Clearly, he was urged on by liberal advocacy of violence, such as this call to murder Republicans by then-candidate Obama:
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.”
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It’s been interesting to watch the media go bonkers over the last day regarding the mass murder in Arizona yesterday. It is abundantly clear that the killer, Jared Loughner, was a grade-A nutjob, very likely schizophrenic. What little coherent political leanings he seemed to have appear to be at least vaguely left-leaning, such as listing the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf among his favorite books (but also Ayn Rand’s “We The Living”). There is not the slightest shred of evidence that this goofball even noticed the likes of Glen Beck and Sarah Palin… but the news channels and online forums are loaded to the gills with people who believe that this guy was motivated by some supposed threats against the Left made by Tea Partiers, Beck, Palin and company. Of course, many of these people also assumed that the Times Square bomber was a Tea Partier.
One very popular image over the last day is this one posted by Palin before the midterm elections that supposedly shows Dem candidates in “rifle sights:”
Notice those “crosshair” signs on the map? Small problem… those aren’t sniper rifle crosshaiors, those are “benchmark” symbols. And where are “benchmark” symbols used? Why… on maps, as it turns out.
And then there’s this map from the Democrat party… that not only does pretty much the same thing (but with “bullseyes” instead of benchmarks), but also uses entertainingly violent language… “targeting strategy,” “enemy lines,” “ripe targets.”
American politics is often described as a “blood sport,” and similar terms. Political opponants as “the enemy.” And every now and then, some psycho goes bugnuts and kills someone. Thing is, there need not have been a political reason for the killing, as seems to be the case here; but that won’t stop the conscienceless hacks from using that killing in order to tar their political opponants… as we’ve been seeing over the last day. I fully expect to see some interesting new laws being pushed in the next few weeks… gun control laws and speech restrictions (such as the Orwellianly-named “fairness doctrine”) specifically.
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Well… nice try, Scott. 😀
However, on Nov. 4 of last year, ol’ “Don’t retreat-RELOAD” Sarah herself tweeted:
‘Remember months ago “bullseye” icon 2 target the 20 Obamacare-lovin’ incumbent seats? We won 18 out of 20 (90% success rate; T’aint bad)’
http://twitpic.com/3ofie7/full
As far as the guy being right-wing or left-wing, he was nuts-wing – the “Big One-Eyed Gray Scaly Bird” message is the favorite of mine so far:
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/01/08/the-crazed-internet-rantings-of-jared-loughner
I can see what he’s the only person that realizes there is still a terrible threat to this nation from lurking one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eaters.
The government oppressed him; the currency system oppressed him; grammar oppressed him; algebra oppressed him; reality _REALLY_ oppressed him.
America: land of opportunity
This puts this assasin in the same category as Mark David Chapman for
the infamous murder of John Lennon in 1980. I still remember the announcement the next day when I myself was just starting college
that fall after graduating high school that spring. Anyway Chapman was
another Grade A nutjob that worshipped the book “Catcher in the Rye” and
was sitting in front of the apartment after shooting Lennon reading the book
when the police arrived to arrest him.
> This puts this assasin in the same category as Mark David Chapman
Or John Hinckley, who tried to whack Reagan in order to impress an actress. There are lots of out-and-out nutjobs in the world, and while we cannot defend against all of them, what w *can* try to do is not accept lies or wild-ass unfounded speculation about their motives for political purposes.
> Sarah herself tweeted: ‘Remember months ago “bullseye” icon …
Which points out that Palin herself was not well aquainted with the genesis of the artwork. Hardly surprising… the chances are slim that she herself put the little map together, but at best someone on her staff.
nice analysis, mr lowther
i wonder why each time some one try to assasin a US politician
there declared “Insane” by police and US media
Jared Loughner just “misinterpret” the right for forfreedom of expression
i don’t get me wrong here, wat he dit is NOT acceptable !
but politicians have to realize, that there subordinate don’t take it anymore
there incompetency, specifically in US.
here in Belgium, the politicians overreact hysterical on Tucson shooting
they just realize it, that gona happen to them SOON
NOTE:
time since Belium has no new Goverment since elections: 220 Days
last week compromise coalition proposal nummer 75 was rejected
by Fleemish and Wallon politicians who simultaneously declared:
“this compromise favoured the opposition and discriminate Us !”
last weekend a 6 year old boy told me:
“under Adolf [Hitler], Belgium would be better [governed]”
that creeps me out…
> i wonder why each time some one try to assasin a US politician
there declared “Insane” by police and US media
It’s not *always* so, but much of the time assassins and attempted assassins of US politicians *are* full-blown bugnuts. Given how populous and rowdy the American public is, and how the American political population is full of jackasses, there are suprisingly few real attempts at assassination. This is *perhaps* due to the effectiveness of the Secret Service, and *perhaps* due to the fact that apart from the criminal element, most Americans may be angry, but we’re not especially violent. This leaves assassination attempts to the crazies.
[…] So earlier today I wrote… […]
“i wonder why each time some one try to assasin a US politician
there declared “Insane” by police and US media”
You mean you got that diagnosis from the police and the media? I got it from the guy’s YouTube videos. He was nattering on about mind control, literacy and the need for a new currency in a bizarre fashion that made no sense whatever.