“I understand the idea that, even if Loughner had no idea who Sharron Angle is and even if he never saw Palin’s infamous cross-hairs map, it still makes sense to encourage political leaders to ditch violent rhetoric,” writes Salon news editor Steve Kornacki at the site’s War Room blog.
The first step in encouraging political leaders to ditch violent rhetoric? Stop calling your blog the WAR ROOM.
It would also be helpful to stop refering to "Palin's infamous cross-hairs map" as the symbols are not a gun cross-hair but a surveyor's mark that is used quite frequently on maps - sse this article for the best illustration of the symbols involved (and not involved) in this false narrative - External Link
Here is my question for you -- does the Pennsylvania Congressman also intend to make using standard map symbols on a map a violation of federal law?
Jim, I enjoy your reporting and always tune into your regular feature with Ed on Hot Air.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePriceless! Good catch.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI started to read Salon to keep myself from hating leftist by trying to understand their point of view and second because they often had good movie, book and TV reviews. However the War Room and its comments section is a cesspool of hate and vitriol. The writers there have a particular hatred for Jonah Goldberg and the writers at NRO natch. The writers of the war room show a reading comprehension level that would shame junior high students when reading Mr. Goldberg and the writers of national review have been referred to as "bottom feeders", "stupid", "dangerous", "inane", "lunatic", and every word for excrement that could come to mind. Writers here and conservatives are commonly referred to as murderers, racists, Nazis, extremists and well I am tried of writing more examples. For ANYONE at Salon to write about toning down the rhetoric is the highest hypocrisy. Talk about pulling the beam out or your own eye before looking for the splinter in your friend. but then again most Salon writers don't read the Bible very often.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI think, given this current shooting, that it's an excellent idea to review Riese V. St Mary's Hospital, another ACLU abomination. The current legal climate makes it very difficult to medicate involuntarily patients with a history of involuntary hospitalization, as it separates those two decisions---the decision to involuntarily hospitalize and the decision to involuntarily medicate, that should be intertwined. The Plaintiff was represented by the ACLU.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGood one. Oh, the hypocrisy!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis tragedy has been a highly disturbing event beyond the extraordinary painful toll on the lives of the victims. To see the level of demagoguery and hypocrisy penned and mouthed by the leaders of the liberal establishment has brought me to a sad but obvious conclusion: there is something deeply dis-eased with the souls of these self-righteous fools. To see so many sink so low so fast is indeed a sad day in America.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseActually, Bill Clinton was the first to link the term "War Room" and common, everyday politics. For Pete's sake, he had a room in the White House dedicated to it!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOf course the first War Room in this context was a Clinton concoction often attributed to Joe Klein. Though the War envisioned was not with Serbs or Iraqis or even those vexatious Republicans, may hell find them in their beds. No, the War prosecuted in the War Room was on women and beasts unlucky enough to have driven Bill into a lustful assault. The War was a PR War colorfully described by another Clintonoid as a struggle with "bimbo eruptions". Much of what is objectionable in our political/media atmosphere was born for the Clintonian ends of their day, which was never any more than Bill's political survival. This is the only sort of thing the portside recognizes as serious as life and death.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse