Right-Wingers Rush to Label Arizona Shooting Suspect a Liberal - FDL

[WillyT]

Right-Wingers Rush to Label Arizona Shooting Suspect a Liberal — While Simultaneously Accusing Left of “Politicizing” Assassination Attempt
By: Blue Texan
Sunday January 9, 2011 11:30 am

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We still don’t know all the facts about Jared Loughner, the suspect held in the Arizona shooting rampage, and we may not for some time.

But right-wing bloggers knew immediately — right away! — that this anti-government goldbug who has been connected to an anti-immigration hate group, has an odd fixation on the Constitution and federalism and an enthusiasm for guns — was in no way a right-winger, and in fact, a total liberal.

While the bodies were still warm, Putz declared that the suspect “doesn’t sound much like a Tea Partier” (that settles that!) — while linking approvingly to Gateway Retard, who had also already concluded that Loughner was “definitely NOT a tea partier” and was “left-wing.”

Atlas Juggs instantly branded Loughner a “total lefty loon” and at the American Spectator, Phil Klein wrote, “At this point, we have more reason to blame the revolutionary writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for what happened today.” World Nut Daily ran an article with the headline, “Assassin’s politics lean ‘left wing, quite liberal‘” which Conservatives4Palin dutifully parroted, “The Shooter Was Reportedly “Left Wing, Quite Liberal.”

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More: http://firedoglake.com/2011/01/09/right-wingers-rush-to-label-arizona-shooting-suspect-a-liberal-while-simultaneously-accusing-left-of-politicizing-assassination-attempt/

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Talk about PROJECTION ...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. And the left is calling him a Teabagger...

Both sides are going off without data. Waiting a bit will not hurt anything and will make for a better long term approach.

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[EFerrari]

10. DHS found mentions of his to American Renaissance

a right wing, racist, anti-Semitic group that supports the Tea Party. So, the left was right.

[crim son]

18. You are probably correct, but

I'd like to know the nature of the evidence specifically. I'm thinking, I support the Democratic Party and am here on DU and vocal about progressive issues, but I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent. Sort of a stupid example, I know, but if the guy turns out to be a registered Democrat, rethugs will go nuts. I think it's important to emphasize that the guy was nucking futs and took his influence from varied & diverse sources. As he did, it seems.

Maybe.

[EFerrari]

20. I think it's a good idea to be precise.

There's an article about the DHS finding in LBN. There'll probably be more clarification as the week gets going.

[baldguy]

3. And that might work - except for the obsessions with Ayn Rand, gold & End Times Prophecy.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Sure,

after all, his victim was a Democrat. That makes sense.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. There have been some threads here where you would not realize that

[DCKit]

6. Of course they were immediately able to recognize one of their own.

They probably started calling and emailing about five minutes after the story broke to coordinate damage control.

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[jody]

8. Some historians assert Left and Right Hegelianism were the source for Marxism and Fascism.

Interesting that liberals are associated with Left Hegelianism and Marxism while conservatives are associated with Right Hegelianism and Fascism but both both tout the supremacy of the state over the rights of individuals.

Stalin and Hitler both had the same goal, government control over everything.

What current political movement touts the supremacy of individuals over the state?

[crim son]

9. I keep reading he's a registered Democrat

but so far haven't seen any evidence. Has anybody, one way or the other?

[GSLevel9]

12. do you have a source? thanks nt

[crim son]

15. None worth quoting.

I just googled his name + Democrat and came up with a page full of hits, mainly bloggers and people commenting on blogs. That's why I'm wondering if anybody has seen anything legit.

[GSLevel9]

19. it'll all come out... we're just impatient but it WILL all come out. nt

[femrap]

11. Then why didn't he kill a repugnant? nt

[crim son]

13. I've spent a fair amount of time at his youtube page

and there, anyway, he isn't obviously anything but nuts, and a guy who took his "inspiration" from many sources including "Animal Farm" and "Mein Kampf".

[ProgressiveProfessor]

14. Some are making much out of prior interactions(s) with Giffords

Like so much of this its early speculation, but its hard not to wonder.

[crim son]

16. Yes.

The heinousness of his crime will not be diminished when/if we learn more about him. It's done and people are dead, and this country is once again scaring the shit out of me.

[femrap]

21. He's at the age when

schizophrenia hits young men. He was denied entry into the army and the army takes felons nowadays. A huge RED FLAG should have come from this denial.

We are a disgusting culture that cares for nothing but war, pron, and oppression. And this is what happens as a result. I bet TPTB are happy as clams.

[tjwash]

17. They tried the same thing with Ted Kazynski

It worked surprisingly well with him too.