FUBAR Alternate Reality

The degree to which boorish, churlish behavior has become accepted, and even to some degree admired in our nation, is disheartening.

Take Rep. Lynne DiSanto of the South Dakota state legislature.  On Facebook, under the headline All Lives Splatter, Ms. DiSanto posted a cartoon that showed a car apparently hitting people in the street.  The cartoon was captioned  nobody cares about your protest and keep your ass out of the road.

When asked for an apology, Ms. DiSanto responded with the kind of non-apology-apology typical of out-of-touch, insensitive bullies.   DiSanto deleted her post, saying she perceived it as encouraging people to stay out of the street.  DiSanto then added I am sorry if people took offense to it and perceived my message in any way insinuating support or condoning people being hit by cars; I perceived it differently.

But there's hope for the fact-based, reality-based community - for those who perceive words like those Ms. DiSanto used as having intrinsic meaning.  Not long after her post was deleted, the real estate firm for which the Representative worked stated that DiSanto was no longer associated with the company, due to recent events.

Kudos to them ...