I used to write more in this space about topics such as this, but it lacks the
immediacy of Twitter. This space deserves
more thoughtful pieces. I’ve written
about gun control (or the lack of it) and our culture’s love affair with guns in
more than two dozen entries. There will
be more as the next mass tragedy is brewing, although gun violence is
a daily occurrence, but generally not reported on. How our elected representatives can ignore
the arc from Sandy Hook to Parkland is unthinkable, unconscionable; indeed, a malfeasance
of action and morality. I see the face
of Mitch McConnell in my mind’s eye as I write this as he, in addition to Trump,
represents the worst kind of pandering to the NRA. Ballots for bullets.
This is the one year anniversary of the Parkland shooting
and as an anniversary it is being appropriately marked, particularly by our
local paper, the Palm Beach Post. If it were not the anniversary, it would be
forgotten by our NRA blessed representatives who instead want to shift the
problem of violence to refugees who are actually trying to flee to a safer
place. So “build a wall BS” transcends
any discussion of violence in this country perpetrated by native born citizens. Blame any feeling of insecurity on refugees,
innocent people on the most part. The rhetoric and the demagoguery of it all boggles
the mind, no gaslights the mind, the exact intention of this administration.
I’ve turned to twitter to at least make a statement on
this, asking our representatives to look at each and every face of the Parkland victims and read their stories. Let them never forget these helpless victims of their inaction as they are steeped in rhetoric about "The Wall," ignoring the nation's plea for sensible gun control.
Today’s Palm Beach Post should be required reading for every NRA elected representative and our “President” (who did not even mention Gun Control in his SOTU speech). We dare you to connect a face with every story. What I wrote a year ago: https://t.co/lJpbta3XPZ #Parkland pic.twitter.com/mqjau0Rnju— Robert Hagelstein (@lacunaemusing) February 14, 2019
