Sheriffs in Arizona are misguided Reich wingers who persecute immigrants and gays. They hate. They lie.
On 1/14/11, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Even the sheriff has admitted that the hate speech you keep calling it > had nothing to do with what happened. The public doesn't believe it > either. Wise up, little boy, your games ain't working. > > On 01/14/2011 08:29 PM, Tommy News wrote: >> Read this again, and again. >> >> "We know, >> too, that Giffords's Tea Party–backed opponent, Jesse Kelly, invited >> supporters to "shoot a fully automatic M16" to "get on target for >> victory"; that Sarah Palin placed Giffords's district in gunsight >> cross hairs in campaign ads; that Nevada Senate candidate Sharron >> Angle cheerfully proposed "Second Amendment remedies" for political >> disagreements. We know that threats to members of Congress increased >> dramatically last year. >> >> Republicans, gun activists and Tea Party adherents are trying to put >> distance between themselves and the Tucson rampage by pointing to >> Loughner's evident mental illness. But Loughner's mental state does >> not absolve the lock-and-loaders of responsibility. To the contrary: >> it is well established in psychiatric literature that the delusions >> experienced by schizophrenics are shaped by the language, images, >> resentments and fears that permeate their wider culture in any >> particular country or time. Those politicians and pundits inviting or >> implying "Second Amendment remedies" for liberal "conspiracies" on >> immigration, healthcare, President Obama's citizenship, gun regulation >> and on and on are selling a daily dose of eliminationist fantasy to >> the angriest and most estranged minds—including those unable to draw a >> distinction between gunsight as metaphor and real-life target practice >> on politicians." >> >> "To raise these issues does not exploit or politicize the horror in >> Tucson. Rather, it recognizes that the political currency of the right >> has long made a dangerous world more dangerous: shredding social >> safety nets, flooding our country and our neighbors with weapons, >> pitting civil rights and progressive social policy against reckless, >> I've-got-mine individualism backed up by insistent and violent >> paramilitary visions. Jared Lee Loughner appears to be a conspiracy of >> one. But the gun in his hand, the language and images he absorbed >> daily, even the fact that no institution was prepared to catch him as >> he went over the edge—those are a product of political design and >> intention nurtured over a generation. There is an opportunity now to >> show a different America. That doesn't mean only rejecting gunsight >> ads or turning away from threatening campaign rhetoric; it means >> leaders from President Obama on down clearly articulating a social >> compact, which is the only real route to safety for politicians and >> citizens alike." >> >> >> >> On 1/14/11, Tommy News<[email protected]> wrote: >>> More lies, hate, and smear from Lil Keithie Keith. >>> >>> I am not angry, because I realize what a bunch of misinformed >>> extremist fools you and the other Grand Opressive Old Tea Party >>> members are. I am also not a Marxist or a Socialist, and you continue >>> to lie and spread false slander about that too, Lil Keithie Big Liar! >>> >>> On 1/14/11, Keith In Köln<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> It's nothing but hate Dick, as you well know. The far left extremists, >>>> dream of a "Progressive" socialistic America has failed, and folks like >>>> TommyTomTom are bitter, angry, and can do nothing but spew vile hatred. >>>> >>>> The good thing, is that TommyTomTom's and his angry hateful crew of far >>>> left >>>> extremists little ploy has failed. Less than ten percent of Americans >>>> believe that Loughner was influenced by conservative political thought, >>>> or >>>> that gun laws are too lax. More importantly, the far left extremists' >>>> hate >>>> filled rants are clearly known to most Americans. >>>> >>>> TommyTomTomForNews, as well as the Marxists and socialists who spew this >>>> vile hate have failed. They know it, Americans know it, and we >>>> rightfully >>>> should mock them for their hateful, untruthful and despicable rants! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:21 AM, dick thompson >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh my, gotta believe every word of this - who could disbelieve The >>>>> Nation >>>>> (offshoot of the Daily Worker and the CPUSA). / LOL >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 01/14/2011 06:11 PM, Tommy News wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Tragedy in Arizona >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -by The Editors >>>>>> >>>>>> It took only seconds for a self-appointed assassin armed with a >>>>>> semiautomatic pistol to shoot Representative Gabrielle Giffords >>>>>> through the head; to kill US District Court Judge John Roll and five >>>>>> others; and to wound fourteen more people. It took barely longer than >>>>>> that for the news of the Tucson shootings to shock a political culture >>>>>> numbed by war, economic crisis and two years of lock-and-load >>>>>> rhetoric. On the other hand, even in the Internet age, criminal >>>>>> investigation and psychiatric examination take time. It's too soon to >>>>>> know why this lone gunman went on his rampage or whether anyone could >>>>>> have stopped him. All the early signs point to a deeply disturbed >>>>>> young man who stalked Giffords and planned her assassination over >>>>>> months while friends, classmates and teachers expressed growing alarm >>>>>> at his outbursts and Internet postings. >>>>>> >>>>>> Related Content >>>>>> Jared Loughner's Glock: Weapon of Mass Destruction >>>>>> Varieties of Hatred >>>>>> Giffords Shooting Reveals Flaws in US Mental Health Services >>>>>> Arizona Faces 'Lethal Combination' of Guns and Hate Speech >>>>>> An Attack on Government, an Attack on the Public, an Attack on >>>>>> Democracy >>>>>> About the Author >>>>>> The EditorsAlso by The Author[ Click for More ] >>>>>> Lame Duck Congress Victories (Barack Obama, Congress, Society) >>>>>> The repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the passage of a landmark food >>>>>> safety bill and the narrow defeat of the DREAM Act all prove that >>>>>> organizing and educating across issues really works. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Editors >>>>>> 2 comments Obama's Afghan Mission Creep (Barack Obama, War and >>>>>> Peace, >>>>>> Politics) >>>>>> With the US set to remain in Afghanistan until 2014, the war has taken >>>>>> on a life of its own, disconnected from any strategic goal. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Editors >>>>>> 6 comments Related Topics >>>>>> Jared Lee Loughner Social Issues Technology Tucson War For all that we >>>>>> don't know about Jared Lee Loughner, there is a lot we do know about >>>>>> the circumstances of this shooting. We know Loughner purchased his gun >>>>>> legally at a sporting goods store. We know that Giffords had already >>>>>> received well-publicized threats and endured a smashed door for her >>>>>> vote to support President Obama's healthcare bill and that Judge Roll >>>>>> had drawn threats for his ruling in a key immigration case. We know, >>>>>> too, that Giffords's Tea Party–backed opponent, Jesse Kelly, invited >>>>>> supporters to "shoot a fully automatic M16" to "get on target for >>>>>> victory"; that Sarah Palin placed Giffords's district in gunsight >>>>>> cross hairs in campaign ads; that Nevada Senate candidate Sharron >>>>>> Angle cheerfully proposed "Second Amendment remedies" for political >>>>>> disagreements. We know that threats to members of Congress increased >>>>>> dramatically last year. >>>>>> >>>>>> Republicans, gun activists and Tea Party adherents are trying to put >>>>>> distance between themselves and the Tucson rampage by pointing to >>>>>> Loughner's evident mental illness. But Loughner's mental state does >>>>>> not absolve the lock-and-loaders of responsibility. To the contrary: >>>>>> it is well established in psychiatric literature that the delusions >>>>>> experienced by schizophrenics are shaped by the language, images, >>>>>> resentments and fears that permeate their wider culture in any >>>>>> particular country or time. Those politicians and pundits inviting or >>>>>> implying "Second Amendment remedies" for liberal "conspiracies" on >>>>>> immigration, healthcare, President Obama's citizenship, gun regulation >>>>>> and on and on are selling a daily dose of eliminationist fantasy to >>>>>> the angriest and most estranged minds—including those unable to draw a >>>>>> distinction between gunsight as metaphor and real-life target practice >>>>>> on politicians. >>>>>> >>>>>> Conservatives don't usually show such interest in the mentally ill. >>>>>>> From the early 1980s, when President Reagan scrapped funding for >>>>>> community mental health clinics, through 2008, when most Republicans >>>>>> tried to kill parity for mental health insurance coverage in the >>>>>> healthcare bill, conservatives have shaped a system that denies >>>>>> essential services and discourages intervention when people like >>>>>> Loughner fall over the edge. Psychiatrist Frank Ochberg, former >>>>>> director of the Michigan Mental Health Department, puts it this way: >>>>>> "School officials want to protect their communities, so they expel >>>>>> students without follow-up. We grant these delusional young men >>>>>> privacy, freedom and civil rights. We do not adequately fund their >>>>>> care, nor do we compel treatment unless they go way over the line, and >>>>>> then we use forensic centers, jails and prisons." This crisis is >>>>>> particularly acute in Arizona, which has a theoretically strong law >>>>>> allowing for intervention on behalf of citizens at risk but where >>>>>> escalating budget deficits have reduced intervention to irrelevance. >>>>>> As Arizona State University's Morrison Institute documented in a >>>>>> report released just a few weeks ago, since 2008 the state's funding >>>>>> for mental health services has been cut by 47 percent, with many >>>>>> programs eliminated altogether, resulting in "thousands of Arizonans >>>>>> and their families facing either no publicly funded behavioral health >>>>>> treatment or severely restricted access to such services." (Contrast >>>>>> that with Giffords, who despite her reputation as a Blue Dog fiscal >>>>>> conservative not only voted for mental health parity in insurance >>>>>> coverage but fought for expanded mental healthcare for veterans, and >>>>>> in her last term in the State Senate was named legislator of the year >>>>>> by the Arizona Mental Health Association.) >>>>>> >>>>>> In Tucson, Loughner's apparent mental illness combined fatally with >>>>>> one of the country's most irresponsibly lax gun laws, driven by a >>>>>> firearms lobby so powerful that last year Governor Jan Brewer signed a >>>>>> measure ending the longstanding requirement for a permit to carry >>>>>> concealed weapons. Here too, Loughner's rampage is only one expression >>>>>> of a far broader crisis. As Washington Post investigative reporters >>>>>> Sari Horwitz and James Grimaldi recently documented, Arizona gun shops >>>>>> are prime sources for the thousands of weapons arming Mexico's drug >>>>>> cartels. The same ease with which Loughner obtained his weapon and >>>>>> extended magazine clip is feeding massive violence across the border >>>>>> just miles from Tucson. Last weekend, Arizona got a taste of what its >>>>>> guns have long delivered to Mexico, including the assassinations of >>>>>> judges and elected officials. >>>>>> >>>>>> To raise these issues does not exploit or politicize the horror in >>>>>> Tucson. Rather, it recognizes that the political currency of the right >>>>>> has long made a dangerous world more dangerous: shredding social >>>>>> safety nets, flooding our country and our neighbors with weapons, >>>>>> pitting civil rights and progressive social policy against reckless, >>>>>> I've-got-mine individualism backed up by insistent and violent >>>>>> paramilitary visions. Jared Lee Loughner appears to be a conspiracy of >>>>>> one. But the gun in his hand, the language and images he absorbed >>>>>> daily, even the fact that no institution was prepared to catch him as >>>>>> he went over the edge—those are a product of political design and >>>>>> intention nurtured over a generation. There is an opportunity now to >>>>>> show a different America. That doesn't mean only rejecting gunsight >>>>>> ads or turning away from threatening campaign rhetoric; it means >>>>>> leaders from President Obama on down clearly articulating a social >>>>>> compact, which is the only real route to safety for politicians and >>>>>> citizens alike. >>>>>> >>>>>> More: >>>>>> http://www.thenation.com/article/157730/tragedy-arizona >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options& help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community at >>>>> http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> * It's >>>>> active and moderated. 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