I was wrong. They had nothing to do with the shootings in Tucson.
They still suck.
Showing posts with label gabrielle giffords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gabrielle giffords. Show all posts
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
On overheated political rhetoric
The Cloudy Logic of 'Political' Shootings - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic
So the train of logic is:
1) anything that can be called an "assassination" is inherently political;
2) very often the "politics" are obscure, personal, or reflecting mental disorders rather than "normal" political disagreements. But now a further step,
3) the political tone of an era can have some bearing on violent events. The Jonestown/Ryan and Fromme/Ford shootings had no detectable source in deeper political disagreements of that era. But the anti-JFK hate-rhetoric in Dallas before his visit was so intense that for decades people debated whether the city was somehow "responsible" for the killing. (Even given that Lee Harvey Oswald was an outlier in all ways.)
That's the further political ramification here. We don't know why the Tucson killer did what he did. If he is like Sirhan, we'll never "understand." But we know that it has been a time of extreme, implicitly violent political rhetoric and imagery, including SarahPac's famous bulls-eye map of 20 Congressional targets to be removed -- including Rep. Giffords. It is legitimate to discuss whether there is a connection between that tone and actual outbursts of violence, whatever the motivations of this killer turn out to be. At a minimum, it will be harder for anyone to talk -- on rallies, on cable TV, in ads -- about "eliminating" opponents, or to bring rifles to political meetings, or to say "don't retreat, reload."
Politico Comment of the day
Some random Fucknut said
I have a little piece of advice for the people in congress..
Get rid of all of your crooked people and we wouldnt have this problem.
The Problem is in our Governement and what they are doing to the American People. Stop this.. and there will be peace on earth..
Until then... well expect a nut or two to crawl out and try and take matters in their own hands.. Not saying it's right, but definantly not saying its wrong either. The number one thing to fight for is our Constitution and Freedom, obviously this guy believed that is what he was doing.
We dont really know what these Democrats were doing or planing. Maybe this guy had inside informaiton who knows. Only a court can decide.
On The False Equivalence to come
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The killing of that child breaks my heart: "The Left in America has never matched the violence of the Right in word or deed. And yet, we are suppose to pretend there is a balance. Fuck that."
Michele Bachmann, You are the problem too
On cap and trade - March 2009
I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back.On Health Insurance reform - August 2009
“This cannot pass,” the Minnesota Republican told a crowd at a Denver gathering sponsored by the Independence Institute. “What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass.”To the Capitol Hill Tea Party - November 2009
"You came. And you came to your house. And you came for an emergency house call," said Bachmann. "And are they going to listen? Oh yeah, oh yeah, they're going to listen. It was Thomas Jefferson who said a revolution every now and then is a good thing. What do you think?"On HCR Repeal - December 2010
“If they don’t,” said Bachmann, “I think there needs to be an insurrection here in Washington, D.C against our own leadership--because that is the message that’s come loud and clear out of this election: a full scale repudiation and rejection of the federal government takeover of private industry.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman : NPR
Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman : NPR:
"Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office confirms.The Tea Partiers better get their asses in gear disowning this kind of shit.
The 40-year-old Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a 'Congress on Your Corner' event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media."
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