Two peas in pod

Shifting gears, it occurred to me the other day that there are two folks on the national stage that share much.  They both spew out unsubstantiated drivel on Twitter, avoiding facts in pursuit of increasing the number of their followers.  Unconcerned with truth, inane tweets one after the other are sent into the social media sphere.  Then the media jump on their tweets, which is find with them, because it feeds their overwhelming narcissism.  Yet their followers and believers swear by them, seeing their pronouncements as absolute.   

When did our nation become so gullible as to accept the missives of these two?

In case you wonder, I refer to Trump and AOC.  Two peas in a pod. 

Where is the outrage?

In an absolutely senseless act of cowardly violence, the driver of an automobile drove into a crowd, killing one and injuring a score of others.

The Twittersphere, other social media, bloggers, and main stream media rightfully decried this heinous act, characterizing it as racist violence.

But where is the outrage at other senseless and heinous acts of violence allegedly perpetrated by others?  What about recent reports of roving gangs attacking people in Philadelphia?  What about the now infamous knock out attacks?  What about riots in Baltimore and other cities?

It seems the metrics used when deciding to explode a topic on Twitter or lead with a story in the main stream media are quite different, depending on the identities of the alleged perpetrator(s) and victim(s).

Should we want to move forward as a society, then all senseless and heinous acts of violence must be roundly and uniformly condemned by all, regardless of the identities of the alleged perpetrator(s) and victim(s).  

Otherwise, those tweeting, posting, blogging, writing, commenting, broadcasting, etc. severely diminish and delegitimatize their observations and arguments.

Outrage at any senseless and heinous act of violence should be universal, regardless.