Change In Tone?
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talkpoliticsOn January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabriell Giffords (D-AZ), a member of her staff, and several of her constituents were shot by Jared Lee Loughner in a store parking lot in Tucson, Arizona. In the wake of the shooting, both sides of the political spectrum called for a stop to "vitriolic rhetoric" that was being blamed for the shooting, with most of the blame being laid by Democrats on Republicans (namely Sarah Palin).
Now, over six months after the incident, it seems the shoe is on other foot. In the past several weeks, we've seen the Congressional Black Caucus on the attack, with hateful speeches made by Maxine Waters and Andre Carson. Just yesterday, Teamsters President Jim Hoffa rallied the crowd in Detroit by saying "Let's take these son of a bitches out" in reference to the Tea Party. Both the White House and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (DNC Chair) have declined to comment on Hoffa's statement.
Today it was reported that a new online game will grant Hoffa's wish.
The game, developed by StarvingEyes (whose clients include NASCAR, Pepsi/Mountain Dew, and several companies in the entertainment industry) allows players to use a variety of weapons such as Uzis and crowbars to physically annihilate zombie versions of Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, the Koch brothers, and Sarah Palin.
Screenshots, anyone?
What do you know, the stereotypical image of a Tea Partier -- a KKK member.
Yet another stereotype -- the overall-wearing, trailor trash redneck, complete with rebel flag and Obama/Joker poster.
Zombie Sarah Palin (Hope they got the rights to use this image)
Yes, you too can bash the brains of Newt and Bill in the post-apocalyptic Fox News studio.
[Screenshots and client list from National Review Online and The Gateway Pundit]
As one person commented (via NRO), it would be deemed racist and sexist if this were done with Democrats as the targets, so why is no one from the Left condemning this kind of thing when the Liberal-minded are at fault?
Whether people like it or not, Tea Partiers are part of the fabric of American politics. They're Americans who enjoy the same rights, privileges, and problems as every other American in this country. And believe it or not, there are black people in the Tea Party, too. Shocker!
A great political mind once said, "You must be the change you want to see in the world." If the rhetoric was so awful before Giffords was shot and THAT was the fault for the attack in the first place, why are Democrats trying to go back to that (or continue it since the rhetoric never really stopped)?
Now, over six months after the incident, it seems the shoe is on other foot. In the past several weeks, we've seen the Congressional Black Caucus on the attack, with hateful speeches made by Maxine Waters and Andre Carson. Just yesterday, Teamsters President Jim Hoffa rallied the crowd in Detroit by saying "Let's take these son of a bitches out" in reference to the Tea Party. Both the White House and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (DNC Chair) have declined to comment on Hoffa's statement.
Today it was reported that a new online game will grant Hoffa's wish.
The game, developed by StarvingEyes (whose clients include NASCAR, Pepsi/Mountain Dew, and several companies in the entertainment industry) allows players to use a variety of weapons such as Uzis and crowbars to physically annihilate zombie versions of Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, the Koch brothers, and Sarah Palin.
Screenshots, anyone?
What do you know, the stereotypical image of a Tea Partier -- a KKK member.
Yet another stereotype -- the overall-wearing, trailor trash redneck, complete with rebel flag and Obama/Joker poster.
Zombie Sarah Palin (Hope they got the rights to use this image)
Yes, you too can bash the brains of Newt and Bill in the post-apocalyptic Fox News studio.
[Screenshots and client list from National Review Online and The Gateway Pundit]
As one person commented (via NRO), it would be deemed racist and sexist if this were done with Democrats as the targets, so why is no one from the Left condemning this kind of thing when the Liberal-minded are at fault?
Whether people like it or not, Tea Partiers are part of the fabric of American politics. They're Americans who enjoy the same rights, privileges, and problems as every other American in this country. And believe it or not, there are black people in the Tea Party, too. Shocker!
A great political mind once said, "You must be the change you want to see in the world." If the rhetoric was so awful before Giffords was shot and THAT was the fault for the attack in the first place, why are Democrats trying to go back to that (or continue it since the rhetoric never really stopped)?
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Date: 7/9/11 01:32 (UTC)If they send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue.
That's the Chicago way!
The hopey changey stuff is all just political posturing and meaningless, insincere rhetoric. It is as fake as fake outrage gets.
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Date: 7/9/11 02:09 (UTC)I made it a point to specifically name who made the game on top of posting the client list for the company. The answer to your latter question is in the post.
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Date: 7/9/11 02:40 (UTC)I see a lot of people condemning it actually. Oh wait, you mean you aren't? See, now I'm confused. Why do you have to confuse me so? It's all up on my FB and people are all being "OMG" and they're all like, "THIS IS BAD WHY IS NO ONE SAYING IT IS BAD?" And I'm all like, MY WHOLE GODDAMN PAGE IS FULL OF PEOPLE SAYING IT IS BAD!
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Date: 7/9/11 04:15 (UTC)How the Democrat's interpret that is "why don't you act like those GOP SOBs?"
It's so confusing, but I'd rather they stand up than roll over, tbh. But that is because I am a walking testosterone machine.
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Date: 7/9/11 04:35 (UTC)How exactly is this game sexist?
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Date: 7/9/11 05:24 (UTC)I guess the fact that zombie versions of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann makes this an equal opportunity insult.
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Date: 7/9/11 05:12 (UTC)How long is America going to stand for these Marixt neo-communist socialists in its govt?
I'm forced to conclude that while it may not be time yet for house-to-house fighting, there's no sense in pretending that these are reasonable people.
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Date: 7/9/11 05:40 (UTC)1.) Wow. That was incredibly stupid and inappropriate.
2.) Well, he was pretty clearly talking about voting people out. There wasn't even really a metaphor there.
3.) Context matters. I don't recall Democrats carrying rifles to rallies or accusing Republicans of being treasonous, socialists, enemies of the state, etc. so while it's bad, it really isn't the same.
4.) I'd never even heard of this dude until today. He probably doesn't have the kind of pull that Palin or Perry do.
5.) I'm sure Republicans will be drawing false equivalences with this very soon.
So it's probably a little of all that, but mostly 3 and 4.
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Date: 7/9/11 05:45 (UTC)"Why doesn't [insert group here] condemn [a few stupid people of group]?"
Meaning that if they don't condemn it, that means they tacitly condone it. I see this all the time regarding Muslims and terrorism. Moderate muslims DO condemn terrorism, they just don't take out full page ads in newspapers when they do it.
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Date: 7/9/11 13:58 (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvvmUlV9mU
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Date: 7/9/11 14:51 (UTC)Has Jimmy Hoffa ever even hinted that he is running for office?
It isn't the same when a labor leader or minister says radical things yet this is who Fox news points the finger at when they can't find actual Democratic politicians saying the things that Republican politicians routinely say.
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Date: 8/9/11 00:39 (UTC)It's amazing the things you don't hear when you don't listen.
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Date: 7/9/11 16:21 (UTC)Andre Carson made a petty play for the emotions of voters. However, his observations may be more accurate than we know.
Maxine Waters reminds me of the king who commanded the ocean to make waves. She will not earn credit by positing the spawn of Satan in the bad place. They put themselves in that position long ago.
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Date: 7/9/11 23:09 (UTC)I don't like it, it's unnecessary. And had I known something about that game sooner, I would have said something, but it's not like I seek stuff like that cause it's disgusting.
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