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In the interest of transparency, I want to say that I've heard indirectly from Dale Courtney and directly from Douglas Wilson, both of whom, not surprisingly, take umbrage at my characterization that people like them bear some responsibility for things like the politically motivated shootings in Tucson. You can look on Dale's blog, and I won't post Wilson's emails to me without his permission, but when I take my hits for something I've said or done in public, I am not afraid to acknowledge those hits in public. But let's be clear. <br><br>I did not say that Douglas Wilson and Dale Courtney shot anyone. <br><br>I did not say they are accountable for the actions of the man who did.<br><br>I did not say they are guilty in the same way the shooter is, and I didn't say they specifically, personally encouraged him to do it.<br><br>What I said was that people who say the kinds of things these two prominent local Christians have said, and say them in the ugly and intolerant, public way they've said them, are responsible for the climate that helps tip unstable, paranoid anti-government types over the edge. That doesn't seem too difficult to comprehend, and certainly wouldn't seem to be too difficult for these two men of chest to bear. Frankly, if Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has concluded that the atmosphere of hatred and abuse swamping the country these days has incubated actions like the shootings today, it hardly seems odd that those of us who live in a place where our neighbors contribute so nakedly to that atmosphere would remark on their culpability for it.<br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br> </body>
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