US Congressman and Others Shot...

[Meh Gerbil]

I see no evidence he's a whackjob like, say, the guy who shot Giffords was.

The insanity defense is stupid.

[Meh Gerbil]

honestly, at this point I think we all need to seriously start preparing for the inevitable civil/world war. pick up some related skillsets, learn a bit of survival, get into good physical shape, store food/basic necessities, etc.

I've decided to go down with the ship.
I'm not going to be running through a burned out city trying to escape CHUDs, eating mushrooms, skinning dogs, and treating serious wounds with whiskey.

As soon as the internet goes down I'll lose my will to live.

[Darth Executor]

The Bible also speaks pretty bluntly about not rendering evil for evil.

Yes but what does that have to do with shooting politicians?

[One Bad Pig]

Government can carry out any number of atrocities by using due process.
A process isn't a guarantee that the system is good - it only describes a series of steps.

The abortionists used 'due process', does that make the death of millions of dead children any less murder?

No, but that's hardly a direct comparison.[/QUOTE]

[Meh Gerbil]

No, but that's hardly a direct comparison.

I may be missing your point.
I don't know how voting on a murderous policy is different than a random act of violence... other than making it premeditated.

[Jedidiah]

. . . Whatever happened to common decency and compassion? There was a time when our nation would have collectively mourned something like this. Now we have people practically if not outright celebrating just because the victims happen to sit "across the aisle".

This is just part of the death throes of our once great republic. Symptom of decay.

[Jedidiah]

While I'm no fan of politicians to try to make it out that they're all Hitler or Mao is just ignorant.

Difference is only in the extremity of their actions that we see. How many people have the Clintons killed? That is just one example. Congressmen making and selling drugs is not much less than what Hitler did except in the number of victims.

[Jedidiah]

By Joe Schmoe? Absolutely. By order of Governor X, following due process? Absolutely not. Can you see the difference?

The Bible also speaks pretty bluntly about not rendering evil for evil. The proper response to all those is not to grab your Uzi and set it on rock'n'roll.

Understanding why people may do such evil things is not the same as approving of such evil things.

[Jedidiah]

so now the liberals are turning into terrorists? Protests, burning cars, decapitating the president in effigy, now assassinating republican senators?

At this point, how do we tell the difference between a liberal and ISIS?

oh yeah...

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But most Republicans are just liberal lite, not conservative.

[Jedidiah]

I've decided to go down with the ship.
I'm not going to be running through a burned out city trying to escape CHUDs, eating mushrooms, skinning dogs, and treating serious wounds with whiskey.

As soon as the internet goes down I'll lose my will to live.

At my age and with my physical limitations I will go down with you if it comes soon. And it is coming.

[One Bad Pig]

I may be missing your point.
I don't know how voting on a murderous policy is different than a random act of violence... other than making it premeditated.

Perhaps you're missing my point because I wasn't trying to differentiate between voting on a murderous policy and a random act of violence.

Now that you mention it, though, your attempted comparison is manifestly absurd. It takes a ginormous leap to equate voting on, e.g., healthcare with murder.

[One Bad Pig]

Understanding why people may do such evil things is not the same as approving of such evil things.

That's not how I understood the post to which I was replying. It looked rather more like "I wouldn't personally do such things, but I can see how others would see them as reasonable."

[Meh Gerbil]

Perhaps you're missing my point because I wasn't trying to differentiate between voting on a murderous policy and a random act of violence.
Now that you mention it, though, your attempted comparison is manifestly absurd. It takes a ginormous leap to equate voting on, e.g., healthcare with murder.

How is it that for every other person in society the action and the result of the action are measured together and accountability applied?
I'm sure they'll be relieved to know that you don't hold them accountable for abortion - you know, because an organized political body voted on it.

These fatheads can sell us on the most hair brained nonsense, collect fat checks from their globalist buddies for selling us out, and then retire from office and never face prosecution for their crimes. There is literally no other occupation on the planet (besides being a politician) where a person can commit those kinds of crimes and walk away with absolutely no fear of blowback. Defense contractor buddy needs a war? Start one. It doesn't matter because you cannot be held accountable - as long as you voted on it, regardless of what pack of lies you told the American people to sell it.

You and I pay for the bad choices we make.
We need a mechanism to make politicians pay for theirs.

[rogue06]

I've decided to go down with the ship.
I'm not going to be running through a burned out city trying to escape CHUDs, eating mushrooms, skinning dogs, and treating serious wounds with whiskey.

As soon as the internet goes down I'll lose my will to live.

Wait. There are are alternative treatments?

[Jedidiah]

That's not how I understood the post to which I was replying. It looked rather more like "I wouldn't personally do such things, but I can see how others would see them as reasonable."

I guess it is obvious that I did not. You may be right but I doubt it.