Shooting in Tucson

The shooting in Tucson, Arizona this past weekend has been stirring up a lot of talk in the Media and speeches about "Unity". But the far right are not even considering the possibility that anything they said could have compelled this man to attempt to assassinate a democratic congresswoman. I was driving home from school with my Dad the other day, and he brought up something he had heard on the news that day. I can't remember who exactly was speaking, he was a democratic, maybe a governor or a mayor, but they were discussing the shooting and the heated political rhetoric that has been growing more and more hostile as days go by. And he apologized for anything that he might have said that could have played a part in this horrible event. He probably had no reason to issue this apology, but in respect for the victims in the shooting and the recovering congresswoman he said it anyway! I have not hear one utterance from anyone in the republican party like this, they all claim that they did ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong. They may have, or maybe not, but they still won't even apologize for any slight detail they might have said that compelled this man to shoot innocent people. It's about compassion, and these people only have bitter pride.

Sarah Palin of course has been defending herself and her rhetoric as though someone is pointing a gun at her. (Which is the opposite of this situation) There has been talk about this map that she had posted on her website with CROSS-HAIRS over swing-districts with democratic congressmen and such. Since the incident she has removed the picture from her website but before she could take it off Facebook I copied it to my desktop, just in case. (I displayed it above) But she and others have exclaimed how it is ridiculous that this could have caused any effect on the shooter! It may not have effected him, or it may have. But pointing cross-hairs at democratic government officials... this woman is known for shooting moose from a helicopter and plenty of other gun-related issues. Most of her following support the right to own guns, and most of them probably own guns. Anyone with this background who follows this woman blindly could probably see this map as a sign that she wants them 'eliminated'. It's a possibility, I just think that it is irresponsible of someone to reference the act of SHOOTING SOMEONE in their political propaganda.