Daily Kos: why did this left-wing website have a bullseye on Gabby Giffords urging a primary challenge?

Question

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/11/opinion/main7233387.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

Answer 1

Because there is nothing wrong with the symbol -- people have been using it to target things (and other people), but not necessarily for murder.



Until, of course, an opportunity presented itself to smear Sarah Palin, that is...

Answer 2

There was no bulls eye on Congresswoman Giffords. The bulls eye was on AZ District 8. The Republicans targeted vulnerable districts. The left wing targeted AZ8 because they didn't want a moderate in the position. Your link even says that.

Answer 3

"The second form is to lump together all sorts of extremism under the broad rubric of "anger" or "hate." The New York Times news story posits "a wrenching process of soul-searching about the tone of political discourse and wondered aloud if a lack of civility had somehow contributed to the bloodshed in Tucson." NBC's Mark Murray writes, "If one word summed up the past two years in American politics, it was this: anger."



This category is far too broad. Strong feelings are a part of political discourse. This is serious business. Important things are at stake, including, at times, life and death. People have a right to get angry. "

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Anger can get out of hand, and it does not preclude civility. The ironic thing is that as conservatives decry efforts to pin the shootings on Palin et al, they are themselves complaining about the same lack of civility which they then go on to dismiss as a non-issue.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

they are the real threat

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/25/1204/74882/511/541568



"Who to primary? Well, I'd argue that we can narrow the target list by looking at those Democrats who sold out the Constitution last week. I've bolded members of the Blue Dogs for added emphasis." see line 7 of the list

Answer 6

The Daily Kos is a cess pool occupied and supported by frogs and well funded by the king toad Soros.

Answer 7

Anyone who puts a bulls-eye on a politician is wrong, whether it comes from the left or the right.



But let’s not make a false pretense of balance when it comes to violent rhetoric or violent imagery. It’s coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It’s hard to imagine a Democratic member of Congress urging constituents to be “armed and dangerous” without being ostracized; but G.O.P rising star Michele Bachmann, did just that. Sharron Angle suggested using "second amendment remedies" against those who win at the poles if you don't agree with them, and a similar suggestion was made by Allen West's Chief of Staff, who said that "If ballots don't work, bullets will." Gabby Gifford's political opponent Jesse Kelly invited supporters to "shoot a fully automatic M16 to get on target for victory". And on and on it goes. And this is coming from their POLITICIANS. When do you ever hear similar talk from the Democratic politicians?



There’s also a HUGE contrast in the media. Listen to Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann, or Bill Maher, or Cenk Uygur, and you’ll hear a lot of caustic remarks and mockery aimed at Republicans. But you won’t hear jokes about shooting government officials, or beheading a journalist at The Washington Post (Bill O'Reilly), or saying things like, "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building." (Anne Coulter). Listen to Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly, and you will, pretty much on a daily basis.



It takes an awful lot of research on the part of right-wingers to come up with examples of people on the left using such imagery or references. It takes leftists about five minutes to come up with hundreds of examples of it coming from the right. For every one example you can come up with of a democrat or a leftist talking like that, we can come up with fifty examples of it coming from someone on the right.

Answer 8

So if someone criticizes Palin, they must be from the left? I know PLENTY of republicans who don't care for her one bit! The site that had the bulls eye was a critic of hers. This article never mentions political leaning, you just assumed. You know what they say about assuming!

Answer 9

It didnt happen if liberals did it...



and since there is a link, liberals will be unable to answer this question.

Answer 10

It's not inciting violence, if Liberals do it.