Posts by Angus Robertson
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The Obama claim however is based on....
...catering to the tastes of the credulous who invariably will believe the worst of political opposites.
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But you'd really have to stretch a loooong way to equate it to the "Barack HUSSEIN Obama's a SECRET MUSLIM" blah-blah.
Or George W Bush is a WAR CRIMINAL, circa 2004.
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Really, I'm way too young to be this depressed about humanity.
There are some who would have us believe that the only reason Sarah Palin is being attacked now is because she is a woman.
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But it’s worse, today, really.
It is not discernably different than 5 years ago. It is just big tent politics, where the opposition party appeals to the widest possible strands of the dissatisfied voters.
5 or 7 years ago some supporters of the then government were suggesting that opposition rhetoric was disloyal, almost supporting terrorism. That to say things like America was engaging in unnecessary wars of aggression, looking to start a new crusade or that the things like the Patriot Act were unnecessary - all supported the "terrorist" case and would lead to acts of violence against Americans.
Same shit. Different channel.
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It's also pretty tasteless to be speculating about while she's in a critical condition in hospital. Or, you know, for the foreseeable future.
Near instantaneous tasteless speculation is all the rage these days.
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Why, yes! I'm sure every member of Congress wishes they'd had such good fortune.
John McCain was a war hero, he got shot down and captured. John Kerry volunteered to go to Vietnam, got a purple heart. GWB demonstrated bravery by turning up (most probably on coke and/or drunk) to a couple of training sessions with the Air National Guard. Al Gore volunteered and went to Vietnam.
3 of those 4 politicians, volunteered to go get potentially shot at.
Seriously, what do you even mean by this?
Americans like politicians who are brave.
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If she (as is hoped for) lives Congresswoman Giffords just might do very well out of these unfortunate events. She is now famous without having pursued of fame, this makes her modest. She has demonstrated courage in the face of credible death threats, this makes her brave. She has been shot in the head and could live, this makes her lucky. These are good qualities, even Presidential qualities.
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* Especially given that Jessica Valenti, one of the writers Rich criticised, has in fact received death threats over her previous work. I would think it quite likely that seeing another woman in public life who has received death threats (and quite likely from some of the same kind of people) shot might lead you to quite a strong stance on such matters.
Wonder if Sarah Palin has ever had a death threat made against her?
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Here's a quick thought exercise, if you're unconvinced: stick a crosshairs over the kiwi in the Air Force logo, rather than the bullseye currently used. And tell me the meaning doesn't change.
They're both still associated with killing to me.
Among other things the military symbol holds some militaristic symbolism.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Or between a bullseye and a rifle sight.
One you shoot at and one you shoot with.
One is truly fearful symbolism of violence persuading people to shoot things and the other is an entirely peaceable symbol totally devoid of any implication that shooting may occur.