At 188,000 likes on Facebook and counting, Oswalt’s message is about hope.
Comedian Patton Oswalt’s note in response to the Boston Marathon bombing has gone viral on Facebook. And for good reason. Currently, his note has 188,000 likes.
Here’s part of it:
This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
You can see his entire post here: https://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655
In times like these we are focused on the horror we were forced to witness. Don’t allow the evil to spread by continuing to show what they accomplished that day. It is time for society to take over and start showing those who rise to the cause and become hero’s or angels to those in need. Show the world that there are still GOOD people in this world not looking for the glory of the picture or being on TV but just there because it was the time and place for them to be…. Remember we all have the same… Read more »
This is amazing, I have so much respect for this man right now.