How classless. Here
we face a tragedy, in which 49 innocent people died for nothing but the rantings
of yet another deranged lunatic, and our President, instead of marking the
memorial as an occasion of solemnity, decides to go on a childish rant about
politics.
Apparently, according to him, I’M the one who lacks common
sense, and the only people who have it are the ones who agree to “common sense”
gun control (which, I’ll point out, none of the laws being suggested would
actually have done fuck-all to stop this tragedy, but that sort of critical
thinking is apparently not “common sense” according to the most brilliant
motherfucker on Earth). To me, “common
sense” would dictate that you don’t use a memorial for 49 dead innocents to
make political hay, but whatever, I’m not the smartest sumbitch on the planet,
like he is. But I’m not here to talk
about politics, even though that’s how this screed started.
No, I’m here to make sure that the people in Orlando who
lost loved ones, and those who are currently in a hospital fighting for their
life know that my heart is broken for you all.
It is broken because this never should have happened, and your loss is
so profound and deep that I can’t even imagine.
I’m so sorry. Be strong. Take solace in whatever you can, and carry
on. Your loved ones would want
that.
Don’t try to make sense of the senseless, you’ll go
insane. There is no sense to what
happened, whether the scumbag was motivated by hatred of gays, radical Islamism,
or just regular old insanity does not matter – the result is the same, and I
cannot imagine how it makes a lick of difference, now, why he chose to do what
he did. Would it really make you feel
better to know why the piece of shit did what he did? Because I’ll guarantee you that even if you
knew, 100% without question what his motive was, it would seem petty, silly,
and completely out of proportion to his actions, no matter what it was. Would it help to know that your love one died
in the name of Allah? Died because the
guy hated their sexuality? Died because the piece of shit’s dog told him to do
it? Would it really help?
Your loved one never hurt him. Your loved one never even knew him. Your loved one did nothing wrong, and yet,
faced the evil that this man decided to share with them anyway. It is senseless, so don’t bother trying to
make sense of it. You’ll do so much harm
to yourself trying to make sense of it.
Readers might ask, what, Goober, do you know about losing
someone to violence? How could you
possibly know to tell these people these things? How could you have experience to know what
they’re going through?
I’ll answer with a link.
My cousin was Craig Sorger. He
was a harmless, sweet boy, and he did not deserve what happened to him. I loved him.
Our entire family loved him, and we spent so much time, to this day,
even, trying to make sense out of it.
The monster that murdered him never provided a motive (in fact, he
proclaims his innocence to this day). I
spent years of my life trying to make sense of it, but realized after spending
those years beating my head against that rock, that there is no sense to any of
this. You can’t make sense out of evil
and madness. You remember the one you
lost, do your best to honor their memory, and you, sadly, move on without
them. Those are your only choices. It sucks.
It sucks so, so much.
