"Do you think that what elected officials say can influence their followers to act violently?"
Of course they can. Here are some things President Obama said: *If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.* June 2008. *I want you to go out and talk to your neighbors I want you to argue with them, get in their faces.* September 2008. *I dont want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry. Im angry.* March 2009. *If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, Were gonna punish our enemies and were gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they dont see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think its gonna be harder, and thats why I think its so important that people focus on November 2.* October 2010. And then look at the case of violence directed at tea party and town hall attendees by union thugs and liberal extremists over the last two years. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just think it utterly ridiculous that anyone would claim the > > political rhetoric does not need to be examined and condemned. > > If it was an anti-simitic group and not political parties, they would > > have been arrested a long time ago. > > > I do not recall anyone saying it should not be examined and condemned. > What I, and others, have said is that we should not rush to proclaim > the drivel that pours out of Palin's, and others', was the reason, or > even influence, why this guy shot the congresswoman and others. I > guess that is too much to ask. > > > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can > wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
