Keith Olbermann Special Comment: 9 Days Have Passed & The Willful Blindness Hasn't Even Slowed Down

[Hissyspit]

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MSNBC Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN - 17 January 2011: Keith Olbermann talks about the response from those responsible for violent rhetoric.

TRANSCRIPT: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41123641/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann

Olbermann on the nine days since Tucson

To date, only one commentator or politician has expressed the slightest introspection, the slightest self-awareness, the slightest remorse, the slightest ownership, of the existence of the fantasy dream cloud of violent language by which we are now nearly blinded

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Jim Hoft breathlessly cited a reference on the 'Free Republic' site to a Facebook page supposedly belonging to Jared Lee Loughner, complete with references to the quote "racist Tea Party" and quote "fight the Right," and identifying his" heroes" as Obama, Chavez, Che Guevara, and Saul Alinsky. Mr. Hoft never noticed that on the alleged Loughner facebook page, the word tyrrany is misspelled. So is the name Loughner.

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Last Monday, another radio announcer named Rush Limbaugh dismissed Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as a liberal, even though last August Fox News was proud to host Dupnik as rescinded his opposition to the Arizona Papers-Please Law once its racial-profiling was toned down; and the year before Dupnik criticized, "catering to illegals." Limbaugh in fact blamed Dupnik for the shootings and added, "My guess is the sheriff wouldn't mind if the shooter was acquitted." Mr. Limbaugh also said, "I would wager that the sheriff knew of this shooter long before this event," which was brave of Mr. Limbaugh, considering the Sheriff had said as much two days previously.

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Nine days have passed, and the willful blindness hasn't even slowed down yet. Besides the total absence of even the glimmer of personal responsibility that Senator McCain and I have evinced, we learn from all this that the right lives in a perpetual state of victimhoo

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And ultimately we learn — especially from Mrs. Palin's foolishness — this template of what the right would do in an actual open-and-shut slam dunk case in which a partisan of the right attempted to kill one of the left. The right would blame that victim blame him or her for not having brought enough security. Or for not having brought a gun.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Thanks so much for posting this...

I missed this tonight... :( :hi:

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Thank you for posting this.

Now that we have cut the cord of tv, I depend even more on DU for clips.

[vaberella]

3. KO---Obama did bear responsibility. He said so in his speech. n/t

[bjobotts]

4. The right always thinks it's the other guy who will get hurt.When violence erupts

even 9yrs old die. Bullets fly without prejudice...even hitting these attention seekers. To say "if ballots don't work then bullets will" is to deny democracy...to assume your way is the only way regardless of what the majority might think. The audience of cowards were too afraid to yell "that is not the American way...this is a democracy decided by ballots. The founding fathers would have yelled to that delusional deranged woman..."You're acting just like the British". Oh the agony to be too stupid to see how stupid you are.

I am the American people...now do what I say.

[Amonester]

5. There is simply no rational discussion or agreement to have with these nutcases.

They've all jumped the shark decades ago, and there's no coming back.

May Keith finally realize that fact, sadly, as we have, here, since a long time.

[bleever]

6. "Willful blindness" is a well chosen phrase.

I appreciate it more with the benefit of some time to think about it.

[spicegal]

7. Thank you Keith. The right's capacity for ignorance, hate,

lack of self reflection, lack of remorse, lack of accountability is truly astonishing. It just leaves me feeling speechless and exhausted. They never let up, not for one second, not even after a horrible tragedy. They're the victim and it's always someone else's fault.

[Stuart G]

8. K and R well said..........nt

[babylonsister]

9. Jeebus, what a bunch of hateful whackadoos, all in one place. Rec'd

for a great, informative comment and more eyes.

[A wise Man]

10. What's so amazing is....

Who is crazier or insane....Rush,Sarah,Bill'0,Shun,Michelle,Beck,etc. or the guy that picked up a gun and shot people?????????????

[1American]

11. Keith's comments

War. Hate. Violence. Racism.-------Evangelical Christian Right Wing Republicans----Tea Party.

[meegbear]

12. Oh SNAP!!

[HopeHoops]

13. K&R

[russspeakeasy]

14. Thanks for the post..I am so damn sick of these rightwing nuts.

[MaeScott]

15. K and R. nt

[davidthegnome]

16. Well said Keith

K & R - do we know yet who created the fake Facebook page?

[DeSwiss]

17. K&R n/t

[BEZERKO]

18. This happened because of a political environment

in which gun use was linked with patriotism and morality. "We came unarmed, this time." "2nd amendment remedies" when your side loses I guess. They've been doing this while attacking the legitimacy of Obama's presidency. The Tea Party and John Boner benefited from violent political confrontations and crosshair language. And now this, a Tea Party murder, it's the result of the irresponsible use of political language. They should accept responsibility for it, publicly, and move on. Failure to do so, well, what does that say of the media, a "network," and those who continue to listen to them?

[Jeneral2885]

19. this is why I prefer British politics

its so much more civil despite the differences between parties.

[Shrader]

20. Spot-on as ever n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

21. They escalated

I was hoping to see more civility, but I also predicted that the Right would escalate their rhetoric and sadly I was correct.

[Swampguana]

22. Great segment Keith

[Paka]

23. Thank you for the posting.

Keith is articulate as always, but those who need to hear it won't listen. I had to run away from the country to get just a little distance from the hate mongers on the right. They will destroy the country. After all, that is their stated goal.

[Turborama]

24. K&R Good segment, why did he mention Malloy, though? Also, Hanna Giles' father getting stuck in?

Quelle surprise!

[Stardust]

26. That was uncalled for. I wonder if Olbermann even listens to Malloy.

If he does, he'd be aware that Mike is venting the rage that we, his followers, are seething with.

[AsahinaKimi]

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[AsahinaKimi]

25. Its unfortunate that KO's message

Falls on deaf right wing ears. The people of the right don't give a damn if a 9 year old was killed. To them its something they can use and twist to their own sick advantage.

[DirkGently]

27. The Right has too much riding on threats of violence, (& too little honesty) to admit fault.

[snappyturtle]

28. Kick!

:kick:

[Stuart G]

29. kick..

maybe we should keep this up for a while..
Stuart