You call the people who attacked the substation terrorists. Why don't the media? Within the last six months or so, there have been six--count 'em--similar attacks on substations in Washington State and Oregon--none as significant as the one in North Carolina, so they didn't make the national news. But something tells me we are on the cusp of a trend. And sometime soon, an attack will result in even more disruption than in North Carolina, and perhaps casualties. This is serious, people! But as in most "domestic terrorism" events--which don't get named--the media move on after a day or so of handwringing. Why isn't anyone connecting the dots? And what do we do about it? I agree with you, Vanessa, it's long past time to move upstream--way upstream--to get at the root causes of the plague of violence we face because we can't "harden" our way to safety. Even if we could, who wants to live in a fortress society?
Thank you for both of these comments. Right on. And I just heard about the Oregon and Washington attacks earlier today from someone else. I haven't heard it tied into this story either before that.
I've been offline with life stuff but I will hope to come back tomorrow and write a more thorough response.
Thank you again for your comments. I know you saw the other post I wrote yesterday on this whole thing, too. After a slow start this week, I think we do have options for what we can do about it. It's going to take some doing. I so appreciate your comments and thoughts. Hopefully we can coordinate soon on more now that I'm getting caught up. - Vanessa
Excellent article.
Thank you so much for that. Appreciate the feedback. It was kind of a complicated argument so I wasn't sure if it came across. - Vanessa
You call the people who attacked the substation terrorists. Why don't the media? Within the last six months or so, there have been six--count 'em--similar attacks on substations in Washington State and Oregon--none as significant as the one in North Carolina, so they didn't make the national news. But something tells me we are on the cusp of a trend. And sometime soon, an attack will result in even more disruption than in North Carolina, and perhaps casualties. This is serious, people! But as in most "domestic terrorism" events--which don't get named--the media move on after a day or so of handwringing. Why isn't anyone connecting the dots? And what do we do about it? I agree with you, Vanessa, it's long past time to move upstream--way upstream--to get at the root causes of the plague of violence we face because we can't "harden" our way to safety. Even if we could, who wants to live in a fortress society?
Actually, the attacks in Washington and Oregon have been within the last month or so--not the last six months!!!
Thank you for both of these comments. Right on. And I just heard about the Oregon and Washington attacks earlier today from someone else. I haven't heard it tied into this story either before that.
I've been offline with life stuff but I will hope to come back tomorrow and write a more thorough response.
Thank you again for your comments. I know you saw the other post I wrote yesterday on this whole thing, too. After a slow start this week, I think we do have options for what we can do about it. It's going to take some doing. I so appreciate your comments and thoughts. Hopefully we can coordinate soon on more now that I'm getting caught up. - Vanessa
(The new post with more... https://shiftthecountry.substack.com/p/the-websites-done-plus-a-brush-w)