I feel bad for the families of the Tucson shooting victims that such a tragic event was so politicized and hijacked in the media.
I was hoping those people who immediately used the tragedy to promote their busted old rants about censoring the right and gun control would disappear after learning that the shooter was deranged and not at all influenced by conservative talk. Maybe they would see how insensitive, hypocritical and inaccurate they were. But as late as Friday, the Telegraph was still at it, running some stupid opinion cartoon of the image of a weapon formed with the names of Limbaugh, Palin and other conservatives.
Such partisan rants only serve to drive the wedge deeper. If we must play the blame game for Jared Loughner’s actions, let’s start with the ‘progressive’ culture of decriminalizing drugs, embracing toxic music, TV, and movies, squelching our Judeo-Christian traditions, and sweeping acts of terror under the rug of political correctness.
It’s bad enough that our country is becoming desensitized to evil. What makes it worse is that some in this country use any crisis to promote their agendas.
