TONY GERVINO - YOU CAN DUNCE IF YOU WANT TO

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Here’s what happened last weekend: I woke up, read the Times, had nine cups of coffee, a bowl of chocolate Lucky Charms, and then went to the gym. While I was there, Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords and several other innocent people were shot, some killed, by a ruined individual.

I was sad, naturally, and furious at that state, which seems to be the prow on incivility’s ship over the past few years. There are aspects of Arizona that I like—its iced tea beverages, for one, my friend Jeremy, for another. But the parts that I don’t care for are greater in number, and they neatly encapsulate everything I dislike about the country—an ignorant, gun-wielding populace that likes to wave the American flag and then behave in every single manner contrary to its founding principles. In just a few short years, Arizona has completely lapped, Secretariat-style, Florida as the state I would most like to donate to Mexico. (Congratulations, Mom, you don’t have to learn to speak Spanish.)

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