Today, I am depressed and angry.
I am depressed and angry about the Planned Parenthood shooting.
I am sick and tired of continuously having to deal with the inevitable fruits of the Ku Klux Kristofascist Kaliphate which has taken over my beloved home town.
I cannot make this right, and it frustrates me to no end. I ask my readers to please remember that I’ve spent nearly all of my 57-year life thus far immersed in various attempts to correct this set of problems, with no results. Like it or not, we here in Colorado Springs have to deal with an actual, persistent right-wing populace. And a good sized swath of that populace secretly supported Dear’s actions. Please remember, reader, that I will never be able to prove that, of course. But I know these people. I grew up among them. I’ve heard the talk. Trust me, it’s there.
I feel I need to give kudos and credit where it is due. The Colorado Springs and University of Colorado Police Departments handled this horror with courage and professionalism, even at the cost of the life of one of their own. A policeman murdered in cold blood by this….. just what do I call Robert Lewis Dear, anyway, that doesn’t lob undeserved gross insults to innocents? Vermin and Demon come quickly to my mind.
As you can see, I’m not having a very good time handling this incident. I don’t understand why it had to happen at all. The Diary before you, such as it is, is the first I’ve been able to write about this on the Kos since it happened; every time I’ve attempted heretofore, I’ve had to stop before I posted things which would have hastened me straight to Camp Banhammer. So I ask my readers for some forbearance, as this deadly shooting is the most prominent piece of news to have come from Colorado Springs in recent days; and my basic reaction is something of the nature of: “Great, just what we need, yet another fucking black eye!”
:-(
With that, I turn the Colorado State Open Thread over to the rest of you, in hopes that some of you might be able to write somewhat more coherently and cogently than I seem to be able to right now…..