Musical Monday- “Ordinary World” by Duran Duran Dedicated to Renee

I’m having a hard time letting this one go. We have all seen the videos online of Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis. I’m going to just say at the outset there needs to be a full investigation with cooperation between local, state and federal law enforcement. There are too many contradictions and I find it highly suspect that DHS can declare a shooting victim a “domestic terrorist” before they even know her name. The problem is that this is an incredibly volatile incident, with passions high from a variety of factions.

This whole situation reminds me very much of the Charlie Kirk killing. There are some clear parallels. Both killings have been treated in a highly partisan fashion. Clearly, the Right deeply mourned Kirk’s passing and the Left far less so. There were people at the time of Charlie Kirk’s shooting who suggested that by his rhetoric he brought his own death about and in his inflammatory speech he had it coming. I found and still find that thinking disgusting. I agreed with almost nothing Kirk stood for, however, I will defend with my utmost his right to say what he needed to say. Freedom of Speech is as American as apple pie and far more precious. Likewise, there are people who say that Renee Good brought about  her own death by blocking the road from ICE vehicles. I find that incredibly disgusting and inhumane as well. She is allowed to express her opinions under the First Amendment, just like Mr. Kirk. Neither of these deaths were “deserved.” Both of these murders should be punished. Both are tragedies and both left behind children who will never get to be ordinary, never be out from under the cloud that murder has cast upon their young lives. For the five kids sucked into the black hole of grief that these events have created, nothing will be the same again. There is no more ordinary.

Which brings us to this week’s song. Duran Duran, of all people, dedicated their song Ordinary World to Renee Good a few days after her shooting. I am including a link to this dedication below: