Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 11:31:42 AM
In reacting to the allegedly Occultist nutcase murder, my Leftist friends are either forgetting or ignoring some things as they rush to blame TEA Partiers, Palin, Republicans, talk radio hosts, and advocates of limited government.
1) This is horrible, but it is not new. Crime is not new. Murder is now new. Shooting sprees are not new. Political assassinations and attempts are not new in America or the rest of the world. There has been no escalation.
2) Right-wingers, TEA Partiers, Republicans, Palin, and limited government types have been targeted for assassinations, threats, hanging/burning in effigy, in hate speech, and in vitriolic comments. In 2004, there was a website with targets on a map meant to note where they were going to try to remove Republicans from office. This was years before Palin placed targets on a map.
See here for more.
3) Nothing Sarah Palin or any prominent Republican said could have prompted this shooting. After all, nothing in the media, such as pop music or television, causes anyone of any age to engage in risky sexual behavior, substance abuse, violence, or crime in general, (unless an LGBT person is the victim). Right?
4) There is no evidence, other than assertions by Democrats, that the shooter was influenced by talk radio or any other comments Leftists don’t like.
5) Even if this guy had attended a Palin rally or TEA Party event, it would not show that he was influenced by such events. All kinds of people attend such events. Any movement or public event/meeting attracts nutcases.
6) The shooter attended community college. Leftists have assured us that education reduces crime. So what happened here? Perhaps he was influenced by his Leftist instructors?
7) If we couldn’t tell what the Fort Hood shooter’s motivations/influences were, how can we know what they were with this guy?