Much of the blame for the Oak Creek shooting I say is due to Michelle Bachmann.

[Archae]

Her wild accusations about the Muslim Brotherhood I think set the shooter off.

[CJCRANE]

1. Her statements are irresponsible

to say the least.

I wonder if she knows what she's doing or is parroting stuff someone else told her to say...

[Justice wanted]

2. Exactly. I am also concern for Rep Ellison

[malaise]

3. But but but didn't Rmoney say he can't control what people say

I blame all ReTHUGs and their hacks for whipping up hatred against non-white people and muslims in particular.

[pampango]

4. Juan Cole said as much.

"Among the hatemongers are Frank Gaffney, and his acolyte Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn), Rep. Peter King (R-NY) Daniel Pipes, James Woolsey, Robert Spencer, Steve Emerson, John Bolton, and sometimes Rudi Giuliani, Mike Huckabee and others, most associated with the Republican Party."

http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/white-terrorism-at-oak-creek-the-paranoid-style-in-american-violence.html

[Worried senior]

5. I totally agree

with you, along with all the r-w radio hate mongers. They are all to blame but are too stupid to understand what their hatred causes.

[backscatter712]

6. Exactly. Bachmann is guilty of stochastic terrorism. n/t

[cali]

7. who knows? it's really impossible to say

Page has been involved with white supremacist hate groups for well over a decade- long before Bachmann arrived on the national stage. For all we know, he doesn't have a clue as to who she is or what she's said. Yes, her utterances are despicable but without evidence, this is just idle speculation.

[onenote]

12. +1

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. At least I think she needs to be confronted on the issue

Has she issued a strong statement condemning the murders?

[Pisces]

9. She is guilty and should be ashamed of inciting fear, anger and hate. She could care less

because she doesn't care. She is irresponsible and dangerous and should not be a part of our Congress.
It is the same with the crosshairs and Gabby Giffords. Sometimes these psychos are on the edge and it doesn't take much to
push them off the cliff.

[liberallibral]

10. I blame the shooter...

[tabasco]

17. Yes, so do I but

the discussion here is whether others might have incited the shooter.

HOPE IT HELPS.

[uponit7771]

11. At some point we have to acknowledge the Schoastic Terrorism

[cali]

14. I think you mean stochastic

DU's meme of the month.

[jillan]

13. It's not only Bachmann, it's the whole rw meme of fear. Turn on faux anytime of day or nite and

they are pushing fear. If it's not in the story they are telling (making up) it's in the scroll that goes across the bottom.

People are paranoid. 9/11 made them more paranoid and Faux feeds off of that paranoia - even from their statement that tells their viewers that they are the only news channel - that the other stations are librul and will lie to you.

Sarah Palin did a great job of cashing in on that paranoia saying that President Obama pals around with terrorists.
We all remember how heated up her rallies would get. So what did faux do? Hire her. Reinforce her selling fear and distortions.

Sharron Angle - Second Amendment remedies.

I hold each and every one of this hate and fear peddlers responsible for what is going on with these nutjobs that feel they have to kill their fellow citizens just because they don't think and look like them.

The right thing to do would be for all of them - from Beck to Limpo - to Palin - to faux - would be to tone it down.
Ha - like that is ever going to happen.

[Scuba]

16. Locally in Milwaukee we have Charlie Sykes and Mark Belling to motivate the terrorists.

[closeupready]

15. Could be. Such inflammatory rhetoric certainly doesn't help matters.