tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post7480661922374584139..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Rushing to Pause JudgmentSteve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-16056935453430012012011-01-10T13:19:06.803-05:002011-01-10T13:19:06.803-05:00Nice timing, as I was finishing my gun rant when I...Nice timing, as I was finishing my gun rant when I got this comment. We need more gun control, although this will be very, very hard with a Republican Congress (and the Dems tend to sellout their values on this stuff).Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-31860538477008724562011-01-10T13:16:23.559-05:002011-01-10T13:16:23.559-05:00A terrible tragedy.
Naturally, proving correlatio...A terrible tragedy.<br /><br />Naturally, proving correlations between free speech that uses inflamatory rhetoric and political violence by disturbed people will range from difficult to impossible.<br />But, the symbolic power (as with the rhetoric of ethnic entrepreneurs in the Balkan wars) of uncompromising political language and its 'reload'/'lock and load' metaphors could easily push fringe elements across the line.<br /><br />Any thoughts on gun control and gun culture? Canadian journalists seem to view events in Arizona through this prism also...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com