ORLANDO

I've heard the Orlando massacre called "the result of Christian bigotry" or of "home-grown terrorism." Let's get the facts straight: the Orlando massacre was neither. The perpetrator was a self-declared Muslim, NOT a Christian. Those who can't tell the difference between Islam and Christianity have no right to voice opinions about either. Nor was it "home-grown terrorism." The man pledged allegiance to ISIS, which claims to be a country. Last I heard, when you pledge allegiance to another country you forfeit your American citizenship. The man was a TRAITOR, not an American. The massacre was indeed terrorism, but was not based on any American ideology, sanctioned by any American organization, or carried out by anyone who claimed to be American. So what was it? It was terrorism by an evil traitor. It was a TRAGEDY.

Those who would use such a tragedy to advance their own, entirely unrelated agendas, political or religious, or anti-religious, make themselves accessories-after-the-fact, and beneficiaries of terrorism and treason. In my opinion, that makes them terrorists and traitors, too.