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samcol · 01-11-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by roachboy

o and in case you imagined that conservatives claiming to be the victims here isn't happening:

We're Arizona shooting victims too, says Tea Party co-founder | World news | The Guardian

and of course there's this:

Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service for death threats against Barack Obama - Telegraph

but hey, no connection. no need to take any responsibility. nothing to see here because people cannot prove that conservative rhetoric did in fact act like a parasite in the brain of jared laughner. therefore nothing could possibly be wrong with that rhetoric. neo-fascism is ok. and so are the people who tell us what it is that we are afraid of.

calling out obama on his lack of patriotism is free speech protected under the 1st. if anything someone says is not true then slander lawsuits need to be filed. if some crazy threatens the president or anyone else then they need to be dealt with and arrested.

the increase of death threats or violence due to rhetoric is par for the course in a free society.

i don't know how else to handle this within the realms of free speech.