Thanks for this, David. It’s taken the alternate media, writers and journalists like you to highlight the political motivation behind the news blackout. Now that the murder has been raised to the national level, the national media is making the reaction by the alternate media, and the public response, the story and I find that equally disturbing.
The most depressing part to me is that it’s every where, every day. CNN ran an article this week about how the rise in shoplifting was a fiction. Their basis was that national crime figures have showed little increase and retail company had manufactured the shoplifting “crisis” as an excuse to lock things up and close stores implying “systemic racism.” No mention that laws had changed in bright blue states where people wouldn’t even be arrested if the theft was less than $1,000 or at worst, they would be cited for an infraction and be given a ticket. Pretty sure none of that shows up in the FBI statistics, even if blue cities managed to actually submit the data. I’m getting spun up again so I won’t go on writing about things you already know. I think I’ll go do some more work in the garden.
The Leftist will retort that George Floyd was worse because he died in police custody. He will not arrive at that distinct as a matter of principle, but rather, as a result of having discerned that it's the only angle that works as cover for his partisanship. This is similar to the "methodology" used to distinguish J6 from a host of left-wing acts of terrorism, insurrection, and other sabotage, often using language that didn't actually distinguish it from January 5, 2017.
Even if steel-manned, the "policy custody" argument isn't strong. The day-to-day conditions under which law enforcement are asked to operate these days ought to leave us surprised that there aren't MORE unjustifiable deaths than there are.
As I've written elsewhere, the American Left's response to the Zarutska murder alone should be the death of their political movement. Their complicity in the harm itself is icing on the cake.
Your journalism should drop us to our knees weeping. And yet we recognize there is a bigger story here. Perhaps you are the one to write that Big Picture account. What the heck kind of place is this planet? What happened? How did we end up in a barbarian wilderness in this solar system? What, truly, is the nature of this Creation? How can evil walk among us so brazenly? Why are we unable to unable to surface the love that is our spiritual birthright? Why are the religions of the world unable to get a solid foothold and bring spiritual prosperity? Something is terribly amiss and we can no longer just stew in our ignorance and weakness. Perhaps is time to bring together the best journalists and write a major series titled Planet Earth: WTF?
I believe that we in the West live in a fantasy world.
I believe that we are distracted and do not really understand human nature. Torture is human nature. It's around us in the West in trafficking, child abuse, rape gangs but for the most part we just don't notice until it is thrown in our faces.
It's more open in other parts of the world where torture is part of the culture. Think of what many governments and some religions do to people jailed for real and made up offenses. Think of what is considered acceptable towards wives and children in families in many parts of the world.
David's examples in Ethiopia and Ukraine literally make me cry. Sorry, barbarity is the norm, and to a certain extent, we live in the exception. Now people are trying to destroy our exception.
You are always a favorite writer, not simply because of your writing, but because of your humanity.
Thanks for this, David. It’s taken the alternate media, writers and journalists like you to highlight the political motivation behind the news blackout. Now that the murder has been raised to the national level, the national media is making the reaction by the alternate media, and the public response, the story and I find that equally disturbing.
The most depressing part to me is that it’s every where, every day. CNN ran an article this week about how the rise in shoplifting was a fiction. Their basis was that national crime figures have showed little increase and retail company had manufactured the shoplifting “crisis” as an excuse to lock things up and close stores implying “systemic racism.” No mention that laws had changed in bright blue states where people wouldn’t even be arrested if the theft was less than $1,000 or at worst, they would be cited for an infraction and be given a ticket. Pretty sure none of that shows up in the FBI statistics, even if blue cities managed to actually submit the data. I’m getting spun up again so I won’t go on writing about things you already know. I think I’ll go do some more work in the garden.
Jarring and much needed insights. Thank you.
The Leftist will retort that George Floyd was worse because he died in police custody. He will not arrive at that distinct as a matter of principle, but rather, as a result of having discerned that it's the only angle that works as cover for his partisanship. This is similar to the "methodology" used to distinguish J6 from a host of left-wing acts of terrorism, insurrection, and other sabotage, often using language that didn't actually distinguish it from January 5, 2017.
Even if steel-manned, the "policy custody" argument isn't strong. The day-to-day conditions under which law enforcement are asked to operate these days ought to leave us surprised that there aren't MORE unjustifiable deaths than there are.
As I've written elsewhere, the American Left's response to the Zarutska murder alone should be the death of their political movement. Their complicity in the harm itself is icing on the cake.
Thank you, David.
Your journalism is skillful, truthful, and absolutely heart breaking
Your journalism should drop us to our knees weeping. And yet we recognize there is a bigger story here. Perhaps you are the one to write that Big Picture account. What the heck kind of place is this planet? What happened? How did we end up in a barbarian wilderness in this solar system? What, truly, is the nature of this Creation? How can evil walk among us so brazenly? Why are we unable to unable to surface the love that is our spiritual birthright? Why are the religions of the world unable to get a solid foothold and bring spiritual prosperity? Something is terribly amiss and we can no longer just stew in our ignorance and weakness. Perhaps is time to bring together the best journalists and write a major series titled Planet Earth: WTF?
I believe that we in the West live in a fantasy world.
I believe that we are distracted and do not really understand human nature. Torture is human nature. It's around us in the West in trafficking, child abuse, rape gangs but for the most part we just don't notice until it is thrown in our faces.
It's more open in other parts of the world where torture is part of the culture. Think of what many governments and some religions do to people jailed for real and made up offenses. Think of what is considered acceptable towards wives and children in families in many parts of the world.
David's examples in Ethiopia and Ukraine literally make me cry. Sorry, barbarity is the norm, and to a certain extent, we live in the exception. Now people are trying to destroy our exception.
Very nicely observed and noted.