This article is an English translation of the following article written for the service 「note」.
https://note.com/tonyaharding/n/n386883870d0a
Donald Trump has been shot and wounded.
Seeing the images shared by a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, the internet, especially Twitter, is flooded with memes and images mocking the incident, often tagged with references to the Pulitzer Prize. It makes me feel incredibly uneasy and profoundly sad.
Just about two years ago, Shinzo Abe was assassinated, and last year, although not with a gun, Prime Minister Kishida was also attacked.
It doesn’t matter who’s to blame or whose fault it is, nor do differing political views justify such acts. This should never happen.
Even though my voice often goes unheard and unnoticed, I will persistently say,
No Guns
This song and its performance truly resonate with this message.
