I thought maybe, just maybe, the fright wing bloviators like Limbaugh and Beck would tone down their vitriolic acts in the wake of last Saturday’s rampage in Tuscon. But no, if anything the conservative commentators and Tea Party people are playing a fearless game of defense, calling out liberals for politicizing the tragedy, and boldly [...]
Following the assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and massacre of many others in Tucson, conservatives on the internet and in the media have begun a campaign of disinformation about the identity of the gunman. Using fragmentary evidence ranging from one book in his reading list to his flag desecration to unfounded rumors about his heroes, they are deliberately trying to paint a false picture of Jared Lee Loughner as a liberal.
what should be on trial here is America’s perverted eroticization of violence, in all walks of life, and the still pervasive repression towards sexuality. Hopefully this tragic event will push politicians to “bite the bullet” and get serious about gun control.
Keith Olbermann interviewing Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center who sheds some light into who the would-be assassin of Rep. Giffords is based on the current evidence.
These two people have acted in a way that can arguably be attributed to the cause of the deaths of six individuals, including a federal judge and a young child, as the actions they prescribed – the second amendment remedy against a particularly targeted individual – were being carried out. Incitement to violence? Conspiracy to commit murder? Soliciting a criminal act against a specific individual? Willful disregard? All of these, and perhaps others, are questions that warrant, at least, an investigation.
