It is beyond shock­ing to see a lynch mob occur­ring right in front of us, demon­strat­ing the inhu­man­ity and unciv­i­lized behav­ior of peo­ple ani­mals. Per­son­ally, I’m dis­gusted at what I am wit­ness­ing, at the poor cor­po­rate cit­i­zen­ship demon­strated by Twit­ter, and at the impo­tent response of fed­eral, state, and local law enforce­ment. (And peo­ple won­der why many of us ‘cling to our guns’ and demand respect for the Sec­ond Amend­ment right to bear arms.)

If there was ever an edu­ca­tional moment for Obama, this is it.

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