A few days
ago,
in the second
largest city
of the third
largest state,
5 people died,
victims of hate.
3 innocent
people
were shot
at the Islamic
Center,
a place
that welcomed
all
to enter.
The other two
who
died,
completed
the murder-
suicide,
inside
the car
borrowed
from
the mom
of one
of the
murderous
teens
despite
FBI screens
and warnings.
How many mornings
like this
have we seen
of a scene
predicted
from young
guys
who lean
in
to the spate
of hate
online
to find
camaraderie?
As far as
mass
shooting
casualties
go,
this one is
comparatively
low,
though,
no
less heartbreaking.
Families
are aching
and communities
are triggered
with each
shooting incident
knowing
the next one
may be
imminent
with an
abundance
of guns
at home,
and violence
online,
and stirred
up hate
to define
the other
as the
reason
for
what’s been
wrong
all along,
and therefore
why
they deserve
to die.
The shooters’
parents
knew their
boys
were troubled,
and one
mother
called
the authorities.
Yet,
a home
with
an arsenal
of guns,
and sons
suicidal,
or homicidal,
tons
of guns,
(30 from
one home),
and a virtual
community
of hate
and bigotry
is a recipe
for tragedy.
I’m sure
the parents
of the shooters
feel excrutiating
pain
along with
the other
families of
victims of hate
who were slain.
So many factors
that we know
create
these
horror
scenes
emanating
from hate,
but I still
believe
we can
do better
than wait
for the next
time.
lou sight 