The pointlessness of pointing fingers
Only sickos think murder can be justified as some kind of political protest.
There sure are some sick Mofos out there.
Latest example: The glee expressed by many about the cowardly political assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who has been accused of spreading “hate.”
In the allegations pictured above, the “hate” amounts to rotten opinions, with which I disagree. And the meme should stop before the word “but.”
My disagreement takes the form of opposing them, by speech or writing. That is how the system was designed to work. Bad ideas are countered by good ideas, not by an AR-15.
Another mind-bending example of misplaced priorities was the near-deification by some of accused back-shooter Luigi Mangione. He is charged with the cold-blooded murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson.
You don’t like the health insurance industry? Fine. Do something to change it. You don’t pick up a gun.
Normal people think murder is wrong. And ”normal” excludes the people who are fans of the Menendez brothers, especially women who want to marry them. How would you like to bring a murderer home to meet the parents?
Only sickos think murder can be justified as some kind of political protest.
As to Kirk, his murder was condemned by political leaders from Right to Left — from President Donald J. Trump to Nancy Pelosi, and this might be the only thing they agree on.
Speaking of Right and Left, runners up in the sicko category are all those at the polar extremes who blame the other side for political violence.
“It’s always the Left,” the right-wingers say, completely forgetting the murder of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers, and the shooting of two others, plus the attempt on the life of Democrat Josh Shapiro, governor of Pennsylvania.
“It’s always the Right,” the progressives say, ignoring the two attempts on Trump's life, and the severe wounding of Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.
This is not an exhaustive list. One side “may” have more bad actors than the other, but this is not a contest. Each side has moral defects who believe their feelings place them above the law and our shared beliefs in what makes for a civilized society.
Going back to our first Presidential assassination, Republican Abraham Lincoln, we don’t identify John Wilkes Booth as a Democrat. He was a pro-slavery extremist.
Today, some of us immediately want to assign blame to the party of the assailant, even though the leadership of both parties, and the vast majority of their followers, reject violence.
You know the adage — when you point a finger at someone else, you point three fingers back at you.
