Common sense needs to prevail here rather than succumbing to knee jerk emotional responses that do not make any one iota sense. Watching unhinged people isn't a pretty thing to witness.
Here we have a psychotic and mentally unstable shooter who is a registered independent. Not a Democrat. Not even a Republican. The guy appeared not to have any interest in classes while in college and had many outbursts whose demeanor and actions scared the crap out of one professor. There's no evidence that Loughner was influenced by Palin in any way. Rather it seems to boil down that he was simply mentally unstable according to a New York forensic psychologist by pointing out that his actions were possibly a sign of schizophrenia.
"My prediction is that as more information comes out, we're going to find out this young man truly has serious mental issues going on," said Michael Nuccitelli, a New York forensic psychologist who has conducted about 100 mental-health evaluations in criminal and civil cases. "He's got his own agenda, his own rationale, his own perceptions for why he did what he did."This is a monster who smiled when his mugshot was taken.
He has several favorite books like Mein Kampf, Communist Manifesto, and a hodgepodge list of other books.
Yet with all of the OMG! hand-wringing, self-flailing utter nonsense over Palin’s “targeted districts” map is simply quite silly since such a target symbol used on that map is a concept that has been used in political fundraising for decades. Even Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, even puts a bullseye on Giffords, too. But even that bulls-eye page "mysteriously" disappeared. Kind of like Palin, too? How about going after Moulitas, too? The massive criticism of Sarah Palin is misguided and completely baseless.
Time to calm down, folks. Looking for something that isn't there like the tooth fairy. Even Barbara Walters knows that.
And if you look at the history of past assassinations and assassination attempts on political or public figures in the U.S. the killer's reason usually don't match up well with the main issues that a public figure has stood. Something to think about.
Now, imagine if Sarah Palin said a few years ago even though she is pro-gun:
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun...”There would've been howls of protest saying she attempted to incite or suggest violence. But, fortunately, she never said that. Nor would she approve of saying that.
But that remark? It came from Obama.
Would it be fair to attribute the killing (God forbid) of a Republican public figure by a lone, mentally undisturbed, deranged shooter to Obama's gun quote as causing the shooter to act? It'd be pretty stupid, would it not? Kind of like that map, right?
At least Sarah Palin hates violence and war, and would rather see love and friendship all around. So, that's good to hear. And I'm sure you love to eat halibut, too. Sarah loves it, too, by killing it to make dinner out of it later on. How cool is that? Watch when they gut the fish and pulls out a still beating heart. Biology 101!
So, please, don't go unhinged by babbling nonsense. Step back, take a breath, and wait, and let cooler heads prevail. Let's wait and see exactly what the motives were for the shooting.
But now is the time for continual prayers and thoughts for the families of the victims.
And now back to my regularly scheduled programming.
