Active shooter in Maryland

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(06-29-2018, 09:51 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Agreed. There was a lot of finger pointing immediately after by very public figures, and those fingers were pointed right at each other. It was rather disgusting. I know Nately was being his usual snarky self with his comments, but people like Hannity immediately blaming Maxine Waters or people on the left blaming Trump and Milo in the immediate aftermath just isn't helpful.

No, the comments from Trump, Milo, Waters, and whomever else aren't helpful to the discourse in our society, but we should always wait for motive to be made clear before finger pointing. Instead, because of the news cycle in our society, it is a race to pile on the blame first. Facts be damned.

Calling a group an enemy of the people or consistently blaming them for the world's problems makes it easier to consider violence. It falls in with politicians saying people need to exercise their 2nd amendment rights... and then acting shocked when someone does. What did they think they were advocating? Trump calling the press an enemy and then offering his "thoughts and prayers" is insulting.