>"The sometimes celebratory attitude of such a broad swath of Americans on Wednesday felt like an embrace of that same sort of nihilism."
I couldn't disagree more with this facile comparison. The thing is, we all are someone's loved one, beloved father/mother, etc. And yet the people decrying these reactions shrug and walk away when the victim is anonymous and the violence comes in the form of denying people life-saving care--for profit--something that happens routinely in this country. It isn't a 9mm bullet, but it is just as deliberate and every bit as devastating to those involved, as all too many of us are. And it sure doesn't help matters when peaceful political attempts at solving this problem are constantly derailed by this powerful industry's lobby.
I couldn't disagree more with this facile comparison. The thing is, we all are someone's loved one, beloved father/mother, etc. And yet the people decrying these reactions shrug and walk away when the victim is anonymous and the violence comes in the form of denying people life-saving care--for profit--something that happens routinely in this country. It isn't a 9mm bullet, but it is just as deliberate and every bit as devastating to those involved, as all too many of us are. And it sure doesn't help matters when peaceful political attempts at solving this problem are constantly derailed by this powerful industry's lobby.