Last week I was reading a lot of comments from people who were calling for "civil discourse". At one point, I was even reading a Democrat's attempt to say "it wasn't the discourse: this kid was insane!" only to have the post flooded with comments about how Sarah Palin had crosshairs--crosshairs--to target Congresspeople vunerable for defeat. As though such language has never been used in a campain before, and never will be again (except by those gun nuts--you can't trust them, I guess).
And, as someone who has been well aware of the political climate this past decade, I couldn't help but wonder: these people are only getting upset at crosshairs? This is worse than hoping for the assassination of a sitting President? Am I really supposed to take such calls for civility seriously?
So, when I saw "I do not want civil discourse" (Hat tip to Kevin Baker), I couldn't help but think: "Amen, and A-MEN!".
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