The Arizona Shootings Had Nothing To Do With Politics, Rhetoric

Don’t blame Sarah Palin or the Tea Parties.  Blame Sheriff Clarence Dupnik

By Art Gallagher

If the news reports are accurate, the heinous acts of 22 year old Jared Loughner in Arizona were not political.  They were sick acts of a very mentally ill young man.

The most sane commentary I have read or heard about the tragdey in Tucson was on facebook. 

Dennis Howard, President of the pro-life organization Movement for a Better America Inc., said:

“The tragic failure of responsible people — parents, teachers, police and others who encountered this troubled young man all through his pre-teen and teen years to intervene effectively is the real cause of the tragedy in Tucson. His symptoms were clear and compelling, yet little or nothing that we know of was done.

Having worked with troubled young people, I know there are hundreds, if not thousands more like him. The army could turn him down, but that didn’t stop him from buying a fearsome assault weapon. No wonder our jail population has risen 725% since 1958, while our total population has only risen 79% in that time. Far too many of us just don’t care — until it is too late.

The brightest light in Tucson is 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, who gave her life while showing the rest of us how to live. Born on 9/11, she had recently recently received her first Holy Communion, and was eager to learn what we all need to learn to restore America’s greatness. There were other heroes here, but she was the brightest light of all. Let us never forget her.”

 

Scott Sipprelle said:

“It is desperately irresponsible to claim that Gabby Giffords was a victim of violent political speech. This committed and thoughtful public servant was gunned down by a deranged person, one who rambled nonsense about the government taking away “grammar” and of having a colorful bird on his shoulder. Let’s channel our energy to find out where all of this mental illness is coming from.

I am struck by the haunting similarities to the young, white, confused, disillusioned Columbine killers, who used almost exactly the same words about living in a dream-like state. Seems to me that mental illness, especially among the young and relatively privileged, has gotten much worse.

This guy didn’t have the mental stability to be adhering to any political dogma…far left, right, or anything in between.”

 

True to their “never waste a good crisis” philosophy, the left stream media and their allies in the Democratic leadership are blaming the tragedy on “vitriolic political rhetoric” from the right and from the Tea Party movement.  That is why various Tea Party leaders are wisely issuing statements, just as they did when the leftist were waging their PR campaign that attempted to paint the Tea Parties as racists. 

The Tea Parties aren’t racists and they aren’t violent.  They are previously apathetic average Americans who have woken up, garnerd their political power and started to reverse the progressive/socialist/free spending agenda that has taken over our various governments.

The left would rather that previously apathetic average Americans go back to sleep.  They won’t. 

Congressman  James Clyburn spent 10 minutes on FoxNews Sunday this morning blaming the Arizona tradegy on speech he would rather silence.  Democratic Pima Arizona County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is trying to become a national figure by blaming the shooting on bigotry, vitriol and Sarah Palin.

Both Clyburn and Dupnik are egomaniacal morons. 

We’ve come to expect this bs from Clyburn, the third highest ranking Democrat in congress.  Strangely, Clyburn also used his FoxNews commentary about the Gabrielle Gifford’s shooting to call for members of congress to be exempt from the TSA’s federal fondling program.

Dupnik should get off TV blaming political rhetoric for the murders and attempted murders that happened on his watch.  The media talking heads should not be letting Dupnik get away with this crap.  If he wants to go on TV, the so called journalists should ask him why a U.S. Congresswoman and a Federal Judge were appearing in public without even one police officer present, especially if there is so much anger and bigotry in his county as he claims.  Let him explain that to the parents and brother of Christina Green.

The truth is blaming Dupnik, Palin or anyone else other than Loughner won’t make any difference. It won’t raise the dead or heal the wounded.

We should all heed Howard’s words and not look the other way when we encounter an obviously troubled person of any age.   We should heed Sipprelle’s words and focus on the health and well being of young people instead of trying to score political points and silence those we don’t agree with.  

Avoiding the hassle and hoping for the best is negligence.  Not wanting to get involved is endangerment.

Posted: January 10th, 2011 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arizona Shooting, Clarence Dupnik, Dennis Howard, Gabrielle Giffords, James Clyburn, Scott Sipprelle | 8 Comments »

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