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Is Arizona the nation's capital for hate, anger, rhetoric and vitriol?
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<blockquote data-quote="WILL E" data-source="post: 949154" data-attributes="member: 69290"><p>I live in AZ. We are not the Capital for hate, anger, rhetoric and virtriol. And certainly not because one nut case shot a bunch of people.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We were a bunch of racists when a MLK holiday was narrowly voted down (and there were two on the ballot which added to the defeat due to the confusion) but after we voted one in we no longer were. (amazing what a day makes). It should be noted that AZ is one of the few, if not only, states that voted in a MLK holiday. I am not trying to turn this into an MLK debate. My point is the single act of voting in a holiday did not turn us all from racists to non-racists and the act of this single gun man doesn't make us the captial of hate etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would also note that Sarah doesn't hold any public office so she is not an official using cross-hairs. And we all know about the DCCC using bulls eyes on their web page and 'targeting' specific congressmen right? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is no doubt that the media doesn't view the left's violent imagery the same. Who can forget the images of Bush being hung and what about the MOVIE about assasinating Bush? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are going to be wack jobs. The wack jobs may find affiliation with some group of people. I don't think it is fair to say that they are more drawn to one political leaning or another. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One thing is for sure. We cannot allow free speech to be limited. Cross-hairs, bulls-eyes, retreat and reload, 'bush lied people died' are all protected. Obviously there are limits, calling for the killing of someone is illegal. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't mind seeing our elected officials tone it down some with the rhetoric. I don't think President Obama saying 'they bring a knife we bring a gun' is going to make someone actually bring a gun but I am getting tired of the same old talking points (many of which are just flat out lies)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WILL E, post: 949154, member: 69290"] I live in AZ. We are not the Capital for hate, anger, rhetoric and virtriol. And certainly not because one nut case shot a bunch of people. We were a bunch of racists when a MLK holiday was narrowly voted down (and there were two on the ballot which added to the defeat due to the confusion) but after we voted one in we no longer were. (amazing what a day makes). It should be noted that AZ is one of the few, if not only, states that voted in a MLK holiday. I am not trying to turn this into an MLK debate. My point is the single act of voting in a holiday did not turn us all from racists to non-racists and the act of this single gun man doesn't make us the captial of hate etc. I would also note that Sarah doesn't hold any public office so she is not an official using cross-hairs. And we all know about the DCCC using bulls eyes on their web page and 'targeting' specific congressmen right? There is no doubt that the media doesn't view the left's violent imagery the same. Who can forget the images of Bush being hung and what about the MOVIE about assasinating Bush? There are going to be wack jobs. The wack jobs may find affiliation with some group of people. I don't think it is fair to say that they are more drawn to one political leaning or another. One thing is for sure. We cannot allow free speech to be limited. Cross-hairs, bulls-eyes, retreat and reload, 'bush lied people died' are all protected. Obviously there are limits, calling for the killing of someone is illegal. I wouldn't mind seeing our elected officials tone it down some with the rhetoric. I don't think President Obama saying 'they bring a knife we bring a gun' is going to make someone actually bring a gun but I am getting tired of the same old talking points (many of which are just flat out lies) [/QUOTE]
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