Hit With A Hammer

The political discourse has possibly hit an all-time low with the home invasion at the Pelosi home in San Francisco.

Paul Pelosi, an 82-year-old man suffered a fractured skull after being struck by a hammer by a MAGA fan who was allegedly yelling, “Where’s Nancy?”

Those seem to be the facts of the case.

Of course, news stories these days end up having 9 or 10 different stories attached.

Some believe it’s a plot to garner votes ahead of an election. Others are screaming about ANTIFA, still others are blaming the Pelosi’s and saying that they should’ve had better security.

The human response should be:

“That poor man.”

And part of me wondered if this is the lowest point in political discourse in the history of our country.

Recency bias makes it appear that the world is caving in, but Lincoln, JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King and others were killed.

Gabby Giffords was shot. So was Scalise.

Rand Paul got beat down by a neighbor although that may have not been political.

But it’s all horrifying.

What was worse for me was the jokes, and the absolute glee in some circles.

Now, Twitter has an new owner.

There was a news piece that the use of the ‘N’ word was widely used yesterday under the guise of ‘free speech.’

There’s talk that one particular guy is going to be let back on Twitter and a whole bunch of sponsors have threatened a boycott.

Gee.

I wonder when the way we speak to one another all began to go South.

I just can’t put my finger on it.

We used to be horrified by bad behavior, racial overtones and pure nastiness.

Perhaps when Mexicans were painted as rapists?

Now we are embracing it all, and laughing at vicious attacks?

I guess you really need to rethink some things if you think it’s pretty cool that an 82-year old man has a fractured skull because he was hit with a hammer…

…because you have a different political view.

Me?

I hope the guy is all right, and in this day and age, that hope comes with criticism from those who are giddy about the attack.

What a mess.