Sunday, November 8, 2009

"If someone assassinated Obama, could we call self-preservation?"

By GottaLaff

Here we go again. The following Tweets courtesy of Joe SixpackSays:






And finally, all wrapped up purty in the American flag:



Again, whether or not this was simply blowing off steam, getting kicks, joking, seeking attention, or malicious, misguided attempts at spurring some kind of response, the problem is the end result.

The problem is incitement. The problem is spreading hate. The problem is encouraging behavior in others that can lead to violence, whether intentional or inadvertent (although most of these expressions of anger sound as if they're calculated to induce action).

And those are big, nasty problems.... as is this, via Wonkette:



H/t: TQNEWS, Cody and Shoq (for Wonkette link)

8 comments:

Jon Lester said...

Plainly someone without a nuanced understanding of how Cao came to be where he is.

suburubu said...

When I saw your tweet it wasn't immediately clear that you were citing this as a problem... just a suggestion, next time don't simply quote the offending tweet.

GottaLaff said...

sub- That's why I had a link with it. You're supposed to click on the link to see what the tweet is about. 140 or less requires that.

Anonymous said...

Let's hope someone sent the FBI (or someone) Mr. Bullets & NRA's messages...Maybe he can be next door to that guy that got sentenced to 3 years this week!

Anonymous said...

I hate hate.

MP

Anonymous said...

I say we all join the NRA and start pushing our anti-gun agenda from within the ranks. Imagine if 1mil liberals joined. Ha. We would then be able to vote down a lot of their none sense.

Dr. President said...

That's a good point, Anon.

Anonymous said...

Anon above me stole that idea from The West Wing...

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