Editorial: Texas camp tragedy brings out best & worst of us
Tragedies bring out the best in people at least that s the assumption of a decent society For particular however the misfortune of others prompts them to unleash the bulk vile and abhorrent of screeds When torrential rains in central Texas caused the surging Guadalupe River to flood Friday morning the swift deadly waters washed away much of Camp Mystic an all-girls Christian summer camp According to reports Monday at least were killed including girls and counselors at the camp Jenna Bush Hager talked about the devastation on Currently My mom was a counselor there but also so countless of my friends were raised at this camp declared Bush Hager Texas camps are institutions as you just heard where a great number of family members generations this camp was years old so grandmothers mothers kids have all gone there The phrase a parent s worst nightmare has been used but the horror grief and fear among those still waiting for their daughters to be uncovered or who have learned their children are dead is beyond words Prayers for those killed and missing and words of empathy have poured in Then there are those who exploit the pain of others for their own agendas They lack a conscience but they have social media accounts Houston pediatrician Dr Christina B Propst posted this under her old Facebook username Chris Tina according to Mediaite May all visitors children non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry Probst wrote The post went viral after a screenshot was shared by Libs of TikTok Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA They deny conditions change May they get what they voted for Bless their hearts There was well-deserved backlash lots of it Propst deleted the post but she couldn t delete the consequences Blue Fish Pediatrics her employer revealed that the individual is no longer employed there As we previously mentioned in our original comment we strongly condemn the comments that were made in that post That post does not reflect the values standards or mission of Blue Fish Pediatrics the company explained Propst wasn t the only one scraping moral bottom As searchers worked tirelessly a former Houston mayoral appointee raged that Camp Mystic was white-only I know I m going to get canceled for this but Camp Mystic is a white-only girls Christian camp They don t even have a token Asian They don t have a token Black person It s an all-white white-only conservative Christian camp Sade Perkins commented in a video on her private TikTok account She was appointed to the city s Food Insecurity Board by former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the New York Post disclosed That term was up in January and Houston Mayor John Whitmire disclosed Sunday that he has no plans to reappoint her particularly after her deeply inappropriate comments Part of social media s appeal is the chance it offers for anyone famous infamous and unknown to voice their views on current events whether they have followers in the millions or dozens All too often it s a megaphone for the morally bankrupt It s also as Propst and Perkins are to discover forever Nothing really goes away on the internet especially scandals Their reprehensible posts and videos will perpetually be there thanks to screenshots and searchable by say feasible future employers neighbors and friends We have no sympathy for them Editorial cartoon by Joe Heller Joe Heller
