re: #48 Red Pencil

Hmm, like the Ft Hood shooter? Should we ignore the influence of Islamic hate preachers on Malik Hasan, just because Hasan was nuts? I wouldn’t.

No one perfectly sane does such things. At the same time, no one responsible and virtuous pushes the crazy over the edge.

To take an example, the man who shot Dr. Tiller is probably more than a bit screwed up. But he took up the gun after literally years of Terry Randall and his ilk repeatedly calling in every barely legal way they could for an assassination.

When you get up on a platform and scream about tyranny and terrorism at the White House, you are putting out a casting call for a lone gunman. Anyone who wants to use fiery political rhetoric must understand this.