There are often shooting rampages in this country, where sadly, people are out in their normal daily lives and become unwitting victims of random violence. Some of these stories are harder to comprehend then others. A shooting in a high school seems much harder to wrap your head around than a shooting on an army base. Don't get me wrong they are both awful, just some feel "closer to home."
The shooting in Arizona this weekend is more than just tragic. Aside from the bystanders killed, the target was a US Congresswoman. This is an attack on America. Putting aside the knee jerk reactions we are sure to see from the government that brought us airport shoe removal and liquid bans, this opens a new chapter in the US.
This isn't Mexico, no matter our ideological differences, we don't settle political disagreements with violence. Aside from the horror of it, I am so deeply offended that there are fanatics out there who think they are upholding the ideals of this nation with these acts. I don' believe that we need to fear a rash of these sort of attacks, yet. I do think that some of the rhetoric has gotten too personal and too vitriolic, on both sides of the aisle.
We need to step back and really look at ourselves and the road we may be heading down.
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