tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post4575330133696725614..comments2024-03-20T08:04:12.851-04:00Comments on Right, Wing-Nut!: Is the media using the Gabrielle Giffords attack as a "Reichstag Fire"?The JerseyNuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294235408620262661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-75137363419828820342011-01-10T00:28:13.856-05:002011-01-10T00:28:13.856-05:00"Paul Krugman, economic psychotic of the New ..."Paul Krugman, economic psychotic of the New York Times ..."<br /><br />Hah! Perfect description.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239448757212552410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-11247747533873896442011-01-09T11:51:26.328-05:002011-01-09T11:51:26.328-05:00Lone nutjob. Doesn't seem like he heard any p...Lone nutjob. Doesn't seem like he heard any political rhetoric at all save his own.<br /><br />Although the Mein Kampf angle, and the point that Gabrielle Giffords was Jewish, is a fact that many seem to be studiously ignoring. That bothers me - was this in fact a hate crime, just not the one the media wants it to be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-35142403299566548612011-01-09T11:04:58.676-05:002011-01-09T11:04:58.676-05:00Partisan propagandists on both sides, whether it&#...Partisan propagandists on <i>both</i> sides, whether it's Rush Limbaugh or Keith Olbermann, have sought to appeal to our worst fears and emotions, never letting facts interfere with the ratcheting up of the partisan hatred (or ratings). With all the angst added to a difficult economy, violence was bound to erupt. A number of local congressional offices have already been attacked. Sooner or later, somebody was going to get shot.<br /><br />Maybe it is time everyone dials down the rhetoric. It may not be as exciting or get the same ratings, but maybe rational discourse is the patriotic thing to do rather than the mutual demonization that is currently practiced. Free speech is not free of consequences. For everyone’s sake, let’s keep the crazy talk from reaching the crazy people.NJ Centristhttp://tinyurl.com/36voeygnoreply@blogger.com