July 13, 2024, Carson City- It is as despicable as it was predictable: The attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, thankfully unsuccessful, will do nothing to stem the flow of anger and hatred towards those who see life differently than the would-be assassin and those who think like him-or their anger and hatred in kind, as voiced by a member of the United States Senate-and even more ominously, by a “political adviser” who cited a list of 350 targeted “opponents”.
People are still entitled to vote their conscience, even if the majority of us vote differently. People are still entitled to speak their peace, even if their ideas come across as ridiculous to a good many others. People can think far ahead, or look longingly to the past. People can accept differences, or peacefully need more time to process change, before either accepting the changes or choosing to stay in their own bubbles.
What no one should claim the right to do is to deprive another citizen of the right to voice an opinion, or even to exercise violence towards that citizen. Today’s events are a cautionary tale-both to those who might view the dead assailant as some sort of hero and to those whose interpretation of the contents of Project 25 is that the document is a green light for returning to the days of Jim Crow and public lynchings.
America is a big tent. Let it never be shrunk to a pup tent, or lean-to.
A Sagittarian Seeker 
I was watching MSNBC with the new was interupted with a ‘Special Report’. It was imeadiate news while the shooting was still taking place. Mass media at its most important service.
This is so unacceptable to me, as an American and as a World Citizan. Violence is never an answer to disunity of thoughts and beliefs.
I know the world needs to wake up for a greater peace, however, the acceloration of wars, climent and geographical crise, along with people expressing contempt for each other is heartbraking.
Sue 🐝
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I have many good friends, who swear by their admiration for him, as well as many good friends who feel differently. I would never raise an unkind hand, or loose an unkind tongue, at any of you.
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Very well said!
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Thank you. I believe Chief Comperatore deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom-posthumously, yes, and from President Biden. That will help to lower the political temperature, at least a bit.
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I, too, was watching MSNBC at the time of yesterday’s incident I am appalled at the incidence of violence as a way of expressing one’s feelings and beliefs — what a sad state of the divided country. We must all work towards “reducing the temperature” of the country as we move into the most intense portion of the election season.
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I hold on to the belief that we have more in common as human beings than we have differences. Yes, everyone has a role to play in the reduction of temperature.
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