Shooting at congress baseball practice game (suspect in custody)

[LeisureSuit912]

Life comes at you fast

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[Cappytaino]

If only we held the same standards for the reactionaries who commit political violence.

the left won't condemn this attack except when it's convenient to push for more gun control.

Edit: A tyrannical government and a government you disagree with politically are two completely different things. Rand is right, and the government at the current moment isn't tyrannical in any way.

[Gsterman]

the shooting happened because of politics. A radical leftist targeted elected Republican officials for their political affiliation. How is politics not relevant here?

We both know that the reason people are arguing about politics in this thread isn't to discuss the motive behind the attacks, its so those people can get their tingles by bitching at and about lefties and righties. These are the same people who go into the politics megathread and argue all day.

Not to mention that arguing about it only leads to more divisiveness, which is the reason this happened in the first place. Alienating people on the other end of the spectrum only makes more of the type of people who commit these types of attacks.

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

Dems and msm need to be held accountable for inciting this violence.

is this a joke lol

[McZealot]

Dems and msm need to be held accountable for inciting this violence.

You want to hold me responsible for something I had nothing to do with? Bitch, I want to hold you responsible for the Iraq War. After all, you are an American, aren't you? So take Annoying Orange's wrinkley little rooster out of your mouth and think clearly for a second, or shut the forget up and start thinking about the war you started in 2003.

Can I hold Christians responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombing? Can I take Republicans responsible for it? No, because that would be loving stupid.

the left won't condemn this attack except when it's convenient to push for more gun control.

Pretty disgusting that five people were murdered and you can't even wait a loving second before you try to fling the deaths of those men and women as bullets towards groups you don't like. Honestly, bullstuff like this is why people here don't take you seriously anymore.

The left wont condemn this attack? You think that I'm okay with the loving murder of my fellow citizens because they disagreed with me over some petty political bullstuff? No, you're thinking of your loving self. You're the starfish who condemns entire groups of people based on single characteristics. You're the idiot who can't stand to be challenged--even for a second. I know you're like a little loving parasite trying to suck the juice out of every trajedy you can so that you can jack off thinking about how much you hate the goddamn lefties/transgenders/muslims/immigrants/whoevertheforget but can you really just take a moment to shut your loving mouth for once? Everyone here is sick of your stuff and it's frankly sad to see a user I once respected like this.

[Conan]

the left won't condemn this attack except when it's convenient to push for more gun control.

Edit: A tyrannical government and a government you disagree with politically are two completely different things. Rand is right, and the government at the current moment isn't tyrannical in any way.

i would think the vocal minority left wouldnt condemn it while the reasonable ones who do get drowned out by them. please dont generalize the entire left as alt-left antifa violent protest supporters - it only fans the flames on both sides: reasonable liberals get annoyed/pissed, while conservatives jump on the statement and spread the incorrect message.

also speculation in general doesnt do anything but incite anger. talk about what actually happened/has happened rather than lament the idiocy that may come up

[otto-san]

i'm not gonna deny that this guy probably did this because of political frustrations. doesn't mean he was sane and doesn't mean it reflects on anyone but himself. the assertion that an entire half of society as a whole and broad social institutions bear responsibility for this is kinda hilariously silly lol

that being said, the political climate instigated by media definitely cultivated the atmosphere for this specific kind of thing to happen, but this person obviously wasn't like any other ol dude

[|Orange|]

This is sad, even though I don't agree with the GOP, no one deserves to have violence committed against them. This is seems like a similar situation to the Portland attack, focusing on the perpetrator's political leaning to fuel the fire of hate. Radicalism sucks and is found everywhere, let's condemn it instead of ideologies.

[Deus Ex]

Watching people scramble to deny this has anything to do with the rhetoric the media and lefties have been pushing is funny, especially knowing it's the same people who blame Annoying Orange's campaign rhetoric for literally everything. And I'd like to stress here that, loving god damn obviously, not everyone on the left has subscribed to the far left, Annoying Orange is a literal national socialist, etc etc rhetoric, but denying that there's enough people on the left that are fueling this kind of hatred and vitriol towards the right is ridiculous. And the moment a right-wing shooter starts gunning down left-wing politicians, I promise you I'll say the exact same thing. This stuff has got to stop. People in the center have to come together and start actively working in their groups to end this hyper-right, hyper-left, tribalistic rhetoric that's tearing this nation apart. I am aware the right does the same thing, but right now, they aren't in control of the media and digging their claws into social media.

This is sad, even though I don't agree with the GOP, no one deserves to have violence committed against them. This is seems like a similar situation to the Portland attack, focusing on the perpetrator's political leaning to fuel the fire of hate. Radicalism sucks and is found everywhere, let's condemn it instead of ideologies.

I agree. If people wouldn't adhere to ideologies to the point of fanaticism we wouldn't have half the issues we have in the world atm.

[Tactical Nuke]

Life comes at you fast
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AHAHAHAAHAHAHAA SO LET'S TAKE AWAY EVERYONE'S GUNS

how loving handicapped are you
did you not notice the "tyrannical government" part of it? or are you one of those lobotomized forgets who thinks that Annoying Orange's administration is tyrannical?

[Deus Ex]

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAA SO LET'S TAKE AWAY EVERYONE'S GUNS

how loving handicapped are you
did you not notice the "tyrannical government" part of it? or are you one of those lobotomized forgets who thinks that Annoying Orange's administration is tyrannical?

Annoying Orange's taking away our rights! Somehow! I don't know how but it's definitely happening REEEEEEEEEEEE

[Tactical Nuke]

https://news.grabien.com/story-left-wing-twitter-celebrates-shooting-rep-scalise

OH LOOK I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN

[LeisureSuit912]

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAA SO LET'S TAKE AWAY EVERYONE'S GUNS

how loving handicapped are you
did you not notice the "tyrannical government" part of it? or are you one of those lobotomized forgets who thinks that Annoying Orange's administration is tyrannical?

If we're gonna talk about political violence I think we should include the "don't tread on me" chuds too.
You want a bunch of raving loons to storm DC with guns targeting a "tyrannical government", you got it yesterday.

[LeisureSuit912]

Watching people scramble to deny this has anything to do with the rhetoric the media and lefties have been pushing is funny, especially knowing it's the same people who blame Annoying Orange's campaign rhetoric for literally everything. And I'd like to stress here that, loving god damn obviously, not everyone on the left has subscribed to the far left, Annoying Orange is a literal national socialist, etc etc rhetoric, but denying that there's enough people on the left that are fueling this kind of hatred and vitriol towards the right is ridiculous. And the moment a right-wing shooter starts gunning down left-wing politicians, I promise you I'll say the exact same thing. This stuff has got to stop. People in the center have to come together and start actively working in their groups to end this hyper-right, hyper-left, tribalistic rhetoric that's tearing this nation apart. I am aware the right does the same thing, but right now, they aren't in control of the media and digging their claws into social media.

Oh forget off, dude. You won't say the same thing when a right-wing terror attack comes. If that's the case this list should make you squirm. You'd probably cheer if a bus full of antifa "thugs" crashes into a burning building.
So if you're gonna say that we have to condemn Kathy Griffin because some tankie shoots up a baseball game, I say we keep on the lookout for all those alt-right weirdos who write blocks of texts sounding like the Unabomber because you never know. Sounds dumb right?

[Trogtor]

reguardless of the political stance no government official deserves assassination. there's nothing funny about this