The link above, from John, is just stupefying. I did notice on ABC's Nightly News, the special edition, extreme, almost nervous restraint. They only briefly mentioned references by Ms. Gifford's grandfather that her enemies were....the tea party. And kept emphasizing how conservatives were also shaken by this event. But I do tend to think that the warnings against rhetoric and Palin's bulls-eye ads, given by the victim months before she was shot, will just not be covered by the news. Except for BCJ, I doubt I would have ever seen the above.
I do understand we do not need to see this politicized. From what I have been seeing, the gunman may well have been paranoid delusional. But the nut cases do find their triggers in the surrounding climates, on the left or the right. And when Ms. Gifford, months ago, civilly suggested Sarah Palin's ads and rhetoric could lead to violence, from the fringe nut cases, and then is herself shot, her earlier warning ought not to be covered up for the sake of not offending anyone.
I like ordinary conservatives, often enough. And they are in no way responsible for this ugliness. But exploring how the fringes have altered our safety levels, just should not be politely pushed to the side. And yet that is what I am seeing.
Even the copies of ads that I posted above earlier, have, this quickly, vanished into difficult-to-retrieve areas.
I do wish her well and a solid recovery. And am sure we all have nothing but the best wishes for the families of the other victims. I just regret, the decision by the media, so far, not to explore the antecedent climate.