Brief Ramble on the Tuscon Massacre

[motherwell]

On the one hand, it is perfectly obvious by now that the factors that drove Jared Laughner to fire into a crowd at a political event Tuscon, AZ, killing six, were purely psyciatric, and not at all political. If there's a political agenda to be discerned from his words and actions, it is one wholly perverted by the sick workings of a sick mind

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[virginia_fell]

If there's a political agenda to be discerned from his words and actions, it is one wholly perverted by the sick workings of a sick mind.

On the other hand, the exact same thing can be said of the vast majority of the rhetoric we've been hearing from the Republican Party since 1992, if not since 1980.

*splorfle*

And yes, that Giffords herself saw this coming is extremely important and should be getting more attention than it is.

Something that worries me: She's opened her eyes now and is seriously recovering really goddamned fast for someone who was shot through the head. What she says when she's inevitably required to comment on this issue will matter, and I'm going to be sad if she bows to political pressure to say, "Oh, well, I know you've been encouraging people to see me as an enemy in need of killing, but no harm no foul, right? I know you didn't mean it. Let's all be friends." What would be awesome (in my 'sitting here on my couch on the internet' opinion) would be a simple, "I told you this might happen and it did. I was right, and I was right about why. Not taking questions. Have a nice day."