I was all prepared to do a big rant tonight about the persistence of domestic terrorism in this country. To ask how many more "lone nuts" are going to come out of the woodwork and how many more people have to die before we acknowledge that none of these killings happen in a vacuum. To wonder why everyone is so reluctant to call it what it is, terrorism (What? Terrorists are only Muslims who wear long beards?). To point to the Homeland Security report on right-wing terror groups that had to be withdrawn so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of white supremacists and doctor-killers. To insist that more people are going to die until these groups are stopped.
That's all true. But I've made that point so many times over the last week.
So now all I can do is observe that the two men shot today could not offer a greater contrast in what humanity is capable of. One had wasted 88 years consumed by hate for everyone, and the other was willing to die in order to protect innocents.
They interviewed Stephen Tyrone Johns' young son on the news tonight. I'm hoping Jewish groups will quickly get their acts together in order to set up a fund for the family's financial security and the children's education. It is the absolute least that can be done.
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Gunman? Yes. Lone? Not according to the news. When more than one psycho goes on a shooting rampage, they no longer technically count as lone. What a pointless, heartless tragedy
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