Keith Olbermann on Arizona Shooting
H/tip Sam Antar
Take Aim
By Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture
This is the original map with the rifle crosshairs from Sarah Palin’s site is below — don’t look for it on her site, as it was pulled down today.
The Examiner criticized it back in March 2010:
Sarah Palin posts political hit list on Facebook: taking a stand or suggesting violence?
March 25th, 2010 3:20 am ET
Or perhaps you recall this RELOAD Tweet.
This would be as good a time as any that we as a nation to consider the base level of discourse that passes for political debate in this country.
It used to be merely embarrassing, now its crossed a line in creating danger.
Perhaps its time to point a finger at the people who have poisoned the well of discourse in this country — the usual suspects who find it both politically advantageous and lucrative to speak in terms of slaughtering the opposition, “taking aim” at opponents, who have personalized and demonized opponents to a point where tragedies are all but inevitable.
More here: Take Aim | The Big Picture.
