This woman nails the violence rhetoric argument

[Drew Richards]

This is an excellent read putting the focus of the blame back on the conservatives.

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2011/01/lets-get-this-straight.html

[The Magistrate]

1. It Is Indeed, Sir

Welcome to the forum.

[Warpy]

2. Welcome to DU

and the punchline is worth the whole article. Unfortunately, their thinking is so distorted they'd never recognize that image for what it is.

Likely Loughner was crazy enough to hurt people at some point, no matter what. However, the vicious rhetoric from the Republicans gave him both targets and justification.

There is definitely blood on their hands, too.

[DCKit]

3. Great Catch! Welcome to DU. nt

[Flubadubya]

4. Ausgezeichnet!!

I hope Keith Olbermann has seen this. :thumbsup:

[Drew Richards]

11. Great Ideal

I'll email it out to Keith, Rachael, Ed, Jon Stewart and Colbert now.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Amen. A post who lays out the facts.

[Heidi]

6. Recommended and welcome!

:kick:

[Arctic Dave]

7. K&R. Fantastic.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Welcome to DU and great post!

[malaise]

9. Excellent post

Rec

[jillan]

10. Excellent! Thank you for sharing, and welcome to DU!

[blondeatlast]

12. Excellent. Thank you. nt

[Ikonoklast]

13. Kick, rec, and welcome.

Great link, she nails it.

[nolabear]

14. Well done, and welcome.

Way to make an intro.

[Fleshdancer]

15. Wow, what an amazing read. A couple of paragraphs:

When, a few months ago, there was a spate of widely-publicized suicides of bullied teens, we had, briefly, a national conversation about the dangers of bullying. But in the wake of an ideologically-motivated assassination attempt of a sitting member of Congress, we aren't having a national conversation about the dangers of violent rhetoric—because the conversation about bullying children was started by adults, and there are seemingly no responsible grown-ups to be found among conservatives anymore.

Faced with the overwhelming evidence of the violent rhetoric absolutely permeating the discourse emanating from their side of the aisle, conservatives adopt the approach of a petulant child—deny, obfuscate, and lash out defensively.


:applause:

[Zoeisright]

16. Wow. That is one of the best things I have EVER read.

Thank you for posting it.

[Drew Richards]

17. Thank the author :)

Thank the author, she did a superb job of laying the facts out...
Her comments are on discus so anybody can post.

Ok, all done, emailed it out to Rachel, Keith, Ed, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

I hope they read it.

Drew.

[Drew Richards]

18. Propagate this please.,

As I am new to DU can some of you help this article propagate so that it doesn't just disappear in all the other posts?

I really really think everybody should read this article.

Please help.

Thank you,

Drew.

[Flubadubya]

19. Am most happy to...

:kick: and rec.

[RagAss]

20. Out of the Park !

[Mojeoux]

21. Great Link, Wise Post nt.

[Tigress DEM]

22. Mollie Ivan's Spirit lingers on it seems! Awesome lady.

Melissa McEwan needs her own talk show!!

I'd listen.

[solara]

23. I agree this is brilliant and refreshing. I posted it on FB and sent it to others to do the same

I think everyone should read it.

Thank you for posting it.

:patriot:

:kick:

[bettyellen]

24. "Sarah Palin published the address of a sitting judge in an effort to encourage harassment and .....

Great comment from the blog, I;ll need to goggle this later:

"In the wake of Saturday's massacre, I would like to remind people that Sarah Palin published the address of a sitting judge in an effort to encourage harassment and intimidation of him. I believe the judge was presiding over Bristol's custody hearing."

[chollybocker]

25. Kudos to the author.

Thanks, DR.

[Dappleganger]

26. Bookmarked, an excellent find!

Welcome to DU. :)

[BrklynLiberal]

27. Excellent blog. Thanks for finding it.

[progressoid]

28. "institutionally endorsed tactic"

This is evidence that, although violent rhetoric exists among US leftists, it is not remotely on the same scale, and, more importantly, not an institutionally endorsed tactic, as it is among US rightwingers.

BRAVO!!

[underseasurveyor]

29. That's what I'm talking about.

:thumbsup:

[patrice]

30. I especially like:

Only progressives "infect" the culture, but conservative hate speech exists in a void.

[Tsiyu]

31. A Hearty Welcome to DU, Drew Richards

and a late night kick for this insightful article

:hi: :kick:

[Raksha]

32. K & R - great article. It was posted on DU previously.

I already posted it on another forum for the edification of the resident wingnuts. They aren't getting too edified as far as I can tell, but they as usual they are aggressively playing the victim. Even more than usual, in fact. That's always a good sign--it means they are running scared.

[patricia92243]

33. I can't get the link to work. Used to be the policy of Du that you had to post at least part of the

article mentioned. Sounds like a good one - wish I could read it :(

PS - Dial-up is all some of us can afford.

[klook]

45. Try this:

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2011/01/lets-get-this-straight.html

OR

http://disqus.com/forums/shakesville/lets_get_this_straight/trackback/

Link to main site:
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/

Hope that helps...

[DeeDeeNY]

34. One line in her powerful post says it all --

"The shooting in Tucson was not an anomaly. It was an inevitability."

[ewagner]

35. forwarded

to my "third way", Ron Paul-loving, "false right/left paradigm" friend...who I actually YELLED at yesterday.

[snappyturtle]

36. Excellent blog! I bookmarked it....lots of great talking points. Now if I can only

remember just a few and have them readily on hand when needed! Thanks for posting.

[indimuse]

37. KNR! n/t

[RoccoR5955]

38. BEST. BLOG. EVER!

It just about sums it up. Quite elaborate, and spot on!
The blood is on CONservatives' hands. Time to hold them responsible!

[Bozita]

51. +1!

[russspeakeasy]

39. Wow...Goddamn Wow...Thank you.

[tpsbmam]

40. Nails it is right! Great find & welcome to DU, DR!

I've seen quite a few great new members of DU. Welcome to one of them!

:hi:

Oh, and ed to say K&R!

[Supersedeas]

41. Thank you for linking this....k&r

[NorthCarolina]

42. Great article, thanks for posting. RECOMMEND nt

[vduhr]

43. Great post. Thank you!

[klook]

44. Outstanding overview of recent RW hate speech

Highly recommended reading. Thanks much for posting.

[Jokinomx]

46. Great article...thanks for sharing....

and welcome to the D.U. ... :-) :toast:

[PatSeg]

47. Excellent article, thanks

Kick and welcome to DU!

[Doctor_J]

48. Spendid read

rec

[DeSwiss]

49. K&R

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[bertman]

50. EXCELLENT!!! REC. nt

[Historic NY]

52. "The shooting in Tucson was not an anomaly. It was an inevitability."

sooner or later the hate speech signals get received by some dimwit receptor.