Man, this hurts so much

What sort of cruelty is behind this gesture of allegiance.  I can't understand it.

 

My brother is mentally ill.  He's been beaten up by gangs of white 20 somethings.  He ended up in jail…none of the kids did.  Then he spent six months in a mental health institution, recovering from PTSD from the violent attack. 

 

I beg you, Donald Trump…stop hurting the weakest of us.  This is cruel.  It endorses lethal force without review.  I can't speak to the facts in the case.  All I can say is that it suggests that mentally ill men are fair game in this country, which disgusts, terrifies, and damages my belief that there's any chance our country will survive.

 

This is a terrible incident.  People were hurt.  Why would you celebrate it this plague?  I already don't watch football so there's no voice I can think of to register the pain this stupid gesture causes me.  I do not respect you either…


You know what helps?  The Nation.   The concluding paragraph of their analysis of this ";lynching" is beautiful and speaks truth.

As for the game, Navy won in a romp, 31–13. After their victory, the players for the Midshipmen cheered, hugged, and cried. They are true and worthy victors. Many of them looked like someone that Penny—or someone inspired by his fame—might decide to kill one day on the subway. After all, the Super Bowl is in February, tickets are going fast, and now we know the key to getting a killer seat next to Trump.

Thank you so much.  Who will be at the Super Bowl.  Will he strangle you some day?  One of your kids?

 

Trump Invites a Killer to His Luxury Box 

Daniel Penny, who choked Jordan Neely to death on the subway, sat with Trump at the Army-Navy game. The right-wing celebrations of Penny echo a violent, racist past.

 

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