Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: busy

The Words We Say

I've been saying things much like this about the recent shooting, just shorter.
Tags: networking, politics, safety
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haikujaguar

haikujaguar

January 10 2011, 15:06:21 UTC 10 years ago

So if it's obvious that the guy was a lunatic, and not even a political one, why is everyone assuming he was a Republican? And why does no one talk about the conservative judge he also shot?

I am really disappointed in my friends and acquaintances. This is not the community of diversity and tolerance that they talk about. This is not the considered 'assess before we assume' environment that they have told me we all belong in. I don't expect moral, laudable or even responsible behavior from politicians and the media. But my own fellow citizens, and people who know and interact with me? :(
ford_prefect42

ford_prefect42

January 10 2011, 15:29:00 UTC 10 years ago

They are assuming he is a republican because he shot someone.

In particular, he shot someone that Sarah Palin put a croshairs on (well technically, her district, not her personally). Because goodness knows, no true scotsman would ever shoot someone. And the fact that Dkos had, the prior day announced "gabby giffords is dead to me", was completely different. But remember, before anyone knew who he was, before.... Before the echoes had died down, the buzz was all about how it was Palins fault.

Really, I am having difficulties with this one. I am having trouble maintaining courtesy with people calling for my imprisonment. I am having trouble remembering *why* I should retain courtesy.
haikujaguar

haikujaguar

January 10 2011, 15:41:18 UTC 10 years ago

I've been having trouble since the election, really. Things are going really wrong, and while I regularly ignore the national level (which I can't affect), the fact that it spills into things as local and affective as my Friends-list is... painful. And worrisome.