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2011-01-10

Rhetoric After AZ Shooting Deplorable

The shooting in Arizona of Rep. Giffords and others is a horrendous act.  The individual responsible deserves the death penalty for their actions.  Unfortunately, the left is using the incident to attack conservatives just as they did after the Oklahoma City bombing.

However, before the left attacks Sarah Palin and others, they should recall that the Democratic National Committee also used "targeting" imagery in their own literature.



So, those who live in glass houses...

But to be realistic, using a bulls-eye or target or whatever is no excuse for murder.  Yes, the rhetoric is overblown on both sides over political matters at times, but heated debate is not a bad thing for any democracy.  However, those like Keith Olbermann should hardly be attacking Fox News or Palin for their imagery or rhetoric.  No one, Democrats or Republicans is advocating violence against the other side.  No one in the GOP or Democrats believes murder is an acceptable act against one's political opponents.

So take a deep breath and pray for the victims of this tragedy.  Let us all pray that this won't ever happen again.

1 comments:

Patsplace said...

Honestly, did you expect anything different. Even the same rhetoric is being used now as was used in Dallas. "Climate of Hate."

The shooter appears to have been an insane Lefty Uber-Liberal that wasn't touching many bases at all. Definitely not a deranged Tea-Partier.