Do you mean like... Democrats do as well? I really don't get what you are trying to say about all this.
That is exactly what I am trying to say.
Gun and Military metaphors have been used in politics on both sides FOREVER and nothing ever came from such things.
The last time that the American political climate was so charged that people were using guns and military metaphors at campaign rallies, we ended up with Timothy McVeigh.
Show me the last time that anybody advertised an anti-whoever rally that featured the symbolic firing of an automatic weapon as a selling point and maybe I'll believe that you have a point.
You're ignoring the fact that immediately after Palin published her crosshairs-map, vandalism against the congressional offices featured on the map increased three times over compared to what it had been the past several years. If anything, that should have immediately clued Palin in that some very, very violent people were taking her rhetoric literally.
As for the rest of your comment, I can tell that you don't know jack shit about mental health and you are clearly incapable of having an intelligent discussion about Jared Loughner. Not only do you have no idea what "mentally unstable" even means, but you're actually trying to argue that Loughner burning an American flag and dreaming while awake are somehow evidence of his psychosis. Er. The fact that Loughner had mental health problems is absolutely not up for debate, but the fact that you would point at those things as evidence of his mental health problems shows that you have no idea what you're talking about.
and everyone trying to make it into something political makes me feel ill.
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That is exactly what I am trying to say.
Gun and Military metaphors have been used in politics on both sides FOREVER and nothing ever came from such things.
The last time that the American political climate was so charged that people were using guns and military metaphors at campaign rallies, we ended up with Timothy McVeigh.
Show me the last time that anybody advertised an anti-whoever rally that featured the symbolic firing of an automatic weapon as a selling point and maybe I'll believe that you have a point.
You're ignoring the fact that immediately after Palin published her crosshairs-map, vandalism against the congressional offices featured on the map increased three times over compared to what it had been the past several years. If anything, that should have immediately clued Palin in that some very, very violent people were taking her rhetoric literally.
As for the rest of your comment, I can tell that you don't know jack shit about mental health and you are clearly incapable of having an intelligent discussion about Jared Loughner. Not only do you have no idea what "mentally unstable" even means, but you're actually trying to argue that Loughner burning an American flag and dreaming while awake are somehow evidence of his psychosis. Er. The fact that Loughner had mental health problems is absolutely not up for debate, but the fact that you would point at those things as evidence of his mental health problems shows that you have no idea what you're talking about.
and everyone trying to make it into something political makes me feel ill.