tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post327068464161980359..comments2023-06-28T04:54:16.142-07:00Comments on Anthroslug the Much Put-Upon: Arizona Shootings and Jumping to ConclusionsAnthroslughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12455234504938025982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-29019673405093304762011-01-12T08:58:54.209-08:002011-01-12T08:58:54.209-08:00Diana: Funny thing is, when a friend posted this...Diana: Funny thing is, when a friend posted this over on his Facebook account, I was called "insane" for suggesting that it was even possible that the shooter might have been influenced by the world around him. So, even when you try to be calm, you'll piss people off.Anthroslughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047686739793030565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-3135286167388953272011-01-12T07:59:19.324-08:002011-01-12T07:59:19.324-08:00What is this? A rational discussion of the Arizon...What is this? A rational discussion of the Arizona shootings? On the Internet? Don't you know you're supposed to be finding someone to blame and then using heated rhetoric and hyperbole to demonize them!<br /><br />I would like to blame the heated rhetoric from the likes of Beck, Limbaugh and Fox but I suspect that the suspect is mentally ill (right age, right bizarre rantings). I also wish the statements about the hate mongers being to blame would lead to a calm, rational discussion of political language but I might as well keep wishing for that pony I've been wanting since I was a little girl. I'm more likely to get the pony!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328488668540053999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-77874527244882273862011-01-11T21:35:08.198-08:002011-01-11T21:35:08.198-08:00Yeah. Everything I'm reading indicates that t...Yeah. Everything I'm reading indicates that this guy was seriously deranged. The political rhetoric may not have helped, it might even have given him a direction and target, but we simply don't know much yet and I am frustrated by people jumping to conclusions.Anthroslughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047686739793030565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540283839479085577.post-23789646896531887992011-01-11T19:04:16.903-08:002011-01-11T19:04:16.903-08:00Oh, thank goodness, Matt. Another voice of reason....Oh, thank goodness, Matt. Another voice of reason. I'm trying to make this point to a number of friends on facebook (who even share my left-of-center political leaning). They've clearly jumped the gun (pun intended) and published posters that Sarah Palin put up "targeting" various members of Congress with all sorts of tongue-clucking related to how awful Palin is. Well, she *is* awful, but jumping to blame all of this on her or any other right wing hatemonger is premature and plays into the hands of their moron followers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com