[stylist] The tragic shooting of Gabrielle Giffords

Sun Jan 16 01:03:54 UTC 2011

dear Judith,
in my heart I already have written a blog I will post soon on my site 
regarding the incredibly callous attempt to blame this shooting on 
certain political leaders or a political movement.  that was starting 
even merely two hours after the shooting, before the bodies were even cool.

now it turns out the shooter had read Karl Marx, Hitler, was a heavy 
pot user etc.

but most of all, his ravings were obvious to me to be from a schizophrenic.
so what kind of people must hurry to try to make political points on 
bodies that aren't even cooled yet?
the democratic leadership council and many others during the years 
have used the target term and symbols.  even the term "campaign" has 
a military/warfare connection.

Judith, you're not by yourself.

we do need to remember the primary purpose of this list is not 
political, and that should equally apply to those who endorse the 
right and the tea party movement, as well as those who embrace the 
left and moveon.org/dailykos.

I'll send you the blog Judith offlist when I get it posted, probably 
in a few days as I have a couple of other things I must write ahead of it.

Ironically, two days after the president's arizona funeral rally call 
for civility, our local democratic party  politicians released a 
statement full of all kinds of uncivil language.
jc

At 06:29 PM 1/15/2011, you wrote:
>Bridget, Thanks for the kind words.  Some on this list were not 
>supportive of the fact that I didn't believe that blaming an entire 
>political group or any individuals for the actions of a madman 
>belonged in our reaction to the senseless deaths of some and grave 
>injury to others.  I was shocked to realize that many of you whom I 
>also consider close friends took the piece to be hostile to those 
>who might not agree that blaming one school of political thought was 
>the only way to go in reacting to this brutal act. The other day I 
>called a friend who holds an MA in Psych to ask exactly what was 
>meant by schizophrenia.  I had a client with the disorder and my 
>best way of explaining her problem was not very professional, but 
>exact nonetheless.  She was nuts.  She was not hostel or aggressive 
>in any way.  I used this client's disorder as a jumping off point to 
>understand the animal who did this despicable act to law abiding 
>citizens on a lovely Saturday afternoon.  My piece wasn't political, 
>but I hoped it would help others to step away from the blame game in 
>the Arizona affair.  Obviously most of you think that one political 
>ad or political dialogue between two influential politicians was 
>above board because it was obvious that my opinions don't jive with 
>yours.  So lets talk fiction and descriptions of nice people at nice 
>parties eating nice treats as authors.  Lets not get into anything 
>that might offend some bleeding hearts.  JB
>
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