Everyone who is crying about anger and violent rhetoric needs to grow a pair. As pocket said in one of his posts, "actions have consequences", well that's true and it's only the actual ACT of violence that is unacceptable. Words are harmless, physical force is required to violate rights.
I understand that some would like to claim that the words of some lead others to commit horrendous acts such as this shooting in AZ but that's just BS, words didn't load the clip into the gun and pull the trigger, the shooter did that, he alone is responsible for his actions....
And YES, I would be saying the exact same thing no matter who the victim and shooter were and no matter what their political leanings might have been. The political posturing of both the ruling parties is as unavoidable as it is classless, both should be ashamed of themselves but both have proven to be shameless in their pursuit of political power.
I know too that many will disagree with what I've said, that's great... It's called freedom of speech and included in that freedom is the right to use "angry" and "violent" rhetoric if you choose to do so, after all, there is no right to not be offended. People have the right to say anything they want but noone has the right to violate the rights of others.
Calls for furthing limiting freedom of speech in order to silence this or that pundit will be as pointless to stopping another shooter as are the calls for more and/or stricter gun control policies. Laws don't stop criminals because laws are nothing more than words, which are incapable of preventing acts of physical violence.
If living in a world where people are not limited in their freedom of speech or right to bear arms, so long as they do not violate the rights of others in the exercise of their own rights, sounds scary to you, then you truly do prefer the calm seas of despotism to the tumultuous ocean of freedom.
