The 'civil discourse' theme
Image via WikipediaIn the wake of the attempted murder of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, and the murders of six of her constituents who went to see her at a local Safeway grocery store, the American people have been hearing a lot about the need to return to “civility” in our political discourse.There is much more.
What exactly does that mean? It depends upon whom you ask.
Within hours after the horrific event perpetrated by Jared Lee Loughner, left-wing pundits accused Sarah Palin of being behind his lunacy — because she (or her staff) had posted a map of Democrats who had voted for ObamaCare on her Facebook page. Each “offending” district on the map appeared to be marked by a set of crosshairs. To think that she actually wanted to have these individuals eliminated, not just voted out of office, is almost as crazy as Loughner’s act — but that didn’t stop those who have had Palin in their own “crosshairs” from creating the connection.
With a majority saying that right-wing political speech had nothing to do with Loughner’s actions, the American people aren’t buying the spin. Unfortunately, those with the agenda are the ones whose voices get the airtime. And, of course, it’s morphed from just blaming Sarah Palin (who seems to have replaced George W. Bush as the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong under the sun) to blaming the Tea Party, conservative talk radio, and blogs.
And yet, despite evidence that politics had nothing to do with the politically unaffiliated Loughner’s hatred of Giffords — which seems to go back as far as 2007 — Palin has not only been pilloried for her so-called culpability in the case. Remarkably, she has also been attacked for inserting herself into the tragedy by defending herself against these public attacks. What was she supposed to do, bend over and say, “Thank you sir, may I have another?”
Bingo.
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Pam gets to the heart of what the left is trying to do. They want people not to disagree with their point of view and when they do disagree, they do not want them to say anything that might get in the way of their agenda or persuade people not to vote for them. It is another reason why we must vote against them at every opportunity.
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