07-17-2024, 06:30 PM
And now we tread on uncomfortable ground. Just to keep my footing this is what I understand... please correct me if I'm wrong.
A Presidential candidate has been fired upon by a young person at a rally.
The 'fact gathering' authorities are still at work. The media is doing it's usual job attempting to monopolize the dialog, 'attracting an audience any way they can,' it's what they do.
We (here) are collecting and commenting on "media allegations" and trying to collectively achieve a modicum of understanding about details.
There are some discrepancies between media sources, non-media sources, and authority statements.
The antecedents are bound to come up regarding the intended target, the shooter, and the performance of the authorities themselves. Keep those facts clinical...
Ultimately, this will not coalesce into a pretty picture.
I recommend we learn not to 'demand' of ourselves that we accommodate so many sensitivities that the conversation must die.
If you say something that triggers me, I will make an effort to control my responses... please do the same for me.
How we 'feel' about this will not 'inform' anyone...
When bullets fly, and people are killed; ideology is only a distraction... not the pursuit of justice or reckoning.
A Presidential candidate has been fired upon by a young person at a rally.
The 'fact gathering' authorities are still at work. The media is doing it's usual job attempting to monopolize the dialog, 'attracting an audience any way they can,' it's what they do.
We (here) are collecting and commenting on "media allegations" and trying to collectively achieve a modicum of understanding about details.
There are some discrepancies between media sources, non-media sources, and authority statements.
The antecedents are bound to come up regarding the intended target, the shooter, and the performance of the authorities themselves. Keep those facts clinical...
Ultimately, this will not coalesce into a pretty picture.
I recommend we learn not to 'demand' of ourselves that we accommodate so many sensitivities that the conversation must die.
If you say something that triggers me, I will make an effort to control my responses... please do the same for me.
How we 'feel' about this will not 'inform' anyone...
When bullets fly, and people are killed; ideology is only a distraction... not the pursuit of justice or reckoning.