What we talk about when we talk about hate
A few hours ago, a man walked into the Family Research Council's headquarters in DC, where he shot and wounded a security guard before guards and bystanders subdued him. This should go without saying, but that was a despicable, cowardly, immoral thing to do. There is categorically no place for this kind of violence.
Fox News quotes unnamed sources saying the shooter claimed he took action because of "what this place stands for"; the FBI is treating the incident as domestic terrorism but cautioning that they aren't yet sure of the shooter's motive. But it's more than plausible, if not yet certain, that this was politically motivated violence.
The Twittersphere is lit up with people pointing out the irony of a violent crime targeting a law-abiding organization that's been labeled a hate group. Do they have a point?
