So sad...

I am saddened by the amount of energy we Americans spend to detract and tear down each other - in whatever 'cause' - whether it be performance-enhancing drugs or matters of where a man was born...even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary.

I am saddened that a post about a young man who is now facing the consequences for his violent behavior should engender such violent comments even to the point of wishing violence upon him.

IMHO, cosmetic surgery is 'performance-enhancing'. (among gazillions of other things)
IMHO, violent comments fuel violence in exactly the same way that violent upbringing teaches violence.

And I am saddened by the fact that we can no longer have conversations with people of differing beliefs and/or political opinions. It seems to me that we have become a '..stick with your own kind..' culture. A huge step backward, again IMHO...

Happily, I am in charge of how I feel and upon what I focus my attention.
And I am confident that hatred and bigotry will run its course in time. The costs of that course are likely to be astronomical, and will be paid, in part, by our children and grandchildren and other innocents - assuming there are any of us left at the end of the battle.