Monday, January 10, 2011

video of Giffords talking about Palin "cross hairs" violent imagery


"Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Talk Palin Cross Hairs" - and in talking about Palin, violent rhetoric and the vandalism of her own office, foreshadows her own violent fate.

At about 2:20 in the Youtube video is the bit where she specifically talks about being in Sarah Palin’s "cross hairs."  

One might say this video was chill-inducing, if one's chill had not already been induced by all the crazy rhetoric on the right.  Yes, I say on the right.  All the commentator and media talk about the troubling "tone of our politics" across the political spectrum is dishonest.  It's the right wing of America that is using violent language and engaging in the occasional act of violence, not the left.  Responsibility for that tone - if not this particular act of violence - lies squarely with the right.  Will the right and Republican leaders own up to it?  If you answered "yes" you haven't been filling out your B*I*N*G*O card properly...

5 comments:

  1. You're absolutely 'right' that the violence-spattered language is coming from gun-rights activists who typically are Republicans. And the uncivil, nasty rhethoric is escalating. But I'm now wondering if this most recent murder spree by a mentally-insane nutjob actually was inspired by these people. Who were the contemporary vitriolic voices inspiring the assassinations, or attempted assasinations, of Lincoln, both Roosevelts, Truman, Kennedy, Ford, Nixon, and Reagan? In the absence of the Anne Coulters, the Sarah's, the Sharon Angle's, ad nauseum, in earlier times, who was to blame? My concern is if these god-fearing media mannequins could actually influence people who are not clinically insane to commit such acts. I absolutely agree with you that they are outrageous and dangerous. I strongly support the freedom of speech, and I know you aren't suggesting these people be outright censored. So the question isn't who is responsible for halting the nastiness, but can it actually be stopped without losing a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy? Ugh.

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  2. I would be looking for introspection and soul-searching on the part of those engaged in violent rhetoric. Which is not asking a lot, but is also asking more than can likely be given...

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  3. That would be nice. But if they didn't search their souls before spewing nastiness, I'm not too optimistic that they would change a thing unless it happened to someone they loved.

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  4. I'd be curious to see how they are treating this on Fox. We don't get Fox in Germany. So sad....

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  5. http://troubletown.com/uploaded_images/ttown1042.jpg

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