Right near me, less than 10 miles. In "the Hood"
Sadly, nothing new. Its just a bunch of Mexicans, so this is a drive by, same as it has been since the 1980s.
When the Newtown terrorist attack happened, I broke down crying. Someone close to me, who lost people in the damn near constant driveby shootings in the 90s told me this:
"Its only news because it was rich white kids! Black and Mexican kids were murdered every week in the hood in the cities. Nobody cared.
And nobody will stop this from happening again, because people with guns love them more than anything else!"
I wish she was wrong. I survived one one of those shootings as a teenager. They never made national news. If they did, the subtext was "What's wrong with those darn <INSERT RACIAL PEJORATIVE HERE>?"
People gonna buy their GUNZ!
People will keep dying.
Putin will win.
Happy effin' Father's Day.
San Antonio, TX (in the old city)
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)
"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981
"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/19/2022 10:05AM by Rolando.