Merged Rep. Giffords Shot In Tucson

[MattusMaximus]

You need to refrain from commenting until this individual has been evaluated by a competent professional. All you are doing is engaging in hypocritical speculation. See now why you shouldn't try to control others and lecture them?

You're right, we should continue to point the fingers for this evil act at our political "enemies". That will fix everything!

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

Dup post.

 

[Drudgewire]

Apparently, some conservative blogs are claiming this was a liberal conspiracy made to make Republicans look bad.

So they're blaming this on those with differing political ideologies despite having no evidence to back up their accusations? How utterly irresponsible and thoughtless.

 

[thaiboxerken]

So you should obviously engage in similar speculation & conspiracy mongering, because that will help!

It's not that far of a leap to speculate that this guy is a teabagger. After all, they do have very violent rhetoric and have already vandalised democratic representatives offices.

 

[Thunder]

I am glad the perp. was not killed. But I do hope some guys jumped on his **** ing head before he was taken in.

And maybe a few kidney punches. And a nice downward smash to the bridge of his nose.

 

[thaiboxerken]

Ok, Mattus and Drudgewire, let's make a bet on it.

 

[TraneWreck]

You do not yet have the evidence to support your (implicit) conclusion, unless you care to show everyone else your crystal ball, perhaps?

Nothing I've said is dependent upon a particular factual outcome.

 

[MattusMaximus]

So they're blaming this on those with differing political ideologies despite having no evidence to back up their accusations? How utterly irresponsible and thoughtless.

No joke. The confirmation bias is so thick in here you could cut it with a knife. So much for skepticism

ETA: For those who care, it is worth noting that I'm a liberal Democrat.

 

[Denver]

The president is live on this now. CNN.COM

ETA: Nothing really new, however.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Just ignore Mattus and speculate all you want. Anyone want to put up some odds that the shooter is a tea-bagger?

Odds went down with the YouTube and MySpace stuff if that turns out to be the shooter's.

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

Less than 20 minutes, congrats, Thunder!

(Incidentally, he probably wasn't a teabagger. THe operative word is 'crazy')

 

[Monketi Ghost]

I am glad the perp. was not killed. But I do hope some guys jumped on his **** ing head before he was taken in.

And maybe a few kidney punches. And a nice downward smash to the bridge of his nose.

Violence *bam!* -is- *pow, whap, wham* bad!
*thud kickpunch*

 

[MattusMaximus]

Nothing I've said is dependent upon a particular factual outcome.

Nothing you've said is dependent upon facts, either.

 

[Drudgewire]

Ok, Mattus and Drudgewire, let's make a bet on it.

Dude have you watched his youtubes? This guy's tea is made out of mushrooms.

 

[Thunder]

I'll bet the guy is mentally disturbed, but still is a fan of right-wing politics and personalities.

....a little redundant...I know.

 

[A'isha]

Dude have you watched his youtubes? This guy's tea is made out of mushrooms.

Pretty much, yeah.

 

[MattusMaximus]

One thing's for sure, if the rhetoric I've seen here and elsewhere on the Internet is any indication: some of our politically-oriented media will have a frakkin' field day with this, using it as the latest excuse to sell the latest swill to us. I can't wait for all the political talking heads on Fox News, MSNBC, etc to twist this tragedy into some kind of argument for why their side is good and the other side is evil. More slop for the pigs to gobble up

 

[fuelair]

Why should it have been expected here at JREF?

Not sure, probably though for the reasons I gave that you cut out of the quote.

 

[Dorian Gray]

You're right, we should continue to point the fingers for this evil act at our political "enemies". That will fix everything!

Either refrain from speculation, or shaddap. If you speculate on ANYTHING, then tell everyone else to refrain, you are an annoying hypocrite.

In case it isn't clear, this includes the mental health of the shooter. You don't know what this is, and you don't have facts on it, so who the hell are you to lecture anyone about speculation and expressing their opinions?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

No joke. The confirmation bias is so thick in here you could cut it with a knife. So much for skepticism

ETA: For those who care, it is worth noting that I'm a liberal Democrat.

You are misreading posts, especially TW's.


Tell us why all those references to violence in the Repub campaigns are of no consequence?


Now there's a Repub Congressman on MSNBC calling the shooter a "monstrous degenerate", "a lunatic with a scrambled brain". That is not what we are saying here. How sad for the mentally ill to be called monsters, if that is the case here. The Repub is doing so to downplay any link to their political tactics.

But the rhetoric calling for violence IS A FACT regardless of how much or little in contributed here.