For the last couple weeks I have been trying hard to avoid political commentary.
It's too depressing.
And it's too easy to veer into really negative and unimaginative writing that no-one wants to read.

I don't like it.

But, I think the fact that the newspaper in New York published the addresses of gun owners has crossed American politics over into something else; something ugly.

It's scary how an American paper would seek to intimidate, embarrass, and harass ordinary citizens who are, whether you and I agree with it or not, acting within their constitutional rights.
These people haven't committed any crimes, they just own guns.
And the paper doesn't like it and decided to publish their home addresses.

Seriously think about that.
What if they start publishing lists of the people who oppose some policy the paper supports?
How much longer before they publish a list of SUV owners?
Or people who consume too much electricity or natural gas?
Who don't recycle?
People who own fur?
People whose houses are "too big"?

Unfortunately, this is the real, "And I said nothing...." moment.

And, despite the article below,  I'm not seeing many people saying anything.










Ed. Note:
El Duecey sent me this note via email yesterday:

was trying to post the below but somehow keep failing at my attempt to keep up with the Jones' ...

Smart find & post EPPdF. There are so many 'wrongs' with posting this information that it is hard to imagine that they thought this one all the way through.

So much of the discussion around 'gun control' is positioned in binary focused discussions. The NRA has taken a very hard line that seems silly to me but protects something important to their leadership. Others take a 'zero guns' approach that seems destined to just make noise rather than make any real progress.

This brings me to the thought of 'progress toward what end' and off into the abyss I go...