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Originally Posted by ottopilot
Immediately after the Ft. Hood masacre, our leaders and media rightfully echoed the need for restraint in jumping to conclusions about what motivated the attack. Where was the restraint in this case? Why do any of you feel justified in continuing to perpetuate this hoax?
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You mean like when the American Family Association called for a ban on Muslims in the military? When Michelle Malkin and the usual suspects blamed the media for not playing up the "Muslim" part? When Palin said he should have been "profiled?" When the folks at Fox News said that the shooting happened because the army has become "too politically correct" when dealing with Muslim soldiers?
I won't draw any causal connections between what has been said and the actions yesterday. But since Jon Stewart was mentioned, I'll just agree with him on another thing he also said: that is very sad when we can't really tell the ramblings of a lunatic apart from what some politicians and pundits actually say.
And enough about the false equivalency bullshit. This attempt to look magnanimous by talking about "both sides" is tired. Yeah, people on the left 40 years ago may have said this, or someone today might have mentioned a gun or used a gunsight or whatever. But there is only one group (not even a whole party, just a group within a party) that has consistently talked about "second amendment remedies," "bullet box" and similar things with regards to congress.