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[jade02]

Today a gunman - a 20 yr old man - killed 6 people and wounded several others.  His target was an Arizona politican.  Not long ago her opponents held a fund raiser.  The fundraiser - "Republican challenger Jesse Kelly held fundraisers where he urged supporters to help remove Giffords from office by joining him to shoot a fully loaded M-16 rifle.

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[magser]

*hugs you*

Sad as well...

[anonymous]

Please don't make this situation worse by making it political. There's quite enough of the 'us verses them' mentality out there without your 'connection' adding fuel to the fire. Republican/Democrat; Conservative/liberal; Jew/Gentile; Believer/Unbeliever - they're labels we'd be better off not using so frequently. We're people; we're Americans, and at this moment a lot of us are hurting.

Violence doesn't always beget violence. It's an individual choice. The twenty two year old suspected shooter made a horrendous choice yesterday. Let's not place blame for his despicable behavior so causally, and let us also hope and pray hate doesn't beget hate.

Re: Sad as well...

[jade02]

It's not about politics at all. It wouldn't matter who said it - it's what they said. It's about people who are public figures - in this case it's two Republicans (Kelly & Palin) who have chosen to make comments which IMO are irresponsible comments. As the Sheriff of Pima County AZ said - "This may be free speech," he told reporters, "but it's not without consequences."

[x5vale]

This is so wrong.

*sighs*