I do think it's important to watch our rhetoric. I think it's a worthwhile goal not to conflate our political opponents with enemies if for no other reason than to draw a better distinction between the manifestos of paranoid madmen and what passes for acceptable political and pundit speak. It would be really nice if the ramblings of crazy people didn't in any way resemble how we actually talk to each other on TV. Let's, at least, make troubled individuals easier to spot.
Reflecting on the shooting of Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords, where 13 other people were wounded and 6 killed at a grocery store in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2011. The act of one individual American.
Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
January 10, 2011
Comedy Central
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