The older I get the more I realize that the goal of the left is “power”.
They gain power over the nation by dividing us into factions and they even profit from the fractures.
It is sad. Our constitution does not allow for such division despite the sins of the past nor should our Judeo-Christian ethos, but here we are.....
My heart is broken for the children who are statistically doomed before they are born and we exacerbate the harm via government and cultural forces that have nothing to do with the welfare of the child. Before you know it, predictably, they grow up and become a headline and half the country wonders how it all happened.
I bet the kid in Memphis today has a similar story. It does not excuse such evil acts, but my condemnation goes far beyond the young man. Very few kids should be born like this..... to borrow from my least favorite “politician” - it takes a village.
There is also a factor in which young disorganized and demoralized men think they have a right to be anti-social or can get away with criminality. In the city of New Orleans, which has always had a definite underclass of many races the numbers are stunning. In 1960 when the city had a population of 600,000+ the homicide rate ran about 6 per month annualizing at around 75-80 a year. Today New Orleans has had more than 200 homicides and there are still three months to go in the year and the city is about 40% smaller with a population of around 350,000.So the city will probably end out the year with about 250 homicides. Since there have always been poor, socially disorganized black and white men here why the explosion of murders. Obviously there are severe problems in the negro community as about 80% of all violent crimes are perpetrated by young black men. But it is absolutely forbidden to discuss this. Middle and upper middle class white people will not talk about it among themselves.