Does harsh rhetoric and glorifying guns lead to murder sprees?

The exploitive rhetoric of tragedy
Some see no problem with fueling a mass panic over our 'political discourse' and using the deadly actions of a twisted soul as an excuse to tell political opponents to shut up. After all, unlike Sarah Palin's absurdly infamous Facebook map with crosshairs on Congressional Districts that some pundits have blamed for the violence, we have some evidence — suspect Jared Lee Loughner's own words — that these books were a direct influence on him. And to listen to partisan ghouls such as Ke...

Tea party group fundraises off of Giffords shootings
Stay classy, Tea Party: Tea Party Express raising money in aftermath of Arizona shooting The Tea Party Express, a California-based conservative political action committee, sent out a letter to supporters Monday requesting donations in reaction to Saturday’s shooting at a political event in Tucson, Arizona that claimed six lives. “It is quite clear that liberals are trying to exploit this shooting for their own political benefit, and they used deception and dishonesty to try and sme...

The narrative of the hateful left
The Murder of six people, the shooting of twelve more, including Congresswoman Giffords, and the politization of the incident: Andrew Klavan writes about The Hateful Left Where incendiary political Rhetoric truly resides in America Indeed, the Left’s hysterical response to all who disagree with it—that they are Racist or sexist or “phobic” or somehow reminiscent of Hitler—has become so predictable that satirists, from the Libertarian Greg Gutfeld to the liberal Jon Stewart, h

Jared Loughner Not Tied To Anti-Semetic American Renaissance Group, Either
In the aftermath of Saturday’s tragedy, the most wanted commodity in the political world seems to be a shred of recognizable political identity to attach to shooter Jared Loughner , and so far no major ideology- neither left nor right- has sufficed. The latest group to be dismissed as an influence in Loughner’s heinous acts is the previously accused group “American Renaissance,” described by the Department of Homeland Security as an “anti-semetic” ...

To Understand Assassination Threat, Look Beyond Tucson
Word of the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords outside a Tucson Supermarket, which left her in critical condition after a bullet passed through her brain, had barely broken before speculation erupted on the motivations of the man accused of shooting her and killing six others, Jared Lee Loughner, 22. Was Mr. Loughner a conservative or a liberal? What did he think of the Tea Party? How serious was his degree of mental illness? What role, if any, did heated political rhet...

Guest Post: Wow. Is Sarah Palin Running the American Taliban?
This guest post comes from a fellow Philadelphian, as well as former classmate of mine. I originally read this post as a note she had dropped on Facebook, but when I read it I was immediately taken aback and had to make sure our readers had the opportunity to see this powerful piece. Diva Bleu writes with passion and creativity and her points are hard to ignore. I hope you all enjoy this piece as much as I did. This should ruffle some conservative, Extremist moose fur, and I don’t care at ...

Tea Party Express: Shooting blame is 'outrageous' (AP)
Sacramento, Calif. – The Tea Party Express says blaming the constitutionalist movement and Sarah Palin for the Arizona shooting that killed six people and wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is "outrageous." The California-based group says liberals are trying to exploit the shooting for political gain and place the blame on society for embracing the tea party movement, but the 22-year-old charged in the shooting is the only person responsible for the violence. In a statement Monday, the...

Az Sheriff Blames Rush Limbaugh
The Arizona sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded had harsh words today for those engaging in political Rhetoric, calling conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh "irresponsible" for continuing the vitriol. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invi...

The Lefts Misfire
Attempts by America’s liberal establishment to turn the shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords into a indictment of right-wing fanaticism (and of the Tea Party movement in particular) appear to be backfiring badly. For starters, the facts that have emerged so far regarding Jared Lee Loughner - the alleged perpetrator of the Tucson killing spree - suggest that he lacked sufficient mental clarity to have formed anything resembling a rational ideology. On top of t...

Obama to travel to Tucson...
President Barack Obama will travel to Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday to honor the six people slain by a gunman last Saturday in a Shooting Spree that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to an administration official. Obama, who ordered a national moment of silence in memory of those killed by shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner at Giffords' "Congress on the Corner" event at a Tucson Shopping Mall, plans to attend some kind of memorial service, the person said. Details are ...

Tea Party Express Raises Cash Over Arizona Shooting 'Smears'
The Tea Party Express, one of the movement's largest national groups, blasted out an email plea Monday afternoon asking their supporters to send money to defend them from liberals who are allegedly "assigning blame" to them and Sarah Palin for the shootings in Arizona over the weekend. "It is quite clear that liberals are trying to exploit this shooting for their own political benefit, and they used deception and dishonesty to try and smear all of us and our beliefs," the email read, according...

Loughner Mug Shot and Registered Independent
Does he look scary or deranged looking or anything like that to you, one side of his face looks rather sinister? UPDATE: From WashingtonPost Suspected Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner registered as an independent voter in Arizona in the fall of 2006, according to the Pima County Registrar of Voters. Loughner registered to vote on Sept. 29, 2006, identifying himself as an independent. Records show he voted in the 2006 and 2008 Elections but is current listed as “inactive” on the st...

Calls for softer tone in politics gets cool reception
By Ed Stoddard DALLAS | Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:22pm EST DALLAS (Reuters) - Calls to reset the tone of politics in the aftermath of Saturday's shooting rampage in Arizona got short shrift on Talk Radio and elsewhere as left and right traded blame for the massacre. From the right, Bloggers and pundits labeled suspected shooter Jared Lee Loughner a "leftist" while critics of conservative super-star Sarah Palin accused her of creating a combustible political atmosphere with her behavior and Rhetoric....

Henry Blodget: Are Wackos With Guns Just a Fact Of Life in America?
Every time some nutcase like Jared Loughner takes his frustrations out by spraying bullets at innocent people, it seems appropriate to ask the following question: Are these mass-slayings just a fact of life in America? The answer, unfortunately, seems to be "yes." Because although it's technically true that "guns don't kill people, people kill people," it's also true that it's much easier for people to kill people if they use guns. Obviously, with 300+ million people in this country, we're not...

Here, In Reality
A lot of memes are dying a bitter death as more information comes about about Jared Loughner's rampage at Gabrielle Giffords' townhall. Despite dishonest attempts by a corrupt media and their Left Wing allies to blame Conservatives and the Tea Party movement for the shootings, the truth has emerged. Loughner—according to those who knew him in High School and college—was very liberal when he was younger, but began displaying behavior that became increasingly erratic, and his obsess...

Mug Shot: Jared Loughner - Registered.....Independent
'Jared Lee Loughner was a registered independent, didn't vote in 2010 election By Chris Cillizza, WAPO Suspected Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner registered as an Independent Voter in Arizona in the fall of 2006, according to the Pima County Registrar of Voters. Loughner registered to vote on Sept. 29, 2006, identifying himself as an independent. Records show he voted in the 2006 and 2008 Elections but is current listed as "inactive" on the state's voter roles -- meanin...

PAPER: America's elite hijacked massacre to take revenge on Sarah Palin...
On a sunny Saturday morning outside the local Safeway in Tucson,­ Arizona, a man pulls out a powerful Handgun, opens fire - and engulfs the U.S. in a political ­firestorm. Six people were killed on ­Saturday, including a nine-year-old girl. But it was the fact that the target was a ­Democratic congresswoman - who is fighting for her life - which has sparked such a furious row, not, as one might expect, over the nature of America’s Gun Laws, but over the vitriolic nature...

Tucson Tragedy Link Round-up: Pushing Back Left-Wing Lies
G.I. Wood Shop Inc. Mrs. Peel Oh…My Valve! V The K’s Caption This! An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later. The first reaction of normal Americans upon hearing the news of the horrific Tucson massacre was shock and sadness. Six people are dead, including a Federal Judge and a nine year old girl. A United States congresswoman was shot in the head at point blank range, and is struggling to recover after being initially reported dead. Eighteen people were injur...

Pic of the day: The overheated rhetoric of the Tea Party that lead to Arizona shooting
These Tea Party folk are unhinged. Oh, did I just say tea party? I actually meant these guys (via moonbattery): Anyone recall anything even remotely similar to such things at tea parties? Yeah - me neither. And I've documented a whole lot of them here on this blog. Plus, from Instapundit: "DEATH THREATS AGAINST BUSH AT ProtestS IGNORED FOR YEARS."Also from Michelle Malkin: The Progressive “climate of hate:” An illustrated primer, 2000-2010 A WHOLE lot more at the link. ...

'Laser Canon' Set To Blind Pirates
Sailors may soon have a weapon in their battle against sea-borne raiders: an anti-pirate laser. BAE Systems has demonstrated its new laser system, which can temporarily blind would-be attackers. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. ...

NBC News Guest: Obama Was Born For This Moment
This is your lefty ‘Obama butt-kissing' moment of the day. Politics Daily's Melinda Henneberger says that, in the wake of the tragedy that occurred this weekend when our country needs to heal, that Obama was born for this very moment: This is the moment that he was born for. He has campaigned on and talked all along about the need to take the Toxicity out of the discourse about how we have to be able to talk to each other without questioning one another's motivations. So I think this could...

Birther Queen Rejected By Supremes
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a lawyer who has been in the forefront of the challenge to President Barack Obama's Citizenship. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. Investigators today released this Mug Shot of Jared ...

Mary Jo Buttafuoco on Giffords' Long Road to Recovery
You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. Investigators today released this Mug Shot of Jared Lee Loughner, the guman accused of killing six individuals and gravely wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Saturday's bloody spree outside a .....

What Does Jared Lee Loughner Believe?
This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. Jared Lee Loughner, the young man who allegedly shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed six others in Tucson on Saturday, would seem to defy easy categorization. Yet the evidence does provide clues into the mind of a man who even the staunchest partisans should be able to agree held muddled politics far outside the mainstream. It seems clear based on Loughner's YouTu...

Chris Weigant: Heroism
When a national tragedy happens -- especially one with political relevance -- the country explodes in a paroxysm of commentary about the incident, in what psychologists would probably label a desperate attempt to attach some sort of meaning. Looking around the media universe today, I see that this is now happening from all sides. Snap judgments are made, spin is spun, and everyone tries to fit what happened into their own view of the world, whatever that happens to be. But since everyone else ...