Time As My Only Measure

Congressman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), and nine others were shot this morning by an unidentified gunman.

There's going to be a lot of talk from the right about how the police can't be sure of the gunman's motives and that it had nothing to do with the current political environment. In another world, it'd be easier for me to believe that it was entirely random, or even personally motivated, i.e not political. But this is the world we live in, so on the count of three, I'm going to need everyone to call bullshit.

We can go on and on about the right to free speech but to forget the responsibility that comes with it is just as horrible as not having it at all.

The dead included John Roll, chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Arizona. Also killed was Gabe Zimmerman, 30, the congresswoman's director of community outreach, and a 9-year-old girl. Two other Giffords staffers were injured.

LINKS:
in usamerica news: - mekosuchinae
"just words," huh? - glass_icarus
sickened - heathershaped