it would seem.

The vast majority of men are peaceful and considerate but they find any criticism of some men and the undeniable role of masculinity in human violence as anathema and utterly intolerable. If they had their way, you would be banned. Your views are sound and well founded which makes them so unacceptable.

@gjpb: I base my assessment on her comments and her rational arguments in support for those comments. I don’t need to lurk onto her Twitter account or seek to excavate past comments. I read her comments. I reply to her comments.

Veronica is an original, helpful and rational contributor. She has infuriated some sensitive men who find her views unacceptable and unpalatable.

The cut and thrust of a good debate is based on engagements with the comments under discussion, not trying to do selective research in an attempt to discredit the person making the comments. It is about the substance of the issues and not peripheral issues. When people seek to use background information I get the impression that it is about an inablity to engage with the substance of the arguments.

I would not research your background because it’s a tiresome distraction. I don’t have the time or the inclination.

@Fiona deFreyne: Rational?? Let me ask you something, if you had young sons (I have no idea if you have children) would you have the slightest doubt letting Veronica babysit them?
If you just answer yes in an attempt to prove me wrong you seriously then you need help as much as she does. She is on record stating she believes all men, including her own family, are potential rapists and because they haven’t doesn’t mean they won’t. Despite her protests to the contrary she also said she hates all men. This is many things, rational is not one of them.

@Veronica: absolutely no homophobia whatsoever. Another example of you inventing facts

@Fiona deFreyne: are you going for joke of the year with the comment that veronica is helpful and rational?

There is nothing rational about her comments.

It seems you choose to ignore her very disturbing comments. Not sure what reason you have for that.

She has infuriated men and women. A lit of women have recently called her out but she doesnt respond to them.

Veronica makes her tweets open to everyone so its not very hard to research her. And they provide backup to the already sick posts she makes on this website

@Veronica: Lets be fair here, you’ve managed to turn an article on gun violence into your usual violent male patriarchy nonsense. Just a little off topic wouldn’t you say and not exactly a one off either.
You have to be the only person who could post the same nonsense on an article about cabbages – or almost every article you post on. If you could change the tune once in a while then perhaps people could form a different opinion of you rather than the one you present to the world.