Catapulting the obvious about commentary on the killings by Rodgers
The "ring of truth" in the commercial and social media surrounding the tragedy seem to be mostly defined by what resonates and validates a peoples pre-existing beliefs and fears.
If there is anything particularly different about the cacophony of response to this tragedy, it is that more than most other recent mass murders it makes patently obvious the myriad different angles from which different perceptions are reflected.
It reminds me of the underlying message of the movie "Nebraska", a movie in which characters orbit around the dysfunctional thinking and behavior an elderly, perhaps demented man, and in so doing reveal that their lives contain quirks and distortions painted upon the lens through which they view the world. Each person's pallet gives them unique perception of individually varying truths.
As our attention turns to the failed perception, distorted cognition, and criminal behaviors of the main character(s), we've missed most of the message communicated in the wake of the event. We notice that which isn't filtered out by the color of our own lenses.
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