Oh, we’re “angry” and “hostile” now, huh?

Somewhat predictably, a bunch of voices from the GOP are out making the rounds already, screeching that after the endless parade of right wing shooters/murderers all being Lone Wolves Who Couldn’t Possibly Have Been Motivated in Any Small Way By the Perpetual Right Wing Outrage Media Machine, today’s shooting (well, the first one. There was actually a SECOND mass shooting.) is 100% the fault of the Entire Left and their unfair criticism of the Poor Put Upon Victim in the Oval Office.

Ok.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOU.

Seriously, fuck right off forever.

And before we move on, Fuck You Too, James Hodgkinson. Fuck you for thinking you have the right to gun down any human being who disagrees with you. You’re a murderous piece of shit and you’re no different from any other murderous piece of shit. You’re Dylann Roof. You’re George Zimmerman. Fuck you for all eternity.

Now, for Newt and co. I believe we were at “fuck off.”

You want to blame anger on the left for this? You think we should “tone it down?”

No.

FUCK no, in fact.

You’re right, though. We ARE angry.

We’re angry you’ve thrown the full weight of one of our nation’s two great political parties behind a cheap con man, a petty crook, a serial sexual abuser, a minority-blaming fear-monger, a racist sack of trash, a wannabe authoritarian doing all he can to knock down the fundamental pillars of American democracy.

We’re angry you’re trying to steal health care from millions of us just to give a fat stack of money to your billionaire donors.

We’re angry that you’ve pulled us out of the Paris Climate Agreement, that you pretend climate change is fake in order to better do the bidding of the fossil fuel companies that fund your party.

We’re angry that you refuse to conduct oversight as the President and his grifter family repeatedly break the law doing all they can to use their office to line their own pockets.

We’re angry that you stand silently by as the President attacks the judiciary and the press, as he lies about voter fraud. Obviously we’re angry that you stand behind a dirtbag who incited violence time and time again on the campaign trail, and somehow act like any criticism of him, however legitimate, is to blame for this morning’s tragedy.

We’re angry that you shield the administration from the consequences of their crimes. That you refuse to hold them to account for their perjury and their obstruction.

We’re angry that you’re trying to destroy Planned Parenthood, that you don’t believe women have the right the make decisions about their own reproductive health, their own bodies.

We’re angry that you refused to recognize LGBT Pride month, that you act like the great civil rights battle of the 21st century is fighting to allow bigots legal cover to humiliate and discriminate against their fellow Americans under the comical guise of “religious liberty.”

We’re angry that you’re shitting on our constitution in a cowardly, fear-driven attempt to impose a religious test on refugees and immigrants.

We’re angry at the surge in civilian casualties in the increasingly unsupervised military actions in the Middle East.

We’re angry that you’re trying to cut everything from medical research to the State Department to NPR to meals on wheels just so the richest among us can be a little richer.

We’re angry that you’re trying to sell public lands to fossil fuel companies. We’re angry that you’re selling out public schools. We’re angry that you’re trying to steal away our hard-won consumer protections to make it easier for predatory financial institutions to take advantage of us. We’re angry that you’re attacking net neutrality.

We’re angry that you find yourself in power at least partially because of the malicious actions of a hostile foreign adversary, and that you’re doing everything you can muster to cover up for them, to shield those who benefited from accountability.

And yes, we’re angry, by the way, that you’ve done everything in your power to make sure that guns, even semi-automatic guns with high capacity magazines, are pathetically easy for anyone to get ahold of without trouble, even domestic abusers like the man who shot up the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning. You may recall a few weeks ago, when you repealed a regulation that made it harder for the mentally ill to purchase firearms. We’re mad about that, too. We’re angry about all the senseless, useless, utterly preventable gun deaths, from Sandy Hook to Aurora to Pulse to the shooting at a UPS facility in San Francisco just today, all enabled by your shameful servility to death merchants in the NRA. We’re not just angry about the mass shootings, of course. We’re angry about the children who die when they find their guardian’s unsecured gun. The victims of gang violence. The countless women murdered by abusive partners. The suicides that need not have been. The arguments that turned fatal because a firearm was near. The law enforcement officers killed by armed criminals. And all those lives lost just from gun accidents. You’re goddamn right we’re angry.

In short, we are, you’re right, mighty fuckin’ angry about a whole bunch of shit that we are 100%, completely, totally, overwhelmingly CORRECT TO BE ANGRY ABOUT. Anyone who loves their country, their planet, and their fellow human beings is going to be angry about this shit.

And now, we’re even angrier at the bullshit double-standard you’re applying to this tragedy in contrast to all the others. That you have the gall to attempt to order us into silence while you keep destroying our nation under the bumbling “leadership” of the petty tyrant goon you’re all so willingly enabling is as galling as it is laughable. I feel like I’m repeating myself, but Fuck Right Off.

We’re not shutting up, Newt, sorry. We’ll continue overwhelming your call boards, protesting at your town halls, and marching in the streets. We will continue to meet your horrific agenda with the hostility it so richly deserves. And come election night next year, we’re kicking your sorry, collaborating asses straight to the private sector.