Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was the backdrop of the latest American tragedy, a mass shooting in which a lone gunman—a former student at Stoneman Douglas whose classmates correctly predicted he would orchestrate such a heinous act— killed 17 people with an assault rifle. We’re familiar with this kind of script by now. Too familiar.
Most of the stuff I want to say will remain unsaid because SB Nation and Vox Media understandably want to keep their platforms politics-free, which is a stance that I respect, and one that I will honor, albeit reluctantly.