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Opinions/Editorials Title: Right Wing, Tea Party Trying To Mitigate Damage From AZ Shooting When Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on a group of Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ constituents, it was not on the orders of anyone specific, but it was after more than two years of demonization coming from within the Right that had been largely ignored and rarely denounced from within the Conservatives of the United States. Right now, there is a push to mitigate the damage done to the Conservatives by Loughner’s actions, but it is not likely to succeed. The extreme and violent rhetoric has been seen to have come from the Right, and the American public are not going to be dissuaded from saying that enough is enough. That it took the deaths of six- including a nine year old girl- to bring this nation to this point is horrific. Now the question is, was this act by Loughner a Kent State or a Fort Sumpter? There are those on the Right who are trying to push back. They are trying to link Jared Lee Loughner to the Left using often flimsy evidence and Glenn Beck talking points. Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center feels that it may be difficult to directly link Loughner to the Right, but his rhetoric is that of the Right.
Yesterday, LGR looked at how Loughner’s beliefs matched up with those of Ron Paul on the Gold Standard, and various people on the Right with regards to the PC Thought Police. I forgot one detail- the destruction of the Contitution. For as much as the Tea Party and the Right wants to wrap themselves up in the Constitution, they do a good job of advocating the repeal of much of it. For instance, this from Talking Points Memo regarding the repeal of the 17th Amendment:
How about the attempt to repeal all or part of the 14th Amendment? Here is an interview between TPM and John McCain:
While many who advocate for these ideas know that it is impossible to really repeal those, and it would be a major mess to do so, there is always that one mind who thinks that if it does not happen, then they government is not listening, and violence is called for. Potok of the SPLC was quoted by TPM as having said:
The rhetoric has been to the extreme, and it has caused so many problems. While there has been some of this on the Left, often that has been condemned and squashed within hours or a day of it having been said. LGR played its part in putting a lid on the extreme rhetoric and calls for violence within the LGBT Community. Those on the Right did not give the order, but they played a part in creating a situation where this happened. The reason why it was hard- impossible in fact- for the Right to blame Al Gore for the shooting at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters is because he never used militaristic rhetoric to defend the need for global climate change legislation the way that the Right have used it to defend their beliefs in the destruction of the Constitution, the return of the gold standard, and the abolition of the ‘PC Thought Police’. There is a perception now that those who are violent on the Right have the tacit blessing of their side while those who are violent on the Left do not. If the Right wants to make amends now, the best thing is to change the rhetoric, tone it down, and discuss these issues like a rational person.Lez Get Real Subscribe to *Tea Party On Parade* Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 15. Right Wing, Tea Party Trying To Mitigate Damage From AZ Shooting How come? The shooter was a liberal Democrat Like you, you know.
#4. To: Rudgear (#1) Right Wing, Tea Party Trying To Mitigate Damage From AZ Shooting Correct! A liberal crazy went bonkers at a liberal/socialist political gathering. The political "left" needs to be scrambling to effect some damage control. Perhaps denial of the problem and blaming events on someone else is their way of doing that.
#5. To: eskimo (#4) Not correct at all. See post #3.
#6. To: Skip Intro (#5) The crazy guy was said to work for the Giffords campaign in 2007.
#7. To: eskimo (#6) The crazy guy was said to work for the Giffords campaign in 2007. Truth to these people is like garlic to a werewolf. Kind of funny watching them recoil.
#9. To: Rudgear (#7) Truth to these people is like garlic to a werewolf. Kind of funny watching them recoil. This is unbelievable. It is like they are in a different dimension and our reality is unknown to them.
#11. To: eskimo (#9) This is unbelievable. It is like they are in a different dimension and our reality is unknown to them. Their whole lives and beliefs are built upon lies. Do you think they can face that horrible fact this late in their lives? They have no respect for truth to the point of no longer being able to even recognize it.
#13. To: Rudgear, eskimo, Skip Intro (#11) Their [liberals] whole lives and beliefs are built upon lies. Do you think they can face that horrible fact this late in their lives? They have no respect for truth to the point of no longer being able to even recognize it. I have a question for you, Rudgear: are you a pristine, conservative wall-flower tacked on the wall about EVERYTHING in your life? This liberal-conservative tug 'o war that Rush Limbaugh claims is silly. It discounts reality and doesn't address the REAL world around us.
#15. To: buckeroo (#13) are you a pristine, conservative wall-flower tacked on the wall about EVERYTHING in your life? Would you mind translating that into English?
Replies to Comment # 15. Do you claim that you are a "conservative" and live with every breath you take a conservative life style?
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