Politicizing the AZ massacre

What dichotomy are you referring to? The Left/Right one?Out of curiosity, if Palin had said that she wished someone would shoot the person, do you think she would then have some responsibility for it?Or if she called supporters to shoot someone, how about then? There has to be some point where she is capable of having some responsibility, no?Here's the "crosshairs image": I don't think its that bad. Plus, how much input do you think Palin actually had on what this image looked like and whether or not it was used?

I was just establishing and making sure that you weren't taking the position that she wouldn't ever be responsible.I found some ambiguity in these lines:

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To the extent that she somehow coerced an insane man to commit murder is terribly asinine, and I find a bigger correlation between the media's lackluster ratings and their penchant to politicize anything. A cheap and lowly ploy, really.

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I think any attempt to draw parallels does so on the pretense of a false dichotomy.

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I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page... Yup, I agree. I don't think the crosshairs are that bad.Its interesting that the victim did mention them before hand though, and if Palin is deleting things she's put out there, then that does raise some red flags.

Oh wow. I was going to joke that if the map had archery targets on it instead of "crosshairs", would that mean that she wanted people to go after them with bows and arrows.I hadn't seen that before, thanks.

I haven't read much about this incident.Do they have any ideas why he did it? Because of her stance on healthcare, or immigration or something?

He shot a member of Congress... of course it was a political motivation I wonder if he was angry about something, or if he was calmly trying making a point.

I've been surfing the webs about this Loughner guy... looked at his youtube channel, saw some of his vids, his myspace is down. Watch some news vids on him, his ex-girlfriends, etc. Psychiatrists speculating that he's schitzo.It looks to me like he is nuts and also had political motivation.He bitched about currency, and language, and... ding ding ding - - - mind control Looks like he lost his mind during the same time he became more interested in politics.I doubt Palin's "Crosshair" map had anything to do with this guy and his motivations at all.

Why are we all assuming that he was right-wing and listened to the Tea Party?

Because otherwise he'd just roll his eyes. How much does it influence your decisions?

That's true. People are calling for that Sherriffs resignation.He came right out with speculation, on camera, and then totally flip-flopped it to the opposite. It went from Loughner having an accomplice and having done stuff like this before to this being his first time and he did it alone.

WTF? The "prediction" was simply that there'd be consequences. Its not as predictable as your making it out to be. Physician. Heal thyself!From Message 43: Well then we could just as well speculate about how much The Itchy and Scratchy Show influenced him instead of conservative taglines.If fact, that is the point being made in this thread.

Non sequitor. What do you know about Loughlin that makes it so obvious?Some of the stuff about him goes against being a conservative. He's apparently an atheist, in that one of his youtube video says he refuses to put trust in God. One of his favorite books was the Communist Manifesto. His favorite youtube video was of an American flag burning. There's the tweets from people who knew him that say that he was left-wing.

Like hippy chicks? Yeah, well... left-wing none-the-less. I hate politics and the goofy-ass definitions it uses.

No, its because the left side has the holier-than-thou attitude... but they're not as holy as they think they are so it must be pointed out.Remeber, if you disagree with the left, then there is something wrong with your brain

A lot of people, too, are bring up Obama's "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."