Really Tired Of Being On The "Reasonable" Side

Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords shot, several wounded.  She was shot in the head and is in surgery.  She's still alive as of this posting, though at least one of her aids wasn't so lucky.  She's a Democrat who just won a narrow victory against a Tea Party Candidate.  As rm  noted, her district was shown under a 'crosshairs' graphic on Sarah Palin's website.

ETA: A nine-year-old child was killed in this shooting.  This monster MURDERED A CHILD in the name of politics.  

First, just to get it out of the way, anyone who uses violence or the threat of violence in support of what they believe can go fuck themselves.

Second, I'm getting really tired of the stupid, militant asshats in this country (the US) getting away with this shit.  (And yes, they've arrested this particular militant asshat, but I know there will be those who condone his behavior privately, even if they condemn it publicly.)

I'm tired of abortion doctors facing the threat of death for supporting the rights of women not to be broodmares, but it's excused because it's 'god's will'.

I'm tired of Glenn Beck being allowed to rewrite history to say that it was the 3/5 clause and not the deaths of 600,000 people that led to the end of slavery.

I'm tired of Bill O'Reilly being allowed to say that 'you can't explain the tides' to an atheist in defense of god. 

I'm tired of the GOP saying that they're going to reduce the deficit, but exempt anything that they want to do (i.e. tax cuts and repealing health care reform) from their plans to do so.

I'm tired of people voting against their own self-interest because they don't want other people to have rights.

I'm tired of my side not prosecuting GW Bush's administration for war crimes.

I'm tired.

Note: To anyone who says that I shouldn't be bringing up all of this other stuff when a woman is critically injured in the hospital, I say that it's all part of a larger pattern of bullshit we've allowed stupid people to get away with for far too long.  She might not be lying in that hospital right now if we didn't give so many militant stupid fucksticks a pass when they promote stupidity. 

More On Congresswoman Gifford

It looks like the Congresswoman will survive, but six other people, including a NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL aren't so lucky.

The gunman has been identified.  As with the VA Tech gunman, I will not publish his name because I personally don't want to remember it.  However, someone has put together some of his crazed ramblings and from reading them I have to say, he was in desperate need of mental health services of some sort.  I also don't think that one can ascribe political leanings to him based upon reading what he's written.

However.

Sarah Palin painted crosshairs on Congresswoman Gifford's district, which is the sort of thing that attracts dangerous, unstable people and gives them a 'reason' (however tenuous) to do shit like this.

Sarah Palin isn't directly responsible, but I'm really hoping that the families of those who were killed take her for all she's worth in Civil Court.  It's time to start holding public figures responsible for when they say and do things that are obvious incitements to violence and violence happens.

Before anyone starts screaming "First Amendment", I have to say that I'm also in favor of holding NAMBLA civilly responsible for the literature they provide to members that teaches them how to better seduce children when those members use that literature to hurt others.  The First Amendment shouldn't protect people who incite others to harm innocent people, at least not from CIVIL liability.  We might not be able to put people in jail for what they say, but I see nothing wrong with bankrupting them when there words and actions cause this kind of fuckery.  And yes, I KNOW it's a slippery slope that's difficult to enforce - allow me my brief revenge fantasy, will you? 

Also, please spread the word - Keith Olbermann is doing a special edition of Countdown on MSNBC at 8PM EST tonight.  You'll have to manually record it, as "Lock Up" is what's showing in the listing.

Arizona Sheriff Dupnik Is My New Hero

"We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry."   "Vitriol might be free speech, but it's not without consequences."

People are already calling him reckless and unprofessional, but Sheriff Dupnik is my new hero.

Why I Blame Sarah Palin