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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
It would certainly be inappropriate to use shooting metaphors for the next while. Although after this tragedy is more distant I really see no problem with them being used. I don't believe either side was trying to incite violence by their use nor has it to date.
The problem I see is that your political foes will start taking every thing you say the wrong way to make political noise. It will be like when Barack was first elected and any criticism of him was met with a charge of racism. Political correctness is counter productive in that it allows a person to ignore the merits of your argument and change the conversation.
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Seriously? You see no problem with using shooting metaphors down the road once this all blows over?
You know, there is such a thing as having class, honesty and integrity in politics. We might not see it that often, but it can and does exist at times.
I fail to see how political rhetoric can be anything other than counterproductive. The answer to most the problems the US faces is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum, but nobody ever hears about it because there are morons on both sides drowning out everyone with some good sense and an idea on how to fix things.
The Congresswoman was in my mind absolutely not part of the problem. Her views on illegal immigration are especially interesting. Too bad they've been clouded over because everyone wants to focus on Palin instead.
Hell, even Obama has fallen out of the news lately in favor of Sarah freakin' Palin.