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I'll agree that I can be a moron. It doesn't make you king of the internets, or even less retarded than you normally are.

Seriously, Palin? Seriously??

Map in question

This map was advertised in a tweet Palin sent out reading "Don't retreat, instead -- RELOAD!".

Now, seriously, you can't just say "You know what? Although we don't believe this had anything to do with the shooting, in retrospect, it was in poor judgment." You can't even just say nothing if you think it had nothing to do with it? You have to insult everyone's intelligence with some retarded lie about how they were never intended to be gun sights? "Surveyor's symbols"?? I've messed with some surveying equipment before and none of it needed to be "reloaded".

No, I'm not saying or even implying that her map had jack-all to do with Giffords being shot. But I didn't wake up this morning and drink a can of lead based paint either to think "Oh, yeah, obviously Palin didn't intend any gun-driven analogies with her map and statements. Surveyor's symbols! That makes sense..." Also, they scrubbed her site yesterday of these maps with the "surveyor's symbols" on them. Go figure.

Pathetic.

Palin just gets scarier and scarier.

I was wondering how long it would be before something like this happened. Living in heavily rural areas full of Varrus type personalities, I can tell you that it is their not-so-secret want to commit heinous acts of violence towards people they genuinely believe are a "threat" to the country-- that being Democrats, "liberals" (by their definition, any person or thing that makes them remotely uncomfortable) and to some extent minorities.

They equate their fellow Americans with difference in opinion to terrorists.

I just saw this in the news this morning in response to the shooting:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/09/arizona.shooting.rhetoric/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

I've seen my wife's grandmother get all bent out of shape over an email she received informing her of the "great and terrible evil" that is health care reform. It is a terrible tragedy when this "political rhetoric" can turn something our country desperately needs into something that sounds like a terrorist attack.

You forgot the Ayn Rand, Animal Farm, Brave New World and complains about US currency not being backed by a gold standard. Come to think of it, I don't see "Rules for Radicals" on his list but then that's a Tea Party favorite anyway.

Gee, now he doesn't seem "left wing" to me. Is there a reason you keep whining about how unfairly you're being treated while making sure in each post to *nudge*nudge* about how he sure doesn't seem "right wing" *nudge*nudge*?

The guy was just some lunatic. It's okay to say that without the additional hypocritical insinuations.

Edited, Jan 9th 2011 1:48pm by Jophiel

What I find funny is that the vehement Anti-Bush rhetoric from the left provided the perfect atmosphere for the whack jobs from the right to say whatever they wish, now. Granted, things are definitely dialed up, that's what shock-jock politics are all about.

Despite the Communist Manifesto being one of this nutters favorite books, it's pretty clear that he wasn't exactly a card carrying democrat. Who do we really put the blame on here, though? Are we going to point the finger at the Glenn Becks out there, or the government and it's people for cultivating an environment where there is a lucrative market on fear and anger? What surprises me is that it took this long for someone lame of mind and susceptible to the modern vitriol to make their voice heard with a trigger.

Don't blame the gun though, blame each and every time someone has to hear the "This guy is our President" or "That guy was your President." This is a nation divided. It's not about the North and the South, anymore though. This is the Fox News vs CNN war. It is REALLY damn funny to see people heading for the hills under the white banner of "We didn't really mean it" while counting the money from their book sales and advertising.

This is only the beginning, I'm afraid. The path ahead is all to clear. Everyone will blame the Tea Partiers and fringe right. The left will utilize the political leverage to ostracize. The center will chew their nails and relent. Rights and liberties will be sacrificed and it will only give the fringe right more ammunition as to why they were so ""crazy"" in the first place. Rinse, repeat, more violence ensues and the loser here will be the sensible.

Edited, Jan 9th 2011 3:25pm by Lefein

Were you too young to remember the Clinton years or were you just not paying attention? I'd say the initial genesis of today's climate had mainly to do with Gingrich, Limbaugh and the politically driven Whitewater "investigation".

How convenient of all of you not to realize this is a human thing. History is full of it, so stop trying to point fingers.

Is it just me or does anyone else find it odd that 5/6 major news outlets are all liberal. If 5/6 are all saying similar things, wouldn't the odd man out be the one that is more likely to be incorrect?

Just saying.

(p.s. who is theifx, he is like a varus wannabe, but he uses to many words.)