This makes me very sad.
One person was killed and five others were wounded, three critically, in a shooting at the Jewish Federation in downtown Seattle, Washington, police said.
Police have detained a suspect who is a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent.
And yet, I’ve been debating internally if I should even post it, because some troll might come along and tell me thay they “deserved it” because of what’s going on in Israel.
To which I say, screw that.
Oh, and one thing more: I support Israel.
That does not mean I like or approve of everything that the Israeli government does, any more than being an American means that I like or approve of everything that this government does.
The way I see it, though, I can’t sit here in the relative safety of California and tell people who are sleeping every night in bomb shelters because of the rockets being dropped on their heads how they should be thinking, feeling, or reacting to being attacked. It’s not my ass that is on the line.
So because of that, when push comes to shove, Israel gets the benefit of the doubt from me. You can call that “dual loyalty” if you want to. Maybe it’s even true.
Frankly, I don’t care.