Because I Can No Longer Find the Words
Not any more. So here are two people who say it better than I can.
Rex Huppke of the Chicago Tribune has written what I consider one of the most powerful pieces of protest against gun violence and political turpitude that I've seen recently, and probably in years. It is filled with rage, and brilliant.
My beloved First Born wrote this. It, too, is unflinchingly angry, and his anger fuels his eloquence.
Edited to add: because Facebook's embed code doesn't embed, and because the link just goes to his timeline, which is further and further away from the post I referenced: here is the specific code that supposedly will take one to that particular post. I do so hate Facebook .... <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fandrew.berlien%2Fposts%2F10156186138168035&width=500" width="500" height="294" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>.
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Not any more. So here are two people who say it better than I can.
Rex Huppke of the Chicago Tribune has written what I consider one of the most powerful pieces of protest against gun violence and political turpitude that I've seen recently, and probably in years. It is filled with rage, and brilliant.
My beloved First Born wrote this. It, too, is unflinchingly angry, and his anger fuels his eloquence.
Edited to add: because Facebook's embed code doesn't embed, and because the link just goes to his timeline, which is further and further away from the post I referenced: here is the specific code that supposedly will take one to that particular post. I do so hate Facebook .... <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fandrew.berlien%2Fposts%2F10156186138168035&width=500" width="500" height="294" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>.
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Just… there are no words, indeed.
*HUGS*
I had to edit my post to include the actual code for FB's Facebook post; the link just takes you to his timeline which, of course, is moving farther and farther away from the post I referenced. I really don't like FB....
So many hugs back to you, my dear!
ETA: In a similar vein to the Tribune piece, was this one from the Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/15/next/ElwL1QCJNjPhwoA849M66I/story.html
Edited at 2018-02-21 07:48 pm (UTC)
What did he say? That gun control advocates "hate individual freedoms." What a steaming pile of excrement that man is. Except he's less useful. Excrement can be made into fertilizer.
ETA: Yeah, that was a powerful column. Thanks for pointing it out to me.
pound salt up their ass. Apropos of nothing, this sounds very much like an even nastier comment I grew up with, that [whoever one wishes to yell at or insult] can go pound sand. I wonder if it has to do with being on the East Coast?
Edited at 2018-02-22 03:26 pm (UTC)