If you've been watching the news in the U.S. for the past couple of days, I am sure you have heard about the tragedy in Arizona and the endless discussion on 'discourse' after it.
I am no fan of Sarah Palin or the tea party, but there has not been a single shred of evidence that Loughner was under their influence. The news has just been running endless clips of Sarah Palin's 'don't retreat reload' slogan and a U.S. map showing districts with target signs on them. They argue that a metaphorical slogan and photo, which we have no evidence that he's even seen, somehow is to blame for a murder rampage. I myself do not know exactly what caused him to murder all those people but it seems that all these media pundits want to do now is attach their own narrative to the situation.
Loughner was clearly an unusual case and I would hope the media would at least take the time to investigate the actual causes before hypocritically calling for civil discourse while continually airing baseless accusations.
I am no fan of Sarah Palin or the tea party, but there has not been a single shred of evidence that Loughner was under their influence. The news has just been running endless clips of Sarah Palin's 'don't retreat reload' slogan and a U.S. map showing districts with target signs on them. They argue that a metaphorical slogan and photo, which we have no evidence that he's even seen, somehow is to blame for a murder rampage. I myself do not know exactly what caused him to murder all those people but it seems that all these media pundits want to do now is attach their own narrative to the situation.
Loughner was clearly an unusual case and I would hope the media would at least take the time to investigate the actual causes before hypocritically calling for civil discourse while continually airing baseless accusations.