Godlike Productions - Discussion Forum
Users Online Now: 1,500 (Who's On?)Visitors Today: 736,663
Pageviews Today: 1,471,149Threads Today: 626Posts Today: 12,664
06:25 PM


Rate this Thread

Absolute BS Crap Reasonable Nice Amazing
 

Gun zealots: Shooting victims should stay out of debate

 
Shadowy_Planet
Offer Upgrade

User ID: 20584644
Canada
04/27/2013 09:27 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Gun zealots: Shooting victims should stay out of debate
James Taranto, who not only writes a column for the Wall Street Journal but also edits its opinion website, rightfully became the most hated man on Twitter yesterday afternoon for questioning whether former congresswoman Gabby Giffords could have possibly written the New York Times Op-Ed she published last week shortly after a gun control bill died in the Senate, considering how injured she remains after getting shot in the head two years ago.

Here’s Taranto parsing the forensics of her column-writing abilities on an NRA radio show Friday, caught by Media Matters’ Timothy Johnson yesterday:

TARANTO: One fascinating thing about this is this piece was published no later than 9:03 PM on Wednesday evening, because that’s when it first appears on the New York Times’ Twitter feed. The last Senate vote on amendments to the gun bill was a bit after 6 [PM]. Giffords appeared at the White House at 5:35 [PM] when we saw that enraged rant by the president. The Manchin-Toomey [background check] provision was the first vote. That was at 4:04 PM. So if you read this piece it’s presented as a cry from the heart, as Giffords’ personal reaction as somebody who’s been wounded by gun violence to the betrayal of these Senators. So we are supposed to believe that somehow in less than five hours a woman who has severe impairments of her motor and speech functions was able to produce 900 publishable words and put in an appearance in the White House in the course of it. So I think that’s a little bit odd.

Ironically, in a column Thursday, Taranto wagged his finger at Giffords for practicing “incivility and unreason.”

But it’s not just Taranto. From Sen. Rand Paul to small-time radio hosts, gun rights absolutists seem eager to dismiss gun violence victims and condemn them for daring to speak out.

[link to www.salon.com]
curiouslyinterested

User ID: 25678800
Canada
04/27/2013 09:33 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Gun zealots: Shooting victims should stay out of debate
There is a reason why courts have 'victim impact statements' before sentencing. They are necessary because victims of any type of violence have the most pertinent view of the crime and the subsequent consequences.





GLP