Joe Biden’s puppet masters recently induced the installed, cognitively impaired soon-to-be ex-president to commute the sentences of 137 out of total 140 murderers on Federal death row. With that news in mind, I was jarred by a local article I encountered a few days later.
Every now and then, when departing a Whole Foods market, I stop by the literature rack and grab one of the local rags, named Indy Week. It is published in Durham, NC. Bordering on Raleigh, Durham is the unofficial state capital of insane Leftist ideology.
Celebrating Assailants, Ignoring Victims
I read Indy Week features with a grain of salt. One such article that captures my attention is by Amanda Abrams, writing about Rodney Taylor, a prisoner on death row. The title of the article is “Who Deserves to Die? Not the 136 People Currently on Death Row in Raleigh.”
She writes: “Half a lifetime ago, 26-year old Taylor was caught up in the drug trade and killed a man in Wilmington while visiting from New York. He was sentenced to death and has been here ever since, waiting to be executed. I met him in 2016 when I began leading a meditation group on the unit, and we stayed in touch after it ended.”
“Caught up in the drug trade.” Hmmm... You mean ensconced in a livelihood which poisons people, destroys relationships, and shortens lives?
Some 17 years after he murdered, says veteran writer Abrams, Taylor started a program for children. Oh, and he’s working on his third novel. She suggests that he is now worthy, along with 135 other murderers, of being taken off of North Carolina’s death row. I have never met Rodney Taylor so I will not comment on the merits of her argument related to Taylor. Concurrently, his victim can’t be reached for comment.
Viewing the article for a second time, I seek any information about the man Taylor murdered. Nothing appears. In one-half a sentence the victim was referred to and dismissed. Is Ms. Abrams curious about the victim? Perhaps she knows the back story but chose not to include it her article.
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
As she has asserted that someone should be taken off of death row, I want details about the victim and the circumstances of his death. I wrote to the author, twice, but received no reply. Here are the questions I asked:
“Who did Taylor murder and how?” Can you converse about the victim’s life? What was his name? Did the deceased contribute to the fury? I mean, was he hostile or threatening to Taylor? Was his death slow and painful, or was it quick and done? A few details would serve readers well.
Did the victim have a spouse or a partner? Did he have children? How old was he? Regarding his parents, were they alive at the time of the murder? What kind of life did the victim lead? Did he have aspirations? Was he in school, the military, or some form of public service?
The answer to any of these questions, obviously, would at least offer readers a modicum of information on the victim. Alas, nothing was addressed.
Victims, Worthy and Unworthy
I then asked, “Does Taylor's launch of a youth program, coming 17 years after he murdered someone, excuse the crime?” How does letting the murderer live on -- and we could broaden the question to include any murderer anywhere -- aid the victim and his family? Finally, I asked, “Are all the questions above moot for you because you know best?”
Abrams’ article is standard fare in publications such as the Indy Week. The lives of crime victims reflexively are overlooked unless the victims are members of a special class. You know the groups to whom I'm referring – minorities, transsexuals, gays and lesbians, and certainly anyone who votes on the Left.
Victims who lean Right politically, or who aren’t among the Left’s special classes, are deemed unworthy. Their names are insignificant to Indy Week editors and authors. Their lives mean nothing; they're merely pawns in the “people's struggle” to conquer the Earth with their nihilistic views of society, government, and life in general.
Madness Mindset
Multiply this mindset by the multi-millions of Leftists who think that George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Liz Cheney, and other perpetrators of injustice, are heroic and deserving of the nation’s highest civilian award. As such, you can quickly fathom the depth of the convoluted values that have shockingly been in vogue among half of our citizens.
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel – we need you in a hurry, in so many ways.