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

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

Word.

[fox-c.livejournal.com]

I must say I think it is fascinating how if an outsider does it, then it's terrorism; but, if it is a regular ole 'merican does it, then it is somehow justifiable.

Idiots, the lot.

[litos.livejournal.com]

Selfish. Evil. And the mark of clear mental instability - that one is key.

(Forget the fact that now the taxpayers of this nation will have to foot the bill for cleaning up his bullshit...)

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

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

[cjwriter.livejournal.com]

I yelled at the t.v. yesterday during the press conference when the reporter was trying to call this terrorism. Idiots.

And the even bigger idiot was in the plane.

[cozzene.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Regardless of how we feel about our government, our employer, our personal enemies, the only real way to beat them is to play their game better.