A father whose son shot up a Georgia high school has been charged with giving him an AR-15 assault rifle. When the President gives Israel tons of weapons to kill more than 40,000 Palestinians, however, there are no consequences.
Accessory to Murder: Freelance vs. Official
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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The 40,000 death toll is a number first quoted within a couple months of the start of the genocide. That is almost 10months ago and a more realistic murder toll approaches half a million … about a quarter of the Palestinian population.
Note: that “guy” has also destroyed most of, if not yet all, the hospitals in Gaza.
The Zionist/Western Imperialism project has now switched its attention to Lebanon.
pretty much
It’s amazing to see so many of the people who are appalled by gun violence in schools line up to vote for the Enabler-in-Chief’s designated successor, who vows to carry on his policies, while others support a candidate who says he’ll do an even better job, and Jill Stein, the only Presidential candidate who actually opposes this, is mocked and dismissed as a sure loser.
Two things.
1. Every president since Washington has been handing guns to kids and telling them to kill. You have to wiggle the statement a little at times, but it’s true pretty much all the way down the line, right up to Biden. So, although I agree he should be vilified, a whole lot of others should too. Presidents, CEOs, senators, representatives, etc.
2. It isn’t the guns. Collectively, we just don’t give a shit about our kids. Oh, we care about “our” kids. But when it becomes inconvenient or, God forbid, the riff-raff other people breed? Look the stats up yourself: Find the number of people in schools who’ve died from shootings. And the number of injuries. Now do the same for sports events. The number of deaths? Roughly the same. The number of injuries? In the past 20 years or so, millions of students have been injured at sporting events. Now try to bring that up at a public forum. (I hope you don’t have any pets that can be poisoned or a car with tires that can be slashed. Or, maybe a job you need to keep in order to stay alive.)