Despicable Acts of Cowardice

"Sarah Palin sent condolences to Giffords’ family, but said nothing about her unconscionable SarahPAC map putting 20 House members, including Giffords, in actual crosshairs for supporting healthcare reform, or her infamous Tweet telling conservatives “don’t retreat, reload.” Giffords’ 2010 Tea Party challenger, Jesse Kelly, hasn’t apologized for inviting supporters to “shoot a fully automatic M16″ to “get on target for victory” and “remove Gabrielle Giffords from office.” " Joan Walsh Salon

Responsible people of influence do not use the rhetoric of violence to make their points and anyone in politics or the media who uses this vernacular should be condemned and shunned. The attack on a member of Congress is an attack on the American rule of law and way of life. Those who exhort others to commit such attacks do not have any place in American society. A 9 year old child lies dead this morning because of this attack, an innocent child whose life was only beginning. We cannot tolerate this. We cannot allow this. This must stop and it must begin with an end to the rhetoric of violence and hatred spewed forth by the ignorant. Those who encourage these despicable acts of cowardice, intentionally or otherwise, do not have any place in American society. I say intentionally or otherwise, but one can hardly read the utterances above and not conclude that the results in Arizona were the intentions of the speakers. Those who speak the words that encourage the actors are no less guilty for the resulting criminal acts.