On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not denying that. But to date, there has been no connection > between what she said and what he did. I am not saying she was right > in saying what she did, nor am I condoning what she said, but in this > case, the case that brought all this to a boil, it seems, as of yet, > there is no connection...at all. > > Does that mean I don't think the rhetoric needs to be toned down? No. > All it mean is that in this particular case, I do not think it had > anything to do with it. Something a lot of people can;t seem to grok.
You also have no evidence that the rhetoric had nothing to do with this shooting. I was very particular in saying that I don't think that Sarah Palin or anyone else was responsible for this particular act of violence. None the less, I keep saying people say "the rhetoric has nothing to do with these sorts of things" and that is flat out bullshit. Words matter and Sarah Palin and her ilk push an odious brand of vitriol that drags things further and further into the muck and push an Us vs Them, violence justified, view of the world. Did it cause this particular act of violence? I don't know. As you mentioned, there have always been acts of violence against public figures by the mentally unstable. But does it encourage people who have an already twisted view of the world in their delusional fantasies? Hell yes it does. It is dangerous and sickening and should be condemned right and left, not tolerated and celebrated. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:333518 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
