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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Drive By Media Hypocrisy
	Date:	1/11/2011 7:50:13 PM

I don't think anyone blamed Palin for the shootings. But, she has used a lot of gun imagery in her remarks -- the gun sights and some comment that she said about "reloading". No one can say for sure if any of this had anything to do with the shooting, but the sheriff and a number of psychiatrists have stated that if someone were unbalanced to start with, this kind of verbal imagry might be interpreted by them as a call to arms.

There are two things I would like to see come out of this -- that it would people up to rachett down the rhetoric, and to avoid using shooting terms. Words have consequences, just like actions. There is no proof that any of this had anything to do with Saturday's shooting, but even if it was a remote possibility it should make people think about what they are saying.

I think this will wake up a lot of people about Palin. I expect to see any popularity she has enjoyed to head downward. Hope she enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame.

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Drive By Media Hypocrisy - lotowner - 1/10/2011 1:30:04 PM

Drive By Media Hypocrisy - water_watcher - 1/10/2011 3:37:54 PM

Drive By Media Hypocrisy - Talullahhound - 1/11/2011 7:50:13 PM

Hound, I may........... - rude evin - 1/11/2011 10:22:12 PM

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Hound, I may........... - MrHodja - 1/11/2011 10:53:40 PM

Hound, I may........... - Talullahhound - 1/12/2011 8:14:21 AM

Hound, I may........... - MrHodja - 1/12/2011 8:28:32 AM

Hound, I may........... - Talullahhound - 1/12/2011 6:41:27 PM

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