Finally, we reap the bitter harvest from the garden of fear and hate.

I sat in horror yesterday watching unfold what I knew would eventually happen, but was afraid to admit, even to myself, was inevitable. Some elements of our society have, for years, been stoking the ovens of fear for political gain. Finally it happened. This garden of fear, and hate, and divisiveness has produced it's harvest, and it's a bitter one. At last report, 6 dead, many more wounded, and a Congresswoman fighting for her life.

If you are one of those who used fear for political gain, you have the blood of an innocent 9 year old girl on your hands this morning. You know who you are, but pointing you out just means I'm doing the same thing. I won't stoop to your level and use your tactics. What I will say, is that it's got to stop. That television networks that allow the kind of misinformation and fear, and hate, and vitriol that we have heard over the last couple of years need to be shut down. Radio programs that broadcast the same thing, and sometimes worse, need to be shut down. Not by the government, but by those people in this county who have had enough.

We need to stop them, not by violence either, but by the simple act of shunning. By the American people saying "enough already" with the Hitler references, enough already with the references to "second amendment remedies", stop with the "he's a communist" diatribes, and simply turn it off. It's easy, really, these are all commercial entities, which need sponsors to pay for their programs, and if we all just turn them off, they will quickly cease to exist.

To those politicians who are using fear for political gain, I say the American people are better than that. That I have faith that they can see through what you're doing. That your control over us must come to an end! That in the next election, you will be shown the door and told "thanks but no thanks". I believe in the innate goodness of the American heart. That in the end, we know that we are all in this thing together, and that we will pull together and help each other. That we will turn away from the fear, and the anger, and the hate, and repudiate those who use those tools to try and control us.