LoneLaugher
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- Oct 3, 2011
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I have said multiple times that the primary blame for the shootings is with the shooter. And I have said multiple times that I am referring to generations of tactics by the PC Police for creating an environment that can play a part in tragedies like this.
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Okay, great. Now we're getting somewhere. What "PC Police" tactics played a part in THIS exact tragedy? What environment did the "PC Police" create in this event?
You apparently agree that the protesters have a right to protest. You seem to have indicated that they might even have reason to protest, yes? How are you then turning around and saying that the protesters protesting were in part responsible for the actions of a mentally disturbed individual?
Let me try another approach here.
I know you don't agree, but you're being civil, and that's much appreciated, so I'll barf it out again.
I have said a zillion times that the PC Police has, over roughly two generations, created and/or exacerbated an increasingly divisive environment. How? A constant, long-term combination of Political Correctness, Identity Politics, the Soft Bigotry of Reduced Expectations, Hyphenated America, screaming "racist" at every opportunity. All of this on top of the actual, hateful white-on-black bigotry and racism that still exists. I am NOT talking about any recent protests in a vacuum, I'm talking about a culture, an environment of division that has increased over time.
So let's say a kid grows up in a family of NRA members. He's fed all the regular NRA stuff about the government is coming to get his guns. He attends NRA conventions, he attends NRA rallies, he listens to all the conservative talk shows and frequents conservative web sites. In short, his life is full of NRA-speak, just as many children are raised by people who are steeped in the PC-related environment described above - that white people are literally trying to cause them harm.
One day, out of nowhere, this kid shoots and kills three innocents with his guns.
Would you look at this as a purely isolated incident, that the kid had no reason to do what he did and that must be understood, would you hold the NRA harmless? Or would you also consider the environment in which he grew up, and ask if that environment and the people who created that environment would have played a role in his thought process? Would you not postulate that the culture in which he existed played a role in his actions?
That is my point.
Again, I know you won't agree. But that is my opinion on this.
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Is the NRA kid in your example sane when he commits the murders? Is his murderous act considered by his family members to be acceptable? Should his family members apologize? Are they to be held legally responsible?
If the answer to any of those questions is "no"......you've failed to make your case.
And....if you want to claim that you don't rely on spin to support your POV and forward your particular ideology.....please tell us what the POTUS meant by the phrase "you didn't build that".