Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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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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ford_prefect42

ford_prefect42

January 10 2011, 14:06:51 UTC 10 years ago

It is even sadder that so many of the democrats choose to blame the actions of a schizophrenic leftist on the words of an uninvolved Alaskan politician.

No, this had nothing whatever to do with "right wing rhetoric". You attempts to blame it on it... I don't even know what to say to democrats anymore. I am not sure that there remains any room for reconciliation when you do things like suggesting that we be imprisoned for stating our opinions.

Why have you done this?
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

January 10 2011, 19:15:23 UTC 10 years ago

Just after the news hit, one of the more insightful folks I read had predicted that people would try to blame this incident on liberals. Since liberals rarely advocate violence, I am unconvinced.
ford_prefect42

Re: Well...

ford_prefect42

January 10 2011, 19:23:22 UTC 10 years ago

"Since liberals rarely advocate violence"

No. Liberals advocate violence all the time. More in fact than conservatives do, although fractionally. But that could just be perspectives. Anyway, the guy that was described by his classmates as a "left wing extremist", that was a 9-11 truther, etcetera, well... Lets just say that there is ample reason to think that he was not a mccain voter. How often do youy see Che t-shirts? Or Mao? Those are very specific endorsements of genocide and terrorism. Not seeing much in the way of mcveigh t-shirts.

All that said, he was an irrational mentally ill drug addict. Looking for coherent political beliefs will not likely be fruitfull.