[Vision2020] evil in Tucson

[Joe Campbell]

Right. It might be too early to say the rhetorical climate played a
role but if so it is too early to say that it played no role. And
again, the role doesn't have to be Palin is guilty of murder. Did the
poster with the crosshairs contribute to the tragic event? I don't see
how one can be confident that the answer is "no."

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Warren Hayman <whayman at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> I wasn't trying to link Loughner with any group at all. I'm just looking at
> the rhetorical climate of our current reality, which sets the weather
> conditions for such action. School textbooks come as an example, when
> authorized by skewed agendas. So does the language of fear, a tongue within
> we (collectively) have spoken since the milleneum.
>
> Warren Hayman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
> To: "Warren Hayman" <whayman at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] evil in Tucson
>
>
>>> Words have consequences, and rhetoric shapes reality.
>>
>> That's true. But Laughner's grudge against Giffords seems to date back
>> from 2007, when he asked her what "government" means, in a world where
>> words have no meaning. She didn't provide a satisfactory answer. So he
>> decided, apparently, to kill her. That doesn't seem related, in any
>> sense, to the threatening rhetoric coming from the Tea Party.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10#p/u/4/E8Wr6AeZTCE
>>
>> There's some marginally militia-related stuff in there, maybe -- his
>> obsession with unconstitutional laws and gold and silver currency. Um.
>> But he also thinks he should mint new coins? And that he can control
>> the universe by dreaming?
>>
>> -- ACS
>>
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