It is a twisted world we live in when, during the unfolding of a horrible, tragic event, the first response many of us have is not horror at the events unfolding before us, but dread of the asinine rhetoric that is about to erupt.
I followed closely the unfolding events at Covenant School in Nashville when a transgender woman shot and killed six people—three adults and three nine-year-old children. I am a teacher in a Christian school. This tragedy hit close to home. Like most hearing the story, it sucked the air right out of me.
Sadly, and all too frequently, we no longer have time to process the tragedy, to grieve, to be angry at the evil in the world.
The narrative became political almost immediately. Within hours, it was no longer about the victims.