AND OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE MORE IN WHAT IS HAPPENING, BOMBARDED WITH IMAGES WHAT TOOK PLACE IN WASHINGTON, TOO LITTLE HAS BEEN SPENT ON WHY. ANYONE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SIGNIFICANCE OUGHT TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT INSIDE THE U.S. CAPITOL THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE FOOTAGE WHICH YOU CAN
FIND ON THE INTERNET, THE WOMAN IS STANDING IN A HALLWAY OFF THE HOUSE FLOOR. SHE APPEARS TO BE IN HER 20s, SHE’S GOT AN AMERICAN FLAG TIED AROUND HER NECK, THE SCENE AROUND HER IS CHAOTIC, PEOPLE ARE BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER, TRYING TO GET INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER. WITH NO WARNING THERE IS
GUNFIRE, YOU HEAR A SHOT AND THE WOMAN FALLS. SHE’S BEEN HIT WITH A BULLET, IT SEEMS LIKE THE NECK, COULD BE THE CHEST, APPARENTLY WAS FIRED BY SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY SCREAMED. THE CAMERA CLOSES IN ON THE WOMAN’S FACE, SHE LOOKS STUNNED. SHE IS STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD UNBLINKING.
IN HER EYES YOU CAN SEE SHE KNOWS SHE IS ABOUT TO DIE WHICH IN THE END SHE DID. SHE DIED A COUPLE HOURS AGO AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS, IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO CALL IT A TRAGEDY. IMAGINE FOR A SECOND GETTING A CALL AND LEARNING THAT WAS YOUR
DAUGHTER. THE LAST TIME SHE SPOKE TO HER SHE WAS HEADING TO WASHINGTON FOR A POLITICAL RALLY, NOW SHE’S DEAD. PHIL NEVER TALKED TO HER AGAIN, IMAGINE THAT. IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IT WILL PUT YOU IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND. WE WILL BE WATCHING A LOT MORE OF IT IN THE COMING DAYS,
POLITICAL VIOLENCE BEGETS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, THAT IS ALWAYS TRUE, IT IS AN IRON LAW AND NEVER CHANGES, WE HAVE TO BE AGAINST THAT NO MATTER WHO COMMITS THE VIOLENCE OR UNDER WHAT PRETEXT. NO MATTER HOW MANY SELF INTERESTED DEMAGOGUES ASSURE US VIOLENCE IS JUSTIFIED AS THEY HAVE BEEN ASSURING US, LYING TO
US FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. WE HAVE A DUTY TO OPPOSE ALL OF THIS, NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE POLITICAL VIOLENCE KILLS OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN WHICH IT DOES, BUT IN THE END IT DOESN’T WORK. NO GOOD PERSON WILL LIVE A HAPPIER LIFE BECAUSE THAT GIRL WAS KILLED IN THE HALLWAY OF THE CAPITAL TODAY.
OUR ONLY OPTION AS A PRACTICAL MATTER IS TO FIX WHAT IS CAUSING THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE DON’T HAVE A CHOICE. YOU MAY HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, INCREASING WE PROBABLY DON’T BUT YOU’RE STUCK WITH THEM. THE IDEA THAT GROUPS OF
AMERICANS WILL BREAK OFF INTO SEPARATE, PEACEFUL NATIONS OF LIKE-MINDED CITIZENS, THAT’S A FANTASY, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PEACEFUL SEPARATION, THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AND THERE WON’T BE. THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE SEPARATELY INTERTWINED, COJOINED THE TWINS. NEITHER CAN LEAVE WITHOUT KILLING THE OTHER.
THAT’S THE FIRST THING TO KNOW. AS HORRIFYING AS THIS MOMENT IS, WE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO MAKE IT BETTER, GOT IT OUT. THE SECOND THING TO CONSIDER AND IT’S RELATED TO THE FIRST IS WHY THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED TODAY WENT TO THE RALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT HER BUT SHE DIDN’T LOOK RADICAL, SHE BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE ANGRY CHILDREN WE’VE SEEN AGAIN AND AGAIN WRECKING OUR CITIES, SETTING FIRE AND SCRAPING SLOGANS ON STATUES, SHE DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THAT. THE WOMAN IN THE CAPITAL HALLWAY LOOKED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, SO WHY WAS SHE THERE ON A
WEDNESDAY? WHY WERE ANY OF THEM THERE TODAY? WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. IF YOU WANT TO FIX IT, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY REASON THIS COUNTRY IS RICH AND SUCCESSFUL IS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS WE’VE ENJOYED A STABLE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE ONLY REASON THAT SYSTEM IS
STABLE IS BECAUSE IT’S A DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY IS OUR PRESSURE RELEASE VALVE, AS LONG AS PEOPLE SINCERELY BELIEVE SHE CAN CHANGE THINGS BY VOTING, THEY STAY CALM, THEY DON’T STORM THE BASTILLE, THEY DON’T BURST INTO THE HOUSE CHAMBER, THEY TALK AND THEY ORGANIZE AND THEY VOTE. THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE, IF
PEOPLE BEGIN TO BELIEVE THAT THERE DEMOCRACY IS FRAUDULENT, IF THEY CONCLUDED THAT VOTING IS A CHARADE, THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED AND IT’S RUN IN SECRET BY A SMALL GROUP OF POWERFUL DISHONEST PEOPLE, THEN GOD KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. ACTUALLY WE DO KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN, IT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW NOW.
IT’S HAPPENING IN COUNTLESS OTHER COUNTRIES OVER CENTURIES AND THE CYCLE IS THE SAME BECAUSE HUMAN NATURE DOESN’T CHANGE. LISTEN TO US, SHUT UP AND DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD REPLY THE LEADERS. THE FIRST INSTINCT OF ILLEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP IS TO CRACK DOWN ON THE POPULATION. CRACKDOWNS NEVER MAKE IT BETTER. INSTEAD THEY ALWAYS MAKE THE
COUNTRY MORE VOLATILE AND MORE DANGEROUS, THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE DON’T CARE TO LEARN OR LISTEN BECAUSE ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION IS A REFERENDUM ON THEM AND THEIR LEADERSHIP SO THEY CLAMP DOWN HARDER. OBEY, I TELL YOU, OBEY! IT ENDS BADLY EVERY SINGLE TIME. THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY WON’T TRY
IT AGAIN, OF COURSE THEY WILL BECAUSE IT’S THEIR NATURE, IT’S HOW WE GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. MILLIONS OF AMERICAN SINCERELY BELIEVE THE LAST ELECTION WAS FAKE. YOU CAN DISMISS THEM AS CRAZY, CALL THEM CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, KICK THEM OFF TWITTER, THAT WON’T CHANGE THEIR MINDS. RATHER THAN TRY TO CHANGE THEIR
MINDS TO CONVINCE THEM AND REASSURE THEM THE SYSTEM IS REAL DEMOCRACY WORKS AS HE WOULD DO IF YOU CARED ABOUT THE COUNTRY, OUR NEW LEADERS WILL TRY TO SILENCE THEM. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WILL BE USED BY PEOPLE TAKING POWER TO JUSTIFY STRIPPING YOU WITH THE RIGHTS WERE BORN WITH AS UN-AMERICAN.
YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK WITHOUT BEING CENSORED, YOUR RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE, TO NOT BE SPIED UPON, TO MAKE A LIVING, TO DEFEND YOUR FAMILY MOST CRITICALLY. THESE ARE THE MOST BASIC AND ANCIENT FREEDOMS WE HAVE, THEY ARE WHY WE LIVE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHY WE ARE PROUD TO
BE AMERICANS, THEY ARE WHAT MAKE US DIFFERENT AND THEY ARE ALL NOW IN PERIL. WHEN THOUSANDS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN STORM THE CAPITOL BUILDING, YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT, WE DON’T. YOU CAN BE HORRIFIED BY THE VIOLENCE AND AS WE SAID AND WE WILL SAY IT AGAIN, WE ARE HORRIFIED.
