Source: USA Today
by Rex Huppke
“We shouldn’t have to live in a country where the instant a tragedy like the killing of Kirk or the Denver school shooting happens, every politician and every soul with a social media account rises up and boldly declares: I CONDEMN VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND! Of course you do. That should be a given. Those who don’t condemn violence of any kind are outliers, attention seekers, opportunistic ideologues. Condemnation of violence is inherently human. But we live in a country that has so much violence – political violence, street violence, domestic violence – that we find it necessary to either take out our bullhorn and make clear our dislike of violence or blame the violence on people we don’t like. All of that is horrible. It’s not how a functioning society should operate.” (09/11/25)