tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post4555472474677984009..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: The ignored eye of the blame-stormMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-76790043142941155562011-01-10T15:37:40.157-05:002011-01-10T15:37:40.157-05:00Actually, it looks like he did target her. He had ...Actually, it looks like he did target her. He had a fixation on her dating back to at least 2007. I suspect it wasn't her in particular, just that she happened to be the congressperson closest to him. His issue seemed to be with the vacuous way politicians talk, which he was convinced was a form of mind control.Mark Lindholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184361531569761797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-17088983793406548872011-01-10T15:32:14.493-05:002011-01-10T15:32:14.493-05:00I hate when they talk about the shooter as "T...I hate when they talk about the shooter as "The suspect who targeted a congresswoman." He targeted her about as much as a shoe targets a dog end.Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-73061470956170849962011-01-10T12:36:30.123-05:002011-01-10T12:36:30.123-05:00We can do this "on the one hand, on the other...We can do this "on the one hand, on the other hand" BS till we are blue in the face, but the fact is it is voices on the LEFT who seek to use events like these to silence their political opponents. Certainly many mainstream leftists (like the president) are blatantly attempting to marry this shooting to "overheated political rhetoric". And we damn well know that they mean: "I don't like what the other side says, I want to use the power of law to shut them up, and if it takes a bit of populist agitation over a completely unrelated tragedy to achieve my aims, so be it"Mark Lindholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184361531569761797noreply@blogger.com