Change of empathy
My initial response to the sting of Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed etc in Portland was fairly simple: Good. Caught another Muslim pest.
I was changed by
this:Corvallis Mayor Charlie Tomlinson says the alleged arson attack doesn't represent his city.
"It's a mayor's worst nightmare, that someone does something in our city that places us in a negative light."
He must be talking about MoMo, right? Worst nightmare? Local kid tries to kill ten thousand people?
No, he's talking about the AMERICAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND AMERICA FROM MOMO. LOYALTY IS TOMLINSON'S WORST NIGHTMARE. Tomlinson again:
"We're a community that honors diversity. But you have to work hard at that. It's an educational thing to let people know that they should support and respect peoples of different faiths or different cultures."
Now my response has basically switched.
Frankly, I understand and empathize with Mo*2, and I can't
begin to understand or empathize with the mayor.
From the available accounts, Mo*2 is an engineer type with a strict moral sense and a strong organizational sense.
This piece of shit named Tomlinson is the opposite. Tomlinson-shit is a perfect Orwellian apparatchik. He is totally and completely confused and muddled, responding only to squishy emotion until he receives today's Orders from the Politburo.
In earlier times a strict-minded boy like Mo*2 could find respect, a secure niche, and a wife. We understood that civilization needs organized people.
In earlier times a confused freak like Tomlinson-shit was treated like the turd that he is. We understood that confusers are dangerous.
Now, the strict-minded boy encounters perpetual frustration and finds zero hope of happiness or affection or respect, while the amoral piece of shit moves straight to the top in every governmental, commercial, educational and religious institution.
Thus the strict-minded boy is easy prey for Gothic cults or Arab-style Islam or FBI stings, while the amoral piece of shit gets rich and famous.