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A Crisis of the Soul
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Rivers Pitt, Truthout)
Tue Nov 19 20:05:54 2013
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 20:05:53 -0500 (EST)
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t r u t h o u t | There's a guy named Tom Brower in Hawaii who goes around with a sledgehammer smashing the belongings of homeless people to bits. He is "disgusted" by the homeless, doesn't want to see them, and is so proud of his actions that he happily allows himself to be filmed while swinging the hammer at the meager possessions of the most vulnerable people in our society.
Has he been arrested for this shamelessly sociopathic behavior? Will he be arrested at some point soon? Don't hold your breath: Tom Brower is an elected official, a state representative, and a Democrat to boot.
Something is badly out of joint in America. We are mired in a crisis that is not merely financial or cultural; it is a crisis of the soul, of the very essence of our basic humanity, and we are sinking fast. The Tom Browers of the world dominate our politics like a pack of rampaging Robin Hoods in reverse, robbing from the poor and the needy and the sick to profit the rich and the powerful.
They must be stopped, thwarted, and cast down. This must end, for all our sakes, and we must be the ones to put an end to it.
We at Truthout labor tirelessly every day to shine a bright light on the deranged immorality eating away at the core of our society. But to do it, we need you. Only because of tax-deductible donations from readers can we expose and oppose more Tom Browers. Will you help tonight?
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<p style="font-size: 110%;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's a guy named Tom Brower in Hawaii who goes around with a sledgehammer smashing the belongings of homeless people to bits. He is "disgusted" by the homeless, doesn't want to see them, and is so proud of his actions that he happily allows himself to be filmed while swinging the hammer at the meager possessions of the most vulnerable people in our society.<br />
<br />
Has he been arrested for this shamelessly sociopathic behavior? Will he be arrested at some point soon? Don't hold your breath: Tom Brower is an elected official, a state representative, and a Democrat to boot.<br />
<br />
<b>Something is badly out of joint in America.</b> We are mired in a crisis that is not merely financial or cultural; it is a crisis of the soul, of the very essence of our basic humanity, and we are sinking fast. The Tom Browers of the world dominate our politics like a pack of rampaging Robin Hoods in reverse, robbing from the poor and the needy and the sick to profit the rich and the powerful.<br />
<br />
They must be stopped, thwarted, and cast down. This must end, for all our sakes, and we must be the ones to put an end to it.<br />
<br />
We at Truthout labor tirelessly every day to shine a bright light on the deranged immorality eating away at the core of our society. <b>But to do it, we need you. </b>Only because of tax-deductible donations from readers can we expose and oppose more Tom Browers. Will you help tonight?</p>
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