The Arizona shooting.

[gridlore]

Yes, I am aware of it. Been following the news all day. Horrific is the best word to describe the events.

But I'm not posting anything more about it until we have a lot more hard information. Right now, the alleged shooter appears to be a rather deranged libertarian based on the information released. I'm reserving judgment until we hear more from the FBI and police. Pointless uninformed speculation is worthless. Wait for the facts, mourn the deaths, and pray or offer hope for the wounded in your preferred method.

One thing, though. A lot of noise is being made over the fact that Rep. Giffords appeared in Sarah Palin's graphic targeting vulnerable Democrats. This graphic used the generic crosshairs on a national map. This is hardly new, and the Democratic National Committee used the exact same imagery in 2004 and 2006 at least. Using the crosshairs is common, and is not an explicit call to violence. The rise in violent rhetoric on the right is disturbing, but as I said, right now we have no idea what set the shooter off.

Stay calm, people. Wait for the facts.

Comments

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Have looked past my own outrage and realized that *if* the shooter was influenced by that hit list, to the point that charges of um. word. had it a while back. [sorry, migraine level 9, aphasia wins]. the thing where someone influences someone else to commit a crime, that word? anyway, if there were indictments for that, the people indicted would then gain serious martyr points with their followers. A no-win thing.

*huge sigh* All I can do is pray for the families of the dead, and of the living, and for the survivors to make full recoveries, and listen, in my head, to the first section of the Brahms Requiem. In between hearing in myu head the beginning of the Faure, Requiem aeternam, dona eis Domine, et lux perpetuam luceat eis.

[murphymom.livejournal.com]

I think the word you wanted is "incitement" - hope the migraine eases up. I used to have them, but they seem to have been cured by menostop. (well, "menopause" makes it sound like it's going to start up again some day)

[nightshade1972.livejournal.com]

Damn, girl, with a Level 9 migraine you should be lying on your bed with the lights off and your eyes closed, trying to rest.

I'm about as far right as they come without being an actual Tea Partier, and the shooter's actions disgust me. Nobody "deserves" to die because of their political/religious beliefs.