Have you heard about the SUV driven through the glass front of an Apple Store in Hingham, Massachusetts yesterday morning? The store is right around the corner from Jen’s printshop. A friend’s father used to work at that Apple. He spoke with former co-workers who were there. They said the murderer (so far one fatality but 17 are in hospital, many in critical condition) was a “disgruntled former employee.” That's an horrific level of disgruntlement.
How twisted is it that I’m relieved this wasn’t specifically an attack on LGBTQ folk, Black and/or Brown people, school children or Jews...as far as we currently know anyway. Also, while the killer weaponized his car, at least he didn’t have a semi-automatic rifle. Jesus AR-15 Christ—the killer could’ve taken out everyone in the damn place.
By the by, the killer was Mormon and, don’cha know, the church was quick to condemn the killing but just as fast to go on the defensive. How very christian of them.
Also, his grandfather is state Rep. Randy Voepel, a Republican assemblyman who in the past has aligned himself with the tea party movement and spoken in favor of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Who knew, irrational hate, in addition to mind boggling violent imbecility, is genetic.
I’m a bit stunned that Colorado Springs isn’t Lauren Boobert’s district. Given her gun-happy, desperately ignorant, flaming stupidity and warped perspective, it’d make sense that Aldrich/Brink would be one of her worshipful constituents.
If you click the New York Times link at the Joe My God post, you can get past the Times’ paywall and read the wonderful interview with the army vet hero, Mr. Fierro. Here’s a snippet:
It was supposed to be a chill family night out — the combat veteran and his wife, Jess, joined their daughter, Kassandra, her longtime boyfriend Raymond Green Vance, and two family friends to watch one of his daughter’s friends perform a drag act.
It was Mr. Fierro’s first time at a drag show, and he was digging it. He had spent 15 years in the Army, and now relished his role as a civilian and a father, watching one of his daughter’s old high-school friends perform.
“These kids want to live that way, want to have a good time, have at it,” he said as he described the night. “I’m happy about it because that is what I fought for, so they can do whatever the hell they want.”
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“I don’t know how I got the weapon away from that guy, no idea. I’m just a dude, I’m a fat old vet, but I knew I had to do something.”
(this link might work too: source)
This past Sunday, the day of the massacre, was Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)—an annual observance honoring the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Did the killer know this?
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