When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home was firebombed this summer, at no point did I say or write, “I hate Josh Shapiro’s politics, but … .” And I certainly didn’t say “Well that’s karma.”
Sadly, some people expressed exactly those two emotions.
I know they did because I read them on my page, right after I posted this comment upon watching Shapiro reach the point of tears when reflecting on the threat to his family: “Watching Josh Shapiro. Bad ass. Proud he is my Governor. No political issue is more important than basic humanity.”
That is who I am. I’m not saying this to show off my halo, tilted as it clearly is. I’m pointing this out to show that there are some basic standards of humanity that we all have to embrace, and if we don’t, we are simply not human to begin with.
Now, a f