Roaches

In 1994 between 500,000 and 1 million Tutsis were killed in what has come to be called the Rwandan genocide.  The massacre lasted approximately 100 days; units of the army, militias, and ordinary Hutu citizens slaughtered their Tutsi neighbors in a spasm of murder and brutality.

This, of course, did not just happen overnight.  Tensions had been running high, and radio commentators had been advocating a slaughter for months, urging Hutus to be prepared to kill Tutsis, whom they referred to as “roaches.”

Overflow visitors from Beltzville earlier this summer were redirected to Mauch Chunk Lake Park.  That park also reached capacity and had to be closed.  Today I learned that someone on a Facebook page devoted to Beltzville Park activities said the “roaches” from Allentown and Beltzville had moved into Mauch Chunk Lake Park.

This is not the America I respect and love.  I don’t know what is happening to us.