As upsetting as Charlie’s murder is, I think what has me in a tailspin is just how hateful and gleeful voices on the left are. One needn’t have particularly liked him, but one also does not have to publicly gloat. That so many apparently average folks — teachers, pediatricians, etc. — have such hate in their hearts and feel so comfortable expressing it on social media has me astounded. Are we breathing the same air? Where is the heart in my country? I think back to the Kennedy and King assassinations ... those men were not family heroes by any stretch, but never, ever, was joy expressed at their murders, ever. Not privately, not ever.
I agree with you. I can’t stop thinking about Charlie’s wife and children. Then there’s the political side of it which is upsetting. Losing such a valuable figure and such a great American. But when I began to see the extent of the gloating over his death, I am sick to my stomach, literally. I think this event has torn the mask off. I used to think when people said,” they really do hate you” that it was hyperbole. It seems clear to me now that our culture is permeated by evil and I don’t know what it is going to take to root it out.
Very well said.
I think one of the most distressing things about this whole event is what it has revealed in so many of the hearts and minds of people walking he streets.
And yes, I do have liberal acquaintances and family. That can't be helped, but i certainly do not seek out their company or enjoy it when I have to interact with them. One has to be carefully on their guard about what she or she says around them to avoid having them unleash holy hell on you for expressing a different opinion than they hold, something I'd never do.
Then again, I don't have a heart that filled with hate either and that is another issue to deal with from someone who you've known your whole life.