tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post288195222945667387..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: What Did You Think Would Happen?Dana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-45676474789890004042011-01-11T06:12:30.879-08:002011-01-11T06:12:30.879-08:00Which problem is easier to fix -- the hundreds of ...Which problem is easier to fix -- the hundreds of pests who fill the market for scapegoats, or the millions who believe those accusations because they believe whatever they see on Fox?<br /><br />I'd go higher up the ladder: the media owners who encourage the whole thing. The media oligopoly needs to be broken up.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-47855704712880253862011-01-10T05:24:56.479-08:002011-01-10T05:24:56.479-08:00OK, I might as well add my 4 (adjusted for inflati...OK, I might as well add my 4 (adjusted for inflation) cents.<br /><br />What we are witnessing is a rapid decline of American society and an ignorant public desperately looking for scapegoats. It isn't the first time in history this has happened and it certainly won't be the last. <br /><br />Recently, Rush Limbaugh signed an 8 year, 400 MILLION dollar deal with Clear Channel. And where do you think this money is coming from? Frankly, bigotry and vitriol have become big business and opinion makers on the right are pushing the envelope to cash in. I doubt if even half of these idiots actually believe the vicious, irresponsible rhetoric they are putting out. But hey, why offer tofu when their market is demanding red meat?<br /><br />Dana, it really isn't the Jan Brewers, Sarah Palins, Sean Hannitys, and all of their like who are causing tragedies like this. Pests like these will always be with us. The real enablers are the millions of citizens who buy into the disgusting fantasies these people create.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02107206395412209448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-18556891256051687632011-01-09T16:30:14.134-08:002011-01-09T16:30:14.134-08:00Thank you for putting some context to this sensele...Thank you for putting some context to this senseless tragedy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300472002179518929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-70762117654977749062011-01-09T14:36:10.910-08:002011-01-09T14:36:10.910-08:00Well thought out... well researched... well writte...Well thought out... well researched... well written. Thank you.Don McCumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729389769490665211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-79601999103672202652011-01-09T12:53:42.220-08:002011-01-09T12:53:42.220-08:00Palin's little targets and her casual referenc...Palin's little targets and her casual references to firearms aren't the problem, at least in and of themselves. It takes a lot more than that to turn people hateful. It takes years of blaming particular groups of people for problems that they, in most cases, didn't have the power to either create or fix in the first place. Without that, those little Palinisms would be nothing more than amusing examples of rhetoric that's big on testosterone and short on thought.<br /><br />Unfortunately, none of the people you mention is going to accept responsibility for this, and individually, they're right. No one person made this guy start hating those particular people. Who knows what he ultimately would have done. He might have spent too much time watching <i>Stargate</i> and decided that his Representative was a malevolent space alien. That last video of his shows a remarkable disconnect from reality. Unless someone made it a point to wind him up and set him loose, I doubt that anyone in particular can be blamed.<br /><br />Sarah Palin is no more responsible for that than Martin Scorsese is responsible for the assassination attempt on President Reagan. Expecting her, or anyone else on that side of the political spectrum, to show any sense of responsibility or remorse for this is an exercise in futility. Damn few on our side would if the situation were reversed somehow.<br /><br />What I keep concluding after these things is that it's really foolish to let people who are that unstable have unsupervised access to firearms. How to change that without making the government even more powerful than it already is, I don't know, but that's about all I can conclude.<br /><br />That, and we're no safer in a society where everyone can carry a gun if he wants to. Pretty clearly, "everyone" includes too many people who can't handle the responsibility.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-74487790716588187072011-01-09T12:52:21.930-08:002011-01-09T12:52:21.930-08:00Palin's little targets and her casual referenc...Palin's little targets and her casual references to firearms aren't the problem, at least in and of themselves. It takes a lot more than that to turn people hateful. It takes years of blaming particular groups of people for problems that they, in most cases, didn't have the power to either create or fix in the first place. Without that, those little Palinisms would be nothing more than amusing examples of rhetoric that's big on testosterone and short on thought.<br /><br />Unfortunately, none of the people you mention is going to accept responsibility for this, and individually, they're right. No one person made this guy start hating those particular people. Who knows what he ultimately would have done. He might have spent too much time watching <i>Stargate</i> and decided that his Representative was a malevolent space alien. That last video of his shows a remarkable disconnect from reality. Unless someone made it a point to wind him up and set him loose, I doubt that anyone in particular can be blamed.<br /><br />Sarah Palin is no more responsible for that than Martin Scorsese is responsible for the assassination attempt on President Reagan. Expecting her, or anyone else on that side of the political spectrum, to show any sense of responsibility or remorse for this is an exercise in futility. Damn few on our side would if the situation were reversed somehow.<br /><br />What I keep concluding after these things is that it's really foolish to let people who are that unstable have unsupervised access to firearms. How to change that without making the government even more powerful than it already is, I don't know, but that's about all I can conclude.<br /><br />That, and we're no safer in a society where everyone can carry a gun if he wants to. Pretty clearly, "everyone" includes too many people who can't handle the responsibility.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-26859408653503130682011-01-09T10:32:40.721-08:002011-01-09T10:32:40.721-08:00Amen.
Thank you for articulating so well what so ...Amen.<br /><br />Thank you for articulating so well what so many of us have been trying to say since what happened.<br /><br />And I agree with george.w. Our culture is rife with violence. And if you don't follow along with that violence, you're a "hippie" or wishy-washy or a pansy or whatever other derogatory term people can come up with to try and make you feel bad for being less than violent.<br /><br />And people wonder why we need so many domestic violence programs in our nation.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268407996242055175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-73610274144952874162011-01-09T06:38:28.543-08:002011-01-09T06:38:28.543-08:00So well said.
Our culture is one of violence, dri...So well said.<br /><br />Our culture is one of violence, driven in part by the violent rhetorical style of the FOX News network and such popular corruptions as <strong>24</strong>.george.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893495384863805805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-70290051138080733942011-01-09T05:06:20.143-08:002011-01-09T05:06:20.143-08:00The people that used this rhetoric were warned. Th...The people that used this rhetoric were warned. They simply did not care.Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-43891550920168790202011-01-09T02:45:47.885-08:002011-01-09T02:45:47.885-08:00you put into words what i was unable to.
thank ...you put into words what i was unable to. <br /><br />thank youSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304929560878904921noreply@blogger.com