Don’t retreat, reload.
– Sarah Palin, mud.
Don’t retreat, reload.
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January 17, 2011 at 3:27 am
I think there are many problems w/ our current political system and how it’s working. I despise the many (usually but not always repubs) politicians that are contributing to the crazy hyperbole and violent imagery that characterize our current political debate and discussion, but I do not think that Palin’s rhetoric and imagery is responsible for this young girl’s murder. OTOH, this stuff doesn’t happen in a vacuum…
January 17, 2011 at 4:20 am
sheep following the media’s twisted words…
when are people going to get it, the media twist things around to try, and make them more ‘news worthy’, so you will watch longer, there sponsors can post more ads/commercials, and they can make even more money…
sure i dont like palin as a politician that much, but i do not think she played any part in the shootings in arizona, just like i do not blame any political party for it…thats like saying pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk, and spoons make people fat…
January 17, 2011 at 4:47 am
Not quite. Spoons, cars and pencils are inanimate objects; politicians are not. People bear responsibility for what they say. though not always for how others may react to their words.
January 17, 2011 at 9:59 am
And no politicians told him to go shooting that day.
January 17, 2011 at 10:41 am
The theory is that Palin’s ads and words may have done just that. That the use of military jargon and iconography imply that violence is acceptable, even called for, in this instance.
January 17, 2011 at 9:25 pm
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January 18, 2011 at 2:23 am
…and apparently no one told him not to either.
January 17, 2011 at 5:19 am
there was a lot of nasty speech coming for the right..
remember Sharon angle?
January 17, 2011 at 7:34 am
“This shouldn’t happen in this country, or anywhere else, but in a free society, we’re going to be subject to people like this. I prefer this to the alternative.”
-John Green, Father of Christina Green (9-year-old girl murdered by Jared Lee Loughner in the Arizona massacre)
January 17, 2011 at 12:01 pm
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January 18, 2011 at 12:22 am
Damn you, you’re not supposed to make sensible and good points. You’re one of the trolls.
January 18, 2011 at 2:31 am
Yes, we’re all aware of past violent political speech and jargon. That excuses it how, exactly? Also, there’s the internet and 24 hr cable news. It’s difficult to get away from it. As reboot (I think it was him) said; sometimes you just have to check out from politics and the news and get yourself centered. It’s very difficult to maintain relationships when in a constant state of pissed-off.
January 18, 2011 at 2:26 am
When and where did he say that? C’mon people, gotta link this kind of thing.
January 18, 2011 at 2:43 pm
If you type in the entire phrase into Google, you’ll get a lot of hits.
It took me about 5 minutes to sort through the re-blogging to find an original story & context: www.aolnews.com/2011/01/10/arizona-shooting-youngest-victim-christina-green-had-zest-for/
The quote came from a CBS “The Early Show” interview he did and it was (the father) John Green’s closing comment.
January 18, 2011 at 2:47 pm
correction (no easy way to edit here): TFA referenced two interviews John Green. The quote was actually from his NBC Today show interview.