TagsTagsblogherenow.net They say you can't fight fire with fire. Actually, you can. But what you really can't do - at least effectively - is fight what you identify as fallacious reasoning with precisely the same style of fallacious reasoning. George Will provides a striking illustration of this self-defeating pattern of reasoning ...
George Will, Elizabeth Warren, Fallacious Reasoning, Liberalism, conservatism, Rhetoric
Rachel Slajda has a pretty complete list of the extreme violent rhetoric that has dominated the right wing since the election of America's first black President, focusing on the 2010 campaign season: Before Shooting, A Campaign Season Rife With Gun Rhetoric.
Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Crime, Extremism, Terrorism, Rhetoric, Tea Party
Here's a highly entertaining segment from today's Chris Matthews show, in which he confronts Tea Party Nation kook Judson Phillips, who insists he sees absolutely nothing wrong with bringing guns to political events. Video
Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Crime, Extremism, Terrorism, Rhetoric, Tea Party, Chris Matthews, Judson Phillips
International Space Station commander Scott Kelly is Gabrielle Giffords' brother-in-law, and today he made a statement on the shooting in Arizona. As I look out the window, I see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. Unfortunately, it is not. These days, we are constantly reminded of the ...
Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Crime, Extremism, Terrorism, Rhetoric, Insanity
Posted yesterday by LGF reader "CuriousLurker:" So when terrorists blow themselves up and fly planes into buildings it has more to do with crazy than with violent ideology and/or rhetoric, right? Because no one in their right mind would pull something like that.
Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, Crime, Extremism, Terrorism, Rhetoric, Insanity