I know what I was feeling, but what was I thinking?

When only 98,000 people turn out to vote in the country's seventh-largest city, don't act surprised when you end up with an enemy of the LGBT community.

They are what we thought they were

British MP (member of Parliament) Jo Cox was murdered in her constituency on June 16 while campaigning for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union.  Witnesses reported that the assassin shouted "Britain first!" during the assault, which is the name of a far-right anti-immigrant group in the country.

Mental illness doesn't respect country boundaries.  Racism doesn't respect country boundaries.  But education, mental health resources, and gun restrictions can prevent the mother of small children from being murdered in broad daylight.

For perspective, the last MP murdered was in 1990.  The last American congressman killed in office was in 1978.