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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 400451" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Oh, please. This "we had no idea anyone would shoot someone because of what we said" is disingenuous. Let's not forget that many many people predicted this. Did he do this BECAUSE of the political climate? I don't know. We may not ever know. But to think that in Arizona's volatile political environment a young man with access to the internet suffering from paranoia directed at the government never heard any of the violent rhetoric used to put some people into office is just beyond naive. It's been done in politics for decades. You stir up people with small minds and when they blow you blame their small minds. </p><p></p><p>I know that there are many of us who hold our breath when the news comes on with an announcement about this type of thing. "Was it my child?" We also know that our children are extremely easily influenced into outrageous behavior. The violent beast was fed and the beast did what everyone knew would happen. Unless it can be proven that this young man had never heard any of the violent rhetoric, we can't ever dismiss that he was influenced by it. Which was the straw that broke the camel's back? Does it matter? No one was lightening the load - that's what matters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 400451, member: 99"] Oh, please. This "we had no idea anyone would shoot someone because of what we said" is disingenuous. Let's not forget that many many people predicted this. Did he do this BECAUSE of the political climate? I don't know. We may not ever know. But to think that in Arizona's volatile political environment a young man with access to the internet suffering from paranoia directed at the government never heard any of the violent rhetoric used to put some people into office is just beyond naive. It's been done in politics for decades. You stir up people with small minds and when they blow you blame their small minds. I know that there are many of us who hold our breath when the news comes on with an announcement about this type of thing. "Was it my child?" We also know that our children are extremely easily influenced into outrageous behavior. The violent beast was fed and the beast did what everyone knew would happen. Unless it can be proven that this young man had never heard any of the violent rhetoric, we can't ever dismiss that he was influenced by it. Which was the straw that broke the camel's back? Does it matter? No one was lightening the load - that's what matters. [/QUOTE]
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