I want to share a few thoughts with my subscribers and followers about the shooting that happened in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
I am very familiar with the town of Butler and surrounding Butler County. I have been there many times, and I have relatives all over the area. Selfishly, I was relieved to learn I was not related to the shooter or his victims.
In my postings, I often express my disgust for the intended victim of the would-be assassin. That hasn’t changed. I still cannot stand him. I still will not say his name. And, I regret nothing I’ve written about the guy. He has fostered and encouraged hateful political discourse in this country ever since he dipped his big, bloated toe in the political waters.
He’s still a liar and a criminal, and I have no sympathy for him. Anything that happens to him, he will have brought upon himself. “For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”
He has threatened our democracy over and over. He tried to overthrow a Presidential election. He sicced his brain-dead cult on the US Capitol. He regularly uses wildly inflammatory rhetoric, such as wanting to be a dictator and threatening retribution on his opponents.
If Regressives believe only his supporters own guns and know how to use them, they are sadly mistaken. His opponents know all about the 2nd Amendment, too. It should not be a surprise that a sick, misguided person with a gun decided to fight back. There are always crazy individuals out there somewhere, plotting to make themselves famous by taking out someone more famous. It happens way too often in this country.
Having said all that, what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania was unfortunate and tragic. An innocent bystander died. An assassination attempt on any candidate should horrify us all, and is an assault upon our Republic. Why can’t we be better than this?
Given my own negative rhetoric directed toward the Republican candidate for President, it may not be believable when I say I do not want any physical harm to come to him. But, it is true.
Here’s why:
Because it just makes him more of a martyr to his cultists. Because it causes people to feel sympathy for him, an emotion he is incapable of expressing toward anyone but himself. Because I want him to feel the sting of electoral defeat again. Because I want him to pay for all the lies and crimes he has committed. Because I want him to survive long enough to experience prison. Because the shooting of one candidate, might lead to Open Season on all candidates. Because shooting people over politics is not the answer to any question.
Because everyone’s life has value.
Even his.
You are a genius. I agree wholly with all you say here and feel. Keep sharing. It helps me not feel so alone in my disgusting thoughts about this horrible person. He brings out the worst in all of us just to try to remain sane through this crazy life he has created here.