The Jan. 8 attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and the subsequent media focus on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's (R) opposition to Giffords's reelection in 2010 sparked a slew of death wishes against the prominent Republican on the social networking site Twitter.
Approximately 50 anti-Palin tweets were compiled in a YouTube video published Jan. 10. Most were made on Jan. 8, the day of the shooting.
The compilation leads off with one user asking on Jan. 9, “When will the crosshairs fall over a Palin? Don’t any liberals own guns and forget to take their meds? C’mon already.” The “crosshairs” was a reference to Palin’s electoral map that featured crosshair bullseyes over districts the former governor thought conservatives could win.
Another user wrote on Jan. 8, “I hope Sarah Palin dies an ugly death and takes her moronic hate with her.”
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Just goes to show you that this problem exists regardless of which side you are on. Crazies should not be allowed to have guns. Period.
ReplyDeleteJust shows the mind set of most people on the left. They're emotionally unstable.
ReplyDeleteHow terrible that this is what our country has come to. Death threats and wishes just because you don't like someone or they are different than you or have different political views. Let's save the death threats for people like pedophiles, rapists, murderers, gang members, and child abusers,
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