Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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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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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.
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.