I assume you've seen the news about the shooting last night in an Orlando nightclub. 50 dead. 53 more injured — and both those numbers may grow. This is horrible on two levels, the first of course being the shooting itself. The second is the rush — already in hyperspeed on the 'net — to spin this for political advantage.
It presents endless opportunities for that. It's about all sorts of topics in the news: Automatic weapons, Radical Islam, gays (it seems to have been a gay nightclub), immigration (maybe)…lots of elements there to play with, plus nobody with a cause wants to miss the chance to link theirs to "The Worst Shooting Attack in U.S. History." Or wait until they have more facts.
This is feeling to me like a good day to stay off the Internet. I'll probably be back later but not to write about this.