It truly is a sad day for politics and a terrible indictment of the Left and Liberal media in the United States, when the voice of reason seems to be a comedian, Jon Stewart. Discussing the shooting rampage that took place in Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2011, by Jared Lee Loughner, Stewart refrained from his usual funny take on current events to share his personal thoughts. As BuddyTV says of Stewart's comments, "His reaction was, for the most part, serious, often rambling, slightly confusing but, in the end, it was heartfelt and poignant."
"Did the toxic political environment cause this? A graphic image here--and ill-timed comment--violent rhetoric--those sort of things? I have no f---ing idea. We live in a complex ecosystem of influences and motivations and I wouldn't blame our political rhetoric any more than I would blame heavy metal music for Columbine....
"Read up about those who were injured or killed, you will be comforted about much anonymous goodness there is in the world...you will realize people that you don't even know, and have never even met are leading lives of real dignity and goodness. You hear about crazy, but it is rarer than you think."...
How do you make sense of these types of senseless situations?
Boy would it be nice to draw a straight line of causation from this horror to something tangible, because then we could convince ourselves that if we just stopped this, the horrors would end.
Six people died, including a 9 year old girl. As many as 19 were injured physically, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Almost immediately the crazies on the Left were out tossing accusations and trying to use the tragedy to their benefit. For all of those I say "shame on you". We have always had crazies and I'm guessing we will always have them. There is no way to determine what words or actions will influence some nut.
Stewart said we need to 'stop seeing political rivals or people who disagree with us as villains, or enemies. It is possible to disagree with an opponent in a civil and polite manner.' Unfortunately I don't think Stewart is correct here. Apparently we cannot disagree and be polite and civil, if the response from the Left to the shootings is any indication.
Stewart also said, “It would be really nice if the ramblings of crazy people didn’t in any 
way resemble how we actually talk to each other on TV,” ... "to make troubled individuals easier to spot." Wouldn't that be loverly, if somehow the crazies had a sign on their head or wore a certain type ribbon on their chest? Unfortunately in most instances the crazies don't look any different that the rest of the population.
However, in this particular situation, the crazy actually looked crazy. He acted crazy. His friends and fellow students and teachers knew he was nuts. The local law enforcement knew him and knew he was nuts and did nothing. No ribbon required to identify this crazy, yet from parents to police, nothing was done.
Too bad that the Democrat President Barack Obama refers to those who disagree with him as his 'enemies'. Perhaps he is setting the tone for much of this vitriol, which seems to be the word of the week.
Here's the full video:
"Unfortunately I don't think Stewart is correct here. Apparently we cannot disagree and be polite and civil, if the response from the Left to the shootings is any indication."
That's 100% right, when you think about it, this isn't anything new or something that happens on the odd occasion. Whenever something like this happens, i always see prayers and sincere condolences from Conservatives and Christians. From the left however, it's always the same, they use the tragedy to strip us of our rights to speech, to defend ourselves and to even speak out against policies we don't agree with.
No matter how decent and polite we are, it's always the same hatred and bigotry from the left and i think it's simply shameful.
Posted by: MK | January 12, 2011 at 04:10 AM
lol...Typical conservative response. Just listen to 24 hrs. of talk radio and you can easily hear that both sides are nuts. However it's the right that sounds the most violent.
Posted by: rob | January 12, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I must hand it to Jon for at least trying to bring some sanity back. However, he is wrong about trying to reason with the nut cases...they will never be civil! It's the sad truth, and we just can't easily stop the insanity.
Posted by: myfoxmystere | January 13, 2011 at 03:42 PM
When Jon Stewart is the MOST logical voice on the Left, it says a lot about the Left. Of course Jon was not correct in his thinking and in many of his comments, but he was more rational than most. Sad state of affairs.
Posted by: Debbie | January 13, 2011 at 03:45 PM