caitlin johnstone seems to be among my latest favorites in what she covers and how. here is one about the recently departed mass murderer, bush the first;
Thought experiment:
Think of an acquaintance of yours. Not someone you’re particularly
close to, just some guy in the cast of extras from the scenery of your
life. Now, imagine learning that that guy is a serial murderer, who has
been prowling the streets for years stabbing people to death. Imagine he
goes his whole life without ever suffering any consequences for
murdering all those people, and then when he dies, everyone wants to
talk about how great he was and share heartwarming anecdotes about him.
If you try to bring up the whole serial killing thing, people react with
sputtering outrage that you would dare to speak ill of such a noble and
wonderful person.
“Look, I didn’t agree with everything he did, but you can’t just let
one not-so-great thing from a man’s life eclipse all the other good
things he’s accomplished,” they protest. “For example, did you know he
was a baseball captain at Yale?”
“But… what about all those people he murdered?” you reply.
“God, why can’t you just pay respect to a great man in our time of mourning??” they shout in exasperation............https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/12/no_author/if-you-murdered-a-bunch-of-people-mass-murder-is-your-single-defining-legacy/
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