Plowman in the Valley Wrote:
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> Again, you're assuming that this guy was a Tea
> Partier or some Republican nut. As far as we know,
> he was a schizo with wild political beliefs.
> Should Republicans condemn all schizos in their
> own ranks? When the facts come out, then we can
> start calling people hypocrites based on their
> acts or omissions. Until then, you and the media
> are just jumping to conclusions and using a lone
> actor as a hammer against an ideology that you
> don't like.
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> Incidentally, Republicans should condemn those who
> use violent rhetoric in their ranks, just as
> Democrats should have condemned those in their
> ranks accusing the last admin of being
> perpetrators of genocide and Nazis. What we should
> all do before we use this tragedy as a teaching
> moment, is step back and determine whether there
> is in fact cause to condemn his actions as an
> outgrowth of this ideology.
I'm not accusing the guy of being a Tea Partier. I'm saying that when a nut opens up on an elected official and kills a Federal judge in a state that has been a hotbed for anti-immigration rhetoric, maybe the GOP leadership should condemn the rhetoric of a major political force that implies the need to use violence against politicians and Federal judges you don't agree with. It's never okay to murder people...or threaten to murder people...simply because you don't agree with them.
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