Opinion | Smiths Station mayor's suicide should serve as a lesson for all of us
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We have fostered an environment in which a man who has apparently committed no crimes nor harmed anyone is shamed into ending his life.
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Okay this author can fuck right off with this 'we' garbage. Republicans did this. If you're too chicken shit to be specific with your pontificating then you're just a worthless pearl clutching asshole.
Edit: lol at these morons assuming I must be unaware that ALreporter is an Alabama news source and that it somehow should serve to invalidate anything I've said. This editorial is garbage. It's not the fault of Alabamians, it's the fault of Alabama Republicans and by extension the national party. Anything short of assigning blame where it belongs, squarely at the feet of the Republican party, is a blatant lie and a transparent attempt to spread blame onto those who bear no responsibility for this tragedy whatsoever.
If you scroll just below the article you'll see the following about the author: "Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and featured columnist at the Alabama Political Reporter with years of political reporting experience in Alabama." That tells me the 'we' is his Alabama audience.
It’s an Alabama focused news site. The we can apply to either Alabamans, media outlets, or both. So that’s the we, and likely one you’re not a part of.
If you are in that we, it sucks, but if you’re going to be part of a whole with your neighbors, you’re going to have to own the consequences of their ideas sometimes. Maintaining a separation from them might make you feel morally superior, but it’s not going to do anything to negate those consequences or prevent future ones.
Separating is a powerful act, but it should be a rare one.