Christian Terrorists Kill American Civilians and Shoot Police

[*PhilHos*]

(12-03-2015, 03:08 PM)Nately120 Wrote: You know what, I think it does matter.  I think it matters when people who have the national spotlight use it to spread lies to further their agenda.  Jenny McCarthy is convincing morons to expose everyone's kids to completely preventable illness and Carly Fiorina used a national debate to spread incorrect and inflammatory bs about Planned Parenthood chopping up babies for fun and profit.

People want to throw their hands and act like we haven't created, and continue to feed this "get 'em angry and pray for the victims when they listen to your nonsense" culture.  I'm sick of people who brag about how powerful and influential they are backpedaling from the scene of the crime when some nut takes their "go get those bastards" hate speech to heart.

Sarah Palin and Bill O'Rilley are suuuper popular, and they'll tell you that, but when someone takes their "target the enemy" to heart they are the first to say "Woah now, I can't make anyone do anything!"  "XYZ is super evil and scary and needs to be stopped!  By the way, have I mentioned how awesome assault rifles are, lately?  Yea, everyone who doesn't hate America should have lots of assault rifles...just saying!"

Zounds of studies say vaccines don't cause autism and DO prevent rotten diseases?  Tough luck for your kids, because some a shrill lefty who boinks the Riddler is going to convince people to subject kids to the plague, but hey, don't blame her!

I don't get it.  If I go to the police station and say "PhilOS is a drug lord" and they search your house and find nothing, I might be in trouble.  If I tell the local newspaper that you are a child molester I'm going to get sued, but if I go on national TV and have a fanbase of zillions and I tell people that we need to stop (insert something here untrue that I have made out to be an assault on life, liberty, and America) and someone goes out and does it I get to say "Woah, I didn't make anyone do anything!"

The people with the most power are the ones with the least responsibility.  It's like if a billion people hear you lie you are absolved of blame.  Well, that's just my take.

It's one thing if someone says "Someone should put an end to all PLanned Parenthoods" and then someone goes out and shoots up a PP clinic. It's another thing if someone says, "Planned Parenthood eats babies" and then someone goes out and shoots up a PP clinic. IN the former, you can argue that they were encouraging people to attack PP. In the other, they lied, but that doesn't make them culpable.

While I think we can all agree that most of us don't like the spread of misinformation, it is still incumbent on the LISTENER to make any and ALL of their decisions possessing ALL the facts. That's not to say that the spreaders of misinformation should get away with it, but the responsibility of my actions still are my own.

I personally am tired of the responsibility of people's actions falling everywhere but on them (and I'm not saying that's what you're claiming). I think we need to look at the totality of what happened in an effort to prevent tragic events from re-occurring, but not for scapegoating nor shirking the responsibilities of those who commit crimes.

But, at the end of the day, if you're willing to take the lives of people who are not actively endangering your life or your family's lives, you will do so even if what you're being told is 100% the truth.