re: #273 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Palin’s rhetoric with that map was irrationally aggressive, uncalled for and simply malicious. She put a target on Giffords. Which is why she was soundly criticized, even though she had, of course, nothing to do with the shooting.

There was nothing aggressive about Holder’s or DeBlasio’s rhetoric. What they said was arguably true, but even if one disagrees, there was nothing “between the lines”. It was a criticism. Something you hear in a polite society. (I have no idea whether Sharpton said anything, but I don’t care about that hack anyway).

Something like this is relevant, but it had nothing to do with DeBlasio or Holder.

So, to repeat, someone who ties DeBlasio’s and Holder’s justified criticisms to this tragedy is either a scumbag, or an imbecile (or both).

Fine, but those who called for dead cops ought to hang their heads in shame. I don’t think there were that many of them, or that they were emblematic of others, but it still needs to be said they were out of line.