I have to say this. I don't care if Jared Loughner never heard a RW rant in his life,

[nolabear]

the utter irresponsibility and dangerous disregard for human life inherent in them was instantly, INSTANTLY obvious to all of us, Dems, Repubs, Independents, Libertarians and everyone else who has a horse in this race (political, human, you name it). If it wasn't, the response wouldn't be what it is. We KNOW it's wrong; we know you don't point a gun unless you expect to pull the trigger by your hand or someone else's. Now there's outraged rhetoric, there's defensive wagon-circling, there's blaming it exclusively on mental health issues, there's reassuring one another that we're really in the right and not nearly as bad as the other side, but one thing I haven't seen? Surprise. We are not in the least surprised.

We knew. We know. And if we don't do something about it it's going to continue. More people will die, more will be held hostage by fear, more will swoop in and use the climate of fear to sell their soap or their images, and we will gnash our teeth and sling blame and go back to cropping the grass. And it will go on and on until the America we once dreamed of is just a faded fool's memory. And if that happens I wonder how my children and my grandchildren will survive.

Arguing about that sick young man is irrelevent. This should stop because it is poisoning our country and it is poisoning our minds. We all know. How far can we let it go before we turn our backs on the ones who promulgate it and raise our voices and throw our backs into supporting those who work to stop it?

[tavalon]

1. Thank you

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

2. His shootings didn't make me think the RW was responsible

... but it WOKE ME UP to the fact I DETEST what the RW HAS been doing!

So Friday 1/7: I was quiet and complicent.

Monda 1/10: I'm loud and insistent!

[SaveAmerica]

3. This is the word we need to get out - just stop the madness, quite with the violent speech

Not too hard to understand and no need to try to imagine anyone at any time can pretend to know what was going on in Loughner's mind or what shows he watched, etc.