Via Truthout: Shooting of Jewish Congresswoman Giffords Is Not Just a "Tragedy"

Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun: "Why does what Hillary Clinton once quite accurately described as 'the vast right-wing conspiracy' get a free pass when its rhetoric can easily be seen to contribute to the climate of hate from which the actions of this "lone gunman" can be easily understood to have emerged? Isn't it time for us to demand that our government investigate the violence-generating discourse of the racist and the haters? Why, when the House of Representatives was in the hands of Democrats, did they not have any committee or subcommittee at work holding pubic hearings to explore what kind of legislation might help protect us citizens and our liberal and progressive representatives from the kind of violence that exploded in Arizona earlier today?"
 
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