passionate rant

Ok this is a political rant and if you don't like it don't read it.

When I here those superlatives thrown around they are almost never true.
 "worst shooting"
" deadliest Mass Shooting"
These should be carrying the tag "not sanctioned by the US government"
Massacres of natives by far exceed the numbers from Orlando. But we did not consider those acts of terrorism. To me these are as sickening as anything that happened in the last year.

Then we have those people who say we should respond by assuming all people of that religion are people to fear and we "should" take care of them. Whatever that means.
 Oh wait...
 Internment camps, because all American citizens of Japanese decent were assumed to be guilty of complicity with the enemy. And the Aleuts were similarly uprooted and moved out of their homes because of fear mongering.

So is that what some people thing we "should" do? Lock up people wholesale because of their heritage? Where does this thinking stop? There are those in the conservative white side of things that are not unhappy about the target picked. Because "those" people are not "normal".

 And what about those "lazy" people that suck off the teat of America's handouts. I have heard they should all pee in a cup before they get a food stamp or an unemployment check.  But the single mother who got laid off because of budget cuts or the minimum wage earner who owes tens of thousands in debt. The family who lost their housing because place the rented has been sold to a new owner and rents have tripled.

I have taken unemployment, I have been homeless and literally living in a tent on the river or couch crashing when the weather got cold, because I could not find a job.  I have used the food bank to provide food for children who are not getting enough to eat at home. I do not use drugs, or alcohol, or even cigarettes. Lets not just assume its all about illegal drugs!

The path of fear leads to isolation leads to hate and leads to more violence.  Be not afraid of every stranger.