A Reaction

My reaction to this article and the entire Elmo incident:

We've been told to shut up and that "I'll give you something to complain about" for so long that many of us have. We've been admonished to be silent and strong and just take it. Repeatedly. However, somewhere along the way, there are too many complaints we can't ignore anymore. At some point, one more time being told to shut up about the injustices and inequities happening to and around us is one time too many.

And we break.

Hopefully, we break and have a long cry. Maybe we break and go to therapy. Some of us break and self-medicate or hole up away from everyone. A few of us break and attempt or commit suicide. And a very small number of us break and decide to attack and kill those around us who caused the problems.