We're Arizona shooting victims too, says Tea Party co-founder

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

A nine-year-old girl lies in the morgue. A member of Congress faces a lifetime of struggle to recover from a bullet in the brain. A city is bracing itself for a string of funerals as it tries to fathom the carnage.

But Trent Humphries says there is another innocent victim left by Jared Lee Loughner's killing of six people and wounding of 14 others in his assassination attempt against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. It is his Tea Party movement and, more particularly, his family. The killings, he says, are evolving into a conspiracy to destroy his organisation and silence criticism of the government.

Humphries is the co-founder of Tucson's Tea Party, a movement besieged by accusations that its use of the rhetoric of armed resistance against political opponents played a role in the shootings.

The local sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, quickly pointed the finger at the growing vitriol, hate and anger directed against the government on talk radio and by Tea Party supporters in Arizona, where Democrats and liberals from President Obama to Giffords are portrayed as enemies of the people, un-American or Nazis.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/11/arizona-shootings-tea-party

[valerief]

1. What a perfect waste of oxygen. nt

[Xipe Totec]

2. Tell him next time, don't aim at your own foot. nt

[BeyondGeography]

3. If only it were true

[bemildred]

4. Priceless. nt

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Keep talking, teabagger!

Ludicrous statements like this serve to remind the world that your astroturf 'movement' is populated by loons.

[Crowman1979]

9. I wouldn't be surprised if their Savior (Palin) runs again.

They may have won last year. but the Teaparty will be in for a rude awakening in 2012.

[Mad_Dem_X]

22. +1

[Roy Rolling]

6. They can't be victims....

or John Boehner would have cried for them. I saw no tears, so they are not victims. The Tea Party can blame the Tan Man . . .:cry::cry::cry:

[kestrel91316]

7. No, Trent, you are terrorists, making terroristic threats.

[movonne]

8. The poor tea party is being called names by the liburls...

[HughBeaumont]

10. Wow, just not enough vomit in my stomach for that.

Piece of garbage.

[Hulk]

11. THIS, is what they are sooooo good at!! "labeling"

The repukkkes and the teabagger/reich winger brown shirts are GREAT at this: giving names that suggest either the opposite or a totally different meaning to what their intentions are. "The jobs killing Obama-care", "we are the victims", etc. It's just propaganda nonsense..and they are masters at the use of it.

The educated and clear minded Americans know it's nonsense. But the other 95% of this country swallow it up, repeat it, and they believe it. It's PROPAGANDA and totally brilliant.

The Democratic Party is too honest and too ethical to play this bull shit game...but we are being left in the dust with the sweep of it's effect.

THIS is where the neocon/fascist party excel in this country.....PROPAGANDA and how to use it.

[tridim]

12. Not surprising that the teabaggers don't get it.

[Historic NY]

13. What a puke.

[breadandwine]

14. Poor baby!!!!!! The persecution of the Tea Party must end! Help the morally handicapped!!!!!

Did you ever consider it from THEIR perspective? It's not easy fighting for truth, justice and shooting people!


Leave the poor Tea Party alooooooooooooooooooone !!!!!!!!!


Let there be mercy for right wing and Republican cry babies!!!!!!!!!!

[Jefferson23]

15. True to form, they are the victims too! n/t

[Kali]

16. I might have some question about how much Loughner was influenced by this shit

but there is no question jack-asses spewing it do NOT get to be "victims"

fuck off, Humphries!

[Mr. Sparkle]

17. What a piece of garbage.

these right wingers have no shame.

[mbperrin]

18. So Humphries' feelings hurt = dead 9 year old girl.

Wow.

Come to Texas; I'll get your mind right off your feelings within minutes of our face to face, Humphries.

Can't fix stupid, BUT I think you can make it keep its mouth shut, cept for breathin', of course.

[notadmblnd]

19. No, they're victims fo the corporate facists who are funding their particular

chapter of the Tea Party and playing them for the useful idiots they are. Who knows, maybe the Koch brothers have grown tired of the game? Maybe, they've decided to pull the plug on their little operation? Maybe they've finally gotten all the mileage out of their useful idiots that they can, and are now plotting another strategy? Perhaps they've completed their agenda and don't need them any longer? For whatever reason, I think the Tea Party died over the weekend and I'd be surprised if we're still reading about the antics of the likes of Sarah and company come next June.:shrug:

[Plucketeer]

31. Yup..

I do believe that intermediary, Dick Armey, ought to send these folks some butt salve. That's the least he could do for his puppet mouthpieces.

[madamesilverspurs]

20. Not surprised, dang it. Wish I could be.

Check out this excellent piece about "Right Wing Victimhood" --

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/011011.html


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[Brother Buzz]

27. In many other cases, the Right has found “victimhood” a powerful political motivator.

Indeed, a good read. Thanks.

[Harry Monroe]

21. Oh please Humphries!! Do us all a favor and go fuck yourself!!

[Iggo]

23. Yeah, it's all about you, Trent.

[DCKit]

24. I'm glad the Tea Baggers are providing some comic relief for the Brits.

They could use a good chuckle with all the crap they've been dealing with.

[Iliyah]

26. Tea Bats are

always the victims. Spew pure hatred, something happens like this horrid weekend for the 6 who were murdered and the ones who are seriously injured, and all the right wingers can do is think only about themselves, and blame others and lie.

[russspeakeasy]

25. A walking, talking, bag of waste.

[Downwinder]

28. Too bad. I just ran out of sympathy. n/t

[JDPriestly]

29. What a narcissist. All he has to do is express his sincere

condolences and speak up for nonviolent communication and action. Is that so difficult?

It is like the guy who just beat his wife to the point that she has to go to the hospital saying, "Hey, my hand hurts. I'm hurting too."

That is the true indication of a person who lacks the ability to feel empathy.

[defendandprotect]

30. A lot of "lemon" in that T-bagging --

[thecrow]

32. Oh STFU Trent , you self -centered pig whore.

You didn't try to stop ANYTHING in the last two years, and now you can't take it???
Shut up. It's amazing you can even talk with your head so far up your own ass.
Shut up. You now have no right to talk.

[Downtown Hound]

33. So Trent , if Obama makes a public call for your assassination

And puts up a picture with your face on it with a target over your head, and somebody actually follows through with it, then you hereby relinquish any claim to Obama sharing any responsibility in your murder.

Of course, we all know that Obama wouldn't do that, because he actually has some class. Something Republicans will never have.

[Ian David]

34. Tea Party Express Fundraises Off Giffords Shooting: 'Tea Party Won't Be Silenced'

Tea Party Express Fundraises Off Giffords Shooting: 'Tea Party Won't Be Silenced'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x166155

[fascisthunter]

35. no, but you are a very sick and twisted individual

and so are your fanatical followers.

[faz]

36. All victims family should sue all hate radios and tea party

Make them pay!

[mzmolly]

37. Of course they are. They're perpetual victims.

:puke: