As you know, a Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers are planning an Outrage soon.  Their plans are hurtful and offensive not just to the group they've directly targeted, but to all tolerant, civilized People Of Good Will.  Though I am not a member of the Target Group (indeed I disagree with the Target Group about a great many things), I surely sympathize with the members of Target Group, who are by and large fine people, and have done nothing to deserve this Outrage.

Nevertheless, I refuse to add my voice to those condemning Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers.   While trusting in the motives of those who condemn Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers, I worry that People Of Good Will are playing directly into the hands of Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers, by giving Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers the publicity that is their only real reason for committing this latest Outrage.

Think about it, People Of Good Will.  Two weeks ago, two months ago, two years ago, had you even heard of Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers?  Now Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers consume your thoughts.  You take time out of your day to write blog posts, to write Facebook entries, to sign petitions, to comment on websites, perhaps even to create websites, condemning the Outrage that Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers are about to commit.  In doing so, you empower Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers.  You give Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers valuable time and attention, which really might be better spent on your family, your friends, and your neighbors, where People Of Good Will such as you could actually do some good.  In fact, isn't it counterproductive for People Of Good Will to fret about the Outrage?  Shouldn't People Of Good Will, like you, ignore morons like Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers?

After all, it's not as though Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers give a shit what People Of Good Will think.   Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers hate People Of Good Will, and believe People Of Good Will deserve death or hell, simply because People Of Good Will, even though People Of Good Will may disagree with Target Group, would never think of committing an Outrage against Target Group and others like them.  Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers will commit the Outrage no matter what the friends of People Of Good Will read on Twitter.

Of course, I should point out that the Outrage planned by Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers doesn't involve violence.  If it did, all People Of Good Will would be justified in joining Target Group in defending Target Group, and encouraging the government to use force necessary to prevent Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers from carrying out a violent Outrage.  But this isn't a violent Outrage.  Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers don't want scalps.  Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers want your attention.

And from the looks of things, they're getting it.  In spades.

Are you, People Of Good Will, sure that the attention you're giving Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers will prevent the Outrage, or do the slightest bit of good to Target Group?  Or are you just fulminating, to no real effect, so that other People Of Good Will will know that you don't support Outrages like that planned by Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers?  Here's a thought:  If a Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers committed a vile, but non-violent, Outrage in some godforsaken basement in the middle of nowhere, and no People Of Good Will paid them the slightest bit of attention (except perhaps to laugh at Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers), would an Outrage even have occurred?

Note that I do not include The Media among the People Of Good Will.   While many of The Media are, individually, probably People Of Good Will, The Media have to sell papers, or ads, or get pledge dollars, to earn a living.  The Media perform a valuable function when The Media hype Real Atrocities in Darfur And Bosnia, or the plight of The Starving Children Of India, but this Outrage isn't a Real Atrocity like Darfur And Bosnia or The Starving Children Of India.  No one, even in Target Group (many of whom are armed, and Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers know this) will suffer a broken toenail when Outrage comes to pass.  But The Media will get rich if People Of Good Will continue to fulminate, and will serve up more Outrages, distracting you from important news, Real Atrocities like Darfur And Bosnia, and The Starving Children Of India.

As for Target Group, and I know that some of you read this site, I shouldn't have to point out that Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers believe, against all of The Evidence Of History, that Target Group and everyone in it are barbarians.  Of course The Evidence Of History shows that Target Group has produced not barbarians, but people like Great Scientist #1, Great Poet #2, and Great Artist #3.  If you, Target Group, resort to litigation or even violence in an effort to retaliate for this Outrage, won't you be proving Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers right?  Only you, Target Group, can make a martyr of Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers.  Don't give them what they want.  Of course, if Sick Twisted Individual And his Followers plan a violent Outrage, a Real Atrocity like what was done in Darfur And Bosnia, Target Group should man the barricades if the government won't act, and I'd be the first to cheer you on.  But The Evidence Of History, despite what Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers say, proves that you in Target Group are a wise and civilized people, in the tradition of Great Scientist#1, Great Poet #2, and Great Artist #3.

Far better than Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers.  Don't play their game.  Laugh at them, but don't prove them right.  Hundreds of years from now, Target Group will be here, stronger than ever, while Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers are forgotten even by their descendants.

Unless you give Sick, Twisted Individual And his Followers power by making martyrs of them, or worse, ordinary innocent People Of Good Will, who've done Target Group no harm.

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