Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Collude to Rewrite Their History of Violent Rhetoric

Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Collude to Rewrite Their History of Violent Rhetoric

Again I say, Don't believe anything Palin or Beck say. By their own words, you'd have to be an idiot! The problem is not with these political humorists, the problem is with those who believe what they say, including the mass media.

The blogosphere is agog with everyone's version of how volitile rhetoric is culpable in this tragedy. I haven't seen or heard anyone say that it is our fault. The fault lies with those who believe what they say or who believe that the media and blogosphere ranting about these folks is in any way serious.

The attention given to the political theater smells but it sells. The real fault lies with those who take it seriously.

That being said, If a radical goes into a mental hospital and rages for violence against the government and then goes to a Ruritan meeting and rages there, it's pretty likely that none of the Ruritans will be going out to commit violence. It's not such a sure thing at the mental hospital.
Media folk who broadcast the vitriol AND the media who report the media that originate the vitriol have to know that what they are saying and reporting about will be heard by the sane and the insane. That makes them culpable. It's not exactly their fault, but it throws gas on the fire...