I don't have the heart to do a 'this n that' today. Frankly, I'm sick to my stomach over the assassination of Charlie Kirk. There is no other word for it. He was assassinated. You can call it a horror or a tragedy - it's certainly those, too - but that doesn't change the fact that he was assassinated.
From all I knew of Charlie, he was a good man. He advocated for discussion over violence, and they killed him for it. He was trying to get people to talk about issues and to think for themselves. Well, we can't have any of that now, can we? Feh.
There's a lot of crap out there this morning with people saying vile things. Those people can wither up and die for all I care. If you're one of them, please go far, far away from me.
I'm not sure what this will mean for our country. Hopefully, it'll be a watershed moment and those following the advocates of violence wake up and see that theirs is not the side to be on. Hopefully, freedom will win this battle.
Right now, though, I'm heartsick. And yes, it's the anniversary of 9/11 - don't think I haven't considered whether Charlie's assassination wasn't planned to coincide with this. It probably was.
'Never forget' turned into 'only remember on 9/11' and then ignore the causes altogether.
I'm gonna go watch TV. Something totally not involved in any of this until I can stomach being online again.
Peace. Out.
Yeah. What you said. The tears are still close the surface, along with the anger. I keep thinking I should turn this inner turmoil into an outer expression in the form of words. I should come up with a scene where anger takes over, or one where tears rend the heart. But I can't. The words won't come.
ReplyDeleteI had Wallyworld this morning. I went early. Had a guy try to to scam me, but also saw an old friend and got a hug. Then I came home to the blue screen of death on the new computer. Thank goodness the old one was still booted so I could contact MS cust. service. Nice guy, Carlo. Didn't help much besides checking that my account was indeed active and giving me the link I needed to get things fixed.
I'd watch TV but I dn't think there's anything on there that will unsour my mood. I'm gonna go fix another coffee and a peanut butter and jam sandwich. And feed the birds. And go touch dirt. No grass but lots of dirt.
Hang in there. Some of us don't forget. Just sayin'...