One year later, we have not atoned for the Massacre in Uvalde. The conditions that caused it to happen has changed. And the moral stench of no accountability and no change gets stronger every day.
It’s been incredibly heartbreaking to be up at the Capitol this session and see those families attending hearings and going to press conferences. And knowing with almost certainty that we would continue to fail them at every turn.
The Uvalde Families have been doubly cursed this year; they must content both with tragic and unimaginable loss AND with a willful cover-up by state and local law enforcement and education officials.
I heard an interview on NPR this afternoon where one of the parents said she cannot heal until she better understands what happened, and whether any different outcome was possible. Until then, "she is in limbo."
Each of these mass shootings have been horrid, but for obvious reasons Uvalde should shock this state into political action. I am not sure why there is not more outrage in the body politic. Nicely written, Deece.
Thank you, Jim. I think one of the reasons we Texans (and Americans) brush off these mass murders — "It's time to get on with our lives" after a day or two — is that we KNOW we are guilty of letting them continue to occur. Consider the weight of collective guilt we feel and cannot express.
There are no political solutions to this, because to change the law is to admit our complicity. We need atonement and reconciliation before we can change anything.
From my point of view, there were 22 victims of that shooting. Irma Garcia's husband Joe died of a heart attack 2 days after she was murdered along with her students. No doubt in my mind that it was a broken heart that killed him. On this, the one year anniversary, I want to scream at coverage that goes along these lines: "It's been a year since the shooting at a Uvalde elementary, but <Insert name of Parent / loved one> is still grappling with the aftermath." BUT? BUT? But what? But they're supposed to have "moved on by now"? Anyone who holds that opinion that doesn't know jack about grief and sudden loss. And yes, we all deserve to burn in hell for Uvalde for all the innocents which are sadly, too many to name in one comment. They were slaughtered in the name of the warped interpretation of the Second Amendment that we're now operating under. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." I've yet to see a recruitment office for the well-regulated Militia.
It’s been incredibly heartbreaking to be up at the Capitol this session and see those families attending hearings and going to press conferences. And knowing with almost certainty that we would continue to fail them at every turn.
The Uvalde Families have been doubly cursed this year; they must content both with tragic and unimaginable loss AND with a willful cover-up by state and local law enforcement and education officials.
I heard an interview on NPR this afternoon where one of the parents said she cannot heal until she better understands what happened, and whether any different outcome was possible. Until then, "she is in limbo."
Each of these mass shootings have been horrid, but for obvious reasons Uvalde should shock this state into political action. I am not sure why there is not more outrage in the body politic. Nicely written, Deece.
Thank you, Jim. I think one of the reasons we Texans (and Americans) brush off these mass murders — "It's time to get on with our lives" after a day or two — is that we KNOW we are guilty of letting them continue to occur. Consider the weight of collective guilt we feel and cannot express.
There are no political solutions to this, because to change the law is to admit our complicity. We need atonement and reconciliation before we can change anything.
From my point of view, there were 22 victims of that shooting. Irma Garcia's husband Joe died of a heart attack 2 days after she was murdered along with her students. No doubt in my mind that it was a broken heart that killed him. On this, the one year anniversary, I want to scream at coverage that goes along these lines: "It's been a year since the shooting at a Uvalde elementary, but <Insert name of Parent / loved one> is still grappling with the aftermath." BUT? BUT? But what? But they're supposed to have "moved on by now"? Anyone who holds that opinion that doesn't know jack about grief and sudden loss. And yes, we all deserve to burn in hell for Uvalde for all the innocents which are sadly, too many to name in one comment. They were slaughtered in the name of the warped interpretation of the Second Amendment that we're now operating under. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." I've yet to see a recruitment office for the well-regulated Militia.
Well done
Maria Hinojosa's powerful story -- Uvalde Rising - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latino-usa/id79681317