“See something. Say something.”
What really happened?
I’m as perplexed as the next person as I view what happened yesterday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. I watched in suspended animation as I saw one of the presumptive nominees shot.
You learn that the culprit, Thomas Matthew Crooks was killed. Why? Why so quickly? Why was he not apprehended so he could be questioned? BBC reports that people tried to alert security and police to a “guy on the roof with a rifle,” but no police responded? No one listened. Why?
Please don’t misinterpret my questions, but the truth is important here, particularly as people are crying out and making the person who was shot the victim. We are all victims here, particularly if we don’t know what happened. I was not there, but I saw the videos. Read what people said. I know in this climate it is easy to create a false narrative, so I ask again, what’s happening here? Has the narrative changed? We have a candidate, like when he got Covid, on every pray list in the country. His wounds are minimal, but he will orchestrate this malfeasance as a vendetta against him. We need to be cautious so we don’t fall victim to an incident maybe designed to manipulate our perceptions.
On Facebook, people went crazy and when I asked a question on the veracity of what happened I was called “scum.” Really? So soon are we going there? So, I asked the person to elaborate. He said it wasn’t meant for me and deleted the post.
Instantly this event turned into a fundraising frenzy. But the narrative should not change. I have no words for what happened, other than it’s wrong.
It’s wrong there was an assassination attempt.
It’s wrong the assassin was killed so soon.
It’s wrong there is a rush to judgement on the whys and wherefores as we try to come together to make a better country, a better nation, a better world.
But it’s also wrong if we forget who we are, what we stand for, and who Trump is, which should not change the narrative.
As I messaged someone I’ve known for some time, politics marginalized that relationship, but I reached out.
“I wanted to express my heartfelt concern for the country in the wake of what just happened. No one deserves this. We are better than this. That being said, I hope the truth comes out on what happened and why. Personally, I wished the assassin had not been killed nor anyone. This is beyond words, particularly in light the perpetrator was killed. I'm saddened by the act and the miscarriage of what I feel is justice. Just wanted to express I'm glad [Trump] was not killed, sad he was shot, and I hope this doesn't do more damage to an already fractured country. Peace.”
I got a thumbs up and a heart.
In this continuing narrative, we must remember what’s at stake. We must remember we are not responsible for anyone’s actions but our own. And as more and more information comes out, we must be adult enough to accept the reality of what happened. The narrative is still the same.
It’s not about us.
It’s not about the nominees.
It’s about America and if we forget that, we are the real assassins.
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Bless you and thank you for including me in this!