What has turn into of this nation?
When you haven’t heard, there was a horrible tragedy this morning – a mass taking pictures passed off at a Fourth of July parade outdoors of Chicago in Highland Park simply after 10am.
Six individuals misplaced their lives, and 24 are injured. It’s nonetheless an lively investigation, as of publication, with the shooter at giant .
What is that this world coming to?
Households out having fun with time without work, celebrating freedom, celebrating group, celebrating our nation at what ought to have been a secure, joyful occasion. Is nothing secure anymore?
The divide on this nation is turning into deeper and deeper, and extra excessive on daily basis.
I needed to get on right here immediately, and share concerning the Fourth of July parade my family went to, right here in small city Wisconsin, and the way lovely it was to see 1000’s of individuals – youngsters and households – all lining the streets, donning their crimson, white and blue, and celebrating this nice nation.
I needed to share how particular it was to be in a spot the place, not like New York Metropolis, patriotism remains to be a factor, veterans are honored, and household values nonetheless reign supreme.
However as an alternative, we get house, solely to be taught the intestine wrenching information of this horrible act of mindless violence, only a few hours south, outdoors of Chicago.
We now have an actual downside right here..
The seeds of hatred which were sown lately in direction of our nation, in direction of each other, in direction of the opposing political occasion, in direction of individuals who maintain totally different cultural values…it’s harmful and results in horrific scenes of loss of life and terror like this one immediately.
Social media and the trolls who dwell on it, with their one sided arguments, in search of to incite anger are conditioning individuals to really feel venomously about individuals who imagine in another way. Social media has created this uber poisonous “us” and “them” mentality, the place — respect for others isn’t even on the desk. It’s ‘if they’ve opposing beliefs, they’re fallacious, they’re unhealthy, and you must oppose them in any respect value.‘
And also you get these shut ins who, feeling rejected within the “actual world,” discover these extremist on-line teams and cling to the distorted sense of group they’ve there, regardless of the vitriolic worldviews and beliefs being spewed between members.
Clearly there isn’t a information on the one who did this as of proper now, apart from they imagine him to be a white male, round 18-20 years outdated, taking pictures from a roof with a rifle. However one factor is for positive: it takes a mentally deranged particular person to commit such unthinkable mass homicide, and he had completely no enterprise gaining access to a gun.
Examine in your family members immediately. Inform your loved ones you like them. As a result of, clearly, life is so extremely fragile and the entire world can change within the blink of a watch.
My prayers are with the households and family members of these impacted by this heartbreaking act of terror. Might God blanket them in His consolation and comfort; and should these accountable be delivered to full and full justice.
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