Atticus
Atticus's JournalSo, since it appears to be the case that the shooter in Nashville was a part of the trans community
and he identified as a male, several of the intellectually stellar pillars of moral pulchritude--- like Marjie--- are already blaming that trans status as the reason for the murder of three 9 year olds and three 60-something adults. The implication, of course, is "This is what THEY are like! This is what THEY do! HATE ON 'EM!"
I don't have the exact numbers, but it seems to me that over half of the mass shooters over the past 50 years were straight white guys---like me. Does my heterosexual Caucasian status mean I'm next on your baseless persecution list?
Or, do you only pick on those you consider defenseless minorities?
And, here's a thought---maybe the damn GUNS are the problem!
Trump supporters beware! FACTS ahead!
The leaders of the Confederacy---and those who fought for them AGAINST the United States of America--- WERE TRAITORS.
Those who incited, planned, financed and participated in the January 6th, 2021 attempt to overturn the 2020 election result and overthrow the US government ARE TRAITORS.
If you support the current crop of traitors, maybe you should consider a couple of Mom's bits of wisdom: "Birds of a feather flock together!" and "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas!"
Those are "Bless your heart!" ways of saying "Trump supporters are traitors ".
Like most here, I try---I really do. I remember my Mom cautioning me, her sometimes-hotheaded boy,
that "He who angers you defeats you". I understand that that is time-tested wisdom and I am aware that our anger and outrage makes the smirking MAGAvolk high five each other, ---- but,------------
------hearing Marjorie Taylor-Greene blame these Nashville school murders on "Biden's gun-free school zones" and say the shootings could only be stopped by "good guys with guns" at the schools---- I just am without any words that would be genuine if not shouted out between clenched teeth and filled with language that would not make Mom proud.
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There are kind souls among us
People who will tolerate our foibles
And smile at us when others frown.
They know, somehow, when to stand back
And when to step forward and embrace us;
When to be silent and when---
To say "I'm with you. It will be ok"
There are kind souls among us
Peter, Paul and Mary (sorta) summed up my feelings today:
"I think I could say somethin' if you know what I mean
But if I really say it, the INTERNET won't play it
Unless I lay it between the lines"
A sunny Sunday morning here and I will soon be outside in an effort to let some of
my utter disgust evaporate.
The Republicans on the TV machine are telling lies so transparent and vile that I was forced to click it off. My "disgustometer" had pegged.
Later (maybe).
So, Trump "just mentioned" that January 6th would be "wild" and that his supporters needed to
"fight like hell" to "save our country", but he did not specifically tell them to break into the Capitol, attack the cops and try to murder the Vice-President, so he "did nothing wrong".
Trump "just mentioned" how terrible the "FBI raid" on Mar-A-Lago was and SOMEONE shortly after shot up an FBI field office, but he never actually told anyone to do that, so he "did nothing wrong".
Trump "must mentioned" that New York DA Alvin Bragg was a "degenerate animal" who "hated America" and within a couple days, SOMEONE sent Mr. Bragg an envelope containing "white powder" and a typed note reading "Alvin: I will kill you!!!!!", but Trump never actually told anyone to do that, so--------------
Is anyone else losing patience with this BULLSHIT?
Isn't what Trump and the MAGA party is doing "terrorism"? For reference:
"The FBI defines terrorism as the unlawful use or threatened use of violence committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives."
Isn't the current MAGA/QANON/ GOP a "terrorist organization"?
As "Tuckems" would say---"Just askin'!"
In nearly every photo I've seen of him, Mr. Scavino wears an expression you'd expect to see
on the face af a man in the process of being circumcised with rusty nail clippers.
Trump's photo of himself brandishing a baseball bat next to New York DA Alvin Bragg
sure reminded me of how, in "The Untouchables", Al Capone was shone literally beating the brains out of a man with a --- baseball bat.
Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
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