Public Space Violence in the USA Doesn't Happen by Accident

I didn't intend to pick on Tennessee when I wrote these more realistic Hallmark Christmas stories. The post came out that way because the stories I read, prompting my comments, came out of Tennessee, violence against an interracial couple, and inhumane treatment of homeless people. One might wonder what's in the water down there, but it's not the water; it's the stories they tell themselves and each other, which are the stories fed to them by their political and church leaders.