the ignorant child

Family and friends: I think we’re all overloaded. I am, I know. I still haven’t finished processing what’s happened, and what this means for the country and the world. Others in the Bay Area are done grieving and are ready for war. Of course, there are the signs blanketing San Francisco proclaiming it a “Hate-Free Zone” (complete with large block-letter HATE with the international “NO” symbol striking through it) in response to the consequent backlash to Muslim Americans and Afghan-Americans. Practically every place of worship and public meeting place has held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the attack. And in general, there has been a gently tense mood, as if the way everyone says hello is tempered with the...

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