For the record, I'm not making any assumptions about the shooter's motives. I do think that it is telling that Palin et al have pulled their crosshair themed advertisments. Perhaps they realize in retrospect that that type of imagery is in reality more closely associated with fucking lunatics than it is with actual patriots.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
the problem for the right politically is that this highlights their rhetoric. it reframes it. THAT is the issue. conservative on the far right don't like being reframed. they want to control that aspect so they can say what and who they are, using some multi-kulti logic that they oppose to force their bizarre-o worldview onto others as if it were coherent, rational. but it's neither. it's just another form of neo-fascism. the palin-y tea party-y worldview is just another form of neo-fascism. when they control the frame, it's something else. every time they lose control of framing, the neo-fascism becomes clear. thats a problem if you are a neo-fascist and havent the integrity to embrace what you are.
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Exactly. It's all fun and games to pretend you're willing to fight back against the tyranny of your elected representatives when they vote for shit you don't like. But when someone actually does it, the it's all "Haruumphh, well! We didn't mean it like that! You're clearly twisting our overly militant, superficially patriotic, thinly veiled calls for violent action around to make it sound like we were calling for violent action. We were just trying to sound serious and tough! We were just trying to co-opt respect for our country's founders and use it to advance our completely contradictory political goals."
It's odd that they aren't happier that the representative got shot. If their rhetoric is any indication, this type of thing would seem to fit right in with how they want things to happen.