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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:18 PM Original message |
How to deflect the argument that the left jumped to conclusions in AZ. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, they did create the focus on themselves and have nowhere |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. The police do have many 'persons of interest' and discuss things with many... |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. You'd have to be blind not to see the connections or willfully so. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. +1 |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. For me, it would take more than blindness to make me not see it. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yes, I agree, we can't afford as a nation to ignore this behavior any longer |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. after seeing people carrying guns to town hall meetings... |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Umm... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so democrats were at tea bagger rallies? |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:29 AM Original message |
Ok, I think |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
79. Why do you need a gun at a town hall meeting? n/t |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I carry most everywhere... |
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jvanm (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Loughner was hardly apolitcal, attending Giffords 2007 event and |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can help, if I may |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, but... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. couldn't disagree more. n/t |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. couldn't care less |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Thank you. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Wrong. |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Wrong? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I've done that repeatedly. |
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Pedalpower (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. I'll try... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Thank you. n/t |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. ^ I agree, Maine_Nurse ^ |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I've never tried to run someone off the highway because of their |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
71. "If you see a Subaru with an Obama bumper sticker, stop the driver" |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Thanks for the pure BS. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Only one side is bringing guns to rallies & talking about "2d Amendment remedies." |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I agree with some of that |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Drew Westen , psychologist and neuroscientist: |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. +1 |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
78. Very well stated. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Rhetoric has consequences. |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. We are forgetting our manors. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. the language of the right has been in the spotlight for some time |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. He pointed his gun at a politician. Therefore it was politically motivated. |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Except that it wasn't |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Except that it was |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. wow |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Wow |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Interesting |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Ok, sort of |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. If you read the most current stuff about him, he was a right wing extremist. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. hard to tell |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. He was very unhappy with the wars. Friends said he hated Bush for them. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. He went on about things that only a couple of RW dufuses spread online. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
76. Not that hard to tell. That Mother Jones piece.......... |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Doubtful |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Thanks for weighing in Maine_Nurse. I appreciate your contributions. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Unfortunately, they show very little understanding of the true complexity of mental health issues. |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Well... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. And now you show that you're making assumptions you cannot make. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Then you have no idea what you're talking about. |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Really?? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. In other words, you think you can generalize from a very minute portion of the mh population. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
80. My ex-boss' mother-in-law once said I was evil because I have brown eyes. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
67. Yeah I caught that too |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Confused? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. Well... |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. You caught me... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. If the shoe fits... |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It absolutely WAS a political attack |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'll grant you that... |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No problem |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Absolutely |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Not all Conservative are turd-burglers |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Well said (though I disagree about right-leaning claptrap). |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. A therefore B? That was Jared Loughner's way of reasoning. |
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Mr Generic Other (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. and palin was also calling for the "un-american", julian assange |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. She needs to look at herself and make some serious amends |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. horses..not zebras |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
46. So did right after Fort Hood |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. By admitting it. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
51. Our concerns are not without reason. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
52. I deflect it by telling those folks to ............... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Wish I could rec your post! NT |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. You mean like Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. A couple of things................ |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. You excluded Sara Jane Moore |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. Great post.... |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. After the litany of examples of violence and threats you mentioned... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Exactly.... it's bogus in my Opinion |
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