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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on January 9, 2011 at 4:47pm

Meh, I don't think I want to give her any more of my time. She's going down. Just thought I'd post in case you ran into this bullshit on Twitter like I did.

 

It's very frustrating to see people quote personal responsibility and then take no responsibility.

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Permalink Reply by Keith J. on January 9, 2011 at 10:22pm

I share your conviction that Palin shouldn't get any extra media attention for this.

 

However I fully expect her to attempt to grab some of the spotlight, perhaps in some sort of backlash, because of her record as a self-aggrandizing media mogul.

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Permalink Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order) on January 10, 2011 at 7:12pm

When reading that blog, I kept thinking who reads this crap. I'm often unaware of what the radical left is doing, much less the radical right. The petty focus on military aphorisms and symbology (to me) is practically satirical instead of serious. The Onion could take this and fly with it.

So let the radicals take slapstick potshots at each other. Perhaps the polarized political/ideological atmosphere is partly responsible for shootings in AZ, but even those tragedies are overblown in the media. Once again I tune in to see ceremonies and dramatic celebration of how great all the murdered people were, but the same number of kids alone die every fricken day from firearms. (See CDC statistics, if interested.) And unexpected deaths by other causes is even higher. Who cares, right?

I'm just hoping, someday the bozos won't be given so much stage time. I would even vote for Palin in a primary if I could. I hope all the whackos on the right come out and cannibalize.

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Permalink Reply by Pope OoO (Out of Order) on January 10, 2011 at 8:12pm

Sorry to come off that way, folks. Say, is there any way this story can be fun and interesting, as opposed to blood-boiling? I don't want to rain on parades, but this mugshot is interesting!

I'd post the mugshot here if I could be sure it is somehow not copyrighted. I think it's not, so if someone knows for sure that it's ok to post, please do.

I mean seriously, wouldn't Satan himself look like this, right after murdering people and getting caught?

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Permalink Reply by T A A on January 11, 2011 at 12:08am

Typical for people to try and blame the individual instead of the system. As if being mentally challenged absolved right-wingers from constantly displaying and suggesting violent behaviour. Isn't that violent rhetoric most dangerous in the minds of the mentally challenged to begin with?

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Bricklemyer on January 11, 2011 at 7:19am

In all seriousness, the first thing that I thought when I saw it was, "Huh. Glenn Back shaved his head."

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on January 9, 2011 at 5:03pm

Yes , this is very peculiar indeed. Thanks for the links, I wanted to check out more of this.

I'm trying very hard to not come to a conclusion here. This could all be a coincidence , could it not? The killer may not even know who Palin is.

If the killer is somehow connected to Palin or the movement she endorses then serious repercussions are going to be had.

I also found a quote from Palin allegedly saying "Don't retreat! RELOAD!"

The gun sights on the map are one thing ... adding specific names below the gun sights is an entire different political game.

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Permalink Reply by Keith J. on January 9, 2011 at 10:25pm

Yeah, I have to agree with you that it's still too soon to say if Loughner was at all influenced by Palin's (or anyone else's) thinly veiled attempts to incite anger and violence.  Maybe it always will be.

 

Despite this, I'll still gladly hold my breath for those "serious repercussions" that you spoke of.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on January 9, 2011 at 5:51pm

what did she say?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on January 10, 2011 at 12:45pm

Sharron Angle has a plethora of hate filled rhetoric. Check out what she said regarding abortions too. As Roger Waters would say, she's a Pig on the Wing.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on January 9, 2011 at 7:16pm

Not just odd, that is outright disgusting.  

 

That little girl could have been the first female president for all we know, how could someone be so cold hearted as to compare her to Hitler.  

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Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on January 9, 2011 at 7:17pm

Holy crap! Thanks so much for your hard work in bringing that very fascinating post to us here at TA! Riveting!

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