Mns wrote:
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Eric Fuller, one of the victims of the shooting who also campaigned for Giffords
Yeah, because someone who got shot by the dude in question will totally give a completely calm, rational viewpoint on what happened in an editorial.
Excuses, excuses...just because it's understandable doesn't mean it's acceptable.
While Eternal's going off on the "Republican's get this, too..."
Bush/Cheney election offices shot up.Republican Campaign headquarters vandalzied...effigies burned.More vandalism......and even more vandalism......but Republicans/Conservatives are the ones that want to use violence and intimidation to advance their agenda? Let's take a look at who shoots politicians:
Leon Czolgosz: Assassinated President McKinley. His stated motivation? "There was a great injustice in American society, an inequality which allowed the wealthy to enrich themselves by exploiting the poor." Sound familiar? Sure does, but it doesn't sound like anything said by a republican/conservative.
Lee Harvey Oswald: Shouldn't need to tell you, but he shot President Kennedy. Oswald was a defector to the USSR and supporter of communism, which is about as far left as you can get without a prescription.
Sarah Jane Moore: Attempted to kill President Ford, and was a leftist revolutionary political activist.
And let's not forget about the bombings and such perpetrated by the
Weatherman/Weather Underground, who counted Obama supporter/associate Bill Ayers among its members.
There are many more I could list, but don't, because some of those people were also suffering from mental illness, and including them sort of taints the pool. The point is, it is more than a little ridiculous to suggest that it's "the right" perpetrating acts of violence when looking at such acts from a historical perspective, since the majority of past events similar to this, bombings/terrorist acts, and violent overthrows of governemnts were generally committed by those on the left.
Your Pal,
Jubber
