Jaskalas
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What statement? If you mean the one where I'm saying Palin was directly responsible for this shooting you're seeing something that's not there and you're coming off like the birther. Fact is we'll likely never know how much of an effect all the inciteful rhetoric had on this person. But you're a damn fool if you outright dismiss the toxic atmosphere and potential for violence it creates. And Palin and the rest of the rabid right IS responsible for that. The 24/7 rightwing hate speech spewed over the airwaves needs to stop or this likely won't be an isolated incident. The fact that "maybe" it didn't "directly" lead to this incident certainly doesn't redeem all the vitriol, and certainly doesn't give the right any foundation for playing victim when called on it.
Your attack on conservatism won't lead to 'incidents'? Look at history to figure out what happens when half a country is silenced by the other half.