Today I Ran, and I Ran Angry

Course: Treadmill Heart Rate Zone Intervals
Distance: 2.9 miles
Mood: aggravated

Completed this run after lifting weights, so I wasn't 100%. I was aggravated because I was watching CNN as I ran and they had an Asian journalist and an Asian Virginia Tech student talking about how the Asian community in general and the Korean American community in particular all feel a collective sense of shame over what happened. "All my Korean friends, they all seem to be very unified and do lots of things together and are really tight with each other, so, yeah, they feel, like, ashamed that this happened."

Bravo guys. Way to go. Way to reduce this horrible incident to identity politics, and thank you so much for feeding the flames of ignorance and bigotry. I applaud you Mr. I'm Asian and a Journalist So Therefore I'm An Authority and Speak for All Asians, and you, Mr. I'm Asian and a Virginia Tech Student and I Know Lots of Other Asians Including Some Koreans (But I'm Not Korean) So Therefore I'm An Authority and Speak for All Asians (including the Koreans).

I can't even begin to understand what goes into making someone do what Cho did. I don't think anyone ever will, especially now that he's gone. All we're left with is a lot of pain and grief and "what if's" and disturbing writings and recordings by someone who clearly needed some help. I understand that our country grieves collectively through the media (we seem to do a lot through the media). For the most part, I've been very surprised by the integrity of the reporting - I haven't seen anything reported that gives undue focus to the fact that Cho was an Asian or an immigrant. Most of the coverage has been focused on trying to understand what happened and has rightfully given respectful air-time to the grieving students and families.

But then these two yahoos got their airtime.

/rant.