Projectile politics

An assassin tried to kill Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13. Trump suvived the attempt. Bystanders in the crowd were not so fortunate. Almost immediately, conspiracy theories and gallows humor spread like wildfire, aided, perhaps, by this being the first assassination attempt on a U.S. presidential candidate to take place during the internet era and broadcast live. I make no claim to being a great political mind, although I do have opinions and am not shy about sharing them. That's not what I want to discuss today. Instead, I'm offering a list of names and invite the reader to ponder what they share in common:

• Richard Lawrence
• John Wilkes Booth
• Charles J. Guiteau
• Leon Czolgosz
• John Schrank
• Carl Weiss
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• James Earl Ray
• Sirhan Sirhan
• John Hinkley Jr.
• Thomas Matthew Crooks

The answer? Regardless of motivation or intent, none of these people are remembered as heroes.

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