not all the tea in the land can excuse it

[threeplusfire]

I am utterly disgusted by the people popping up with fan clubs and hero worship for the psychopath who flew his private plane into an office building today. (And I refuse to link to them, because I'm not giving them any traffic.) This isn't some principled stand for ideals, some noble heroic gesture. It was attempted murder and destruction. It was a violent threat. It was pretty unmitigated cruelty to his family.

There are lots of reasons to be mad with our government, with our cracked out and failing financial institutions, with how hard it is to get a good job and feel secure. But absolutely none of that excuses or condones what happened today. What Stack did today was selfish and evil.

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

So terrorists are only evil when they're not white men? Good to know.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY. White upper middle class guys with fancy houses and private planes can't possibly be!

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

My mom disgustedly reported to me that NBC spent a great deal of time yesterday explaining exactly that to its audience, that a wealthy white guy = never a terrorist ever no matter what. Okay, then!