Comments on: Tucson and the Palin Effect http://www.mccoolidge.com/2011/01/10/tucson-and-the-palin-effect/ MC Coolidge - Author of Sideways in Sarasota Wed, 09 May 2012 23:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MC http://www.mccoolidge.com/2011/01/10/tucson-and-the-palin-effect/#comment-2517 MC Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:37:03 +0000 http://www.mccoolidge.com/?p=6626#comment-2517 Thanks for the additional info, Steve. Thanks for the additional info, Steve.

]]> By: Steve http://www.mccoolidge.com/2011/01/10/tucson-and-the-palin-effect/#comment-2516 Steve Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:11:09 +0000 http://www.mccoolidge.com/?p=6626#comment-2516 It's ironic you bring up Marilyn Manson who was blamed for the Columbine killings as it was reported that his music influenced the killers which was not true.It is pretty sick that all his band members have last names of serial killers. John you make valid points and MC it is indeed a sad mess.Just senseless! It’s ironic you bring up Marilyn Manson who was blamed for the Columbine killings as it was reported that his music influenced the killers which was not true.It is pretty sick that all his band members have last names of serial killers.
John you make valid points and MC it is indeed a sad mess.Just senseless!

]]> By: MC http://www.mccoolidge.com/2011/01/10/tucson-and-the-palin-effect/#comment-2515 MC Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:29:56 +0000 http://www.mccoolidge.com/?p=6626#comment-2515 Interesting question -- JW. I asked myself a similar question as I was making the post. Ultimately, I decided that it was important to the conversation for people to know what the press was talking about all day yesterday, last night, and this morning -- so many pundits and talk show folks were referencing the image of the Sarah Palin ad. Palin had it removed from her site some time ago because so many people were outraged about it, so a lot of people who were trying to find what the media was talking about, couldn't. I'm not that concerned with "perpetuating the sleazy pundits" you talk about -- mostly 'cause I'm not sure to whom you are referring. The question in my mind was more one of - does posting it on my site fuel anger, and more vitriol? Just giving any credence to Palin's original ad at all was a question for me -- that's why I didn't write about it when it first came out. But this recent situation in Tucson would make any thinking individual reflect back on that ad -- and wonder if there was a connection between that kind of "lock and load" talk and advertising and violence. My point was that if Marilyn Manson had created an album cover like that and then someone ended up shooting one of the people listed in the ad, people everywhere would be drawing a correlation -- in fact, many would lay immediate blame. Thanks for reading and contributing to the dialogue. Interesting question — JW. I asked myself a similar question as I was making the post. Ultimately, I decided that it was important to the conversation for people to know what the press was talking about all day yesterday, last night, and this morning — so many pundits and talk show folks were referencing the image of the Sarah Palin ad. Palin had it removed from her site some time ago because so many people were outraged about it, so a lot of people who were trying to find what the media was talking about, couldn’t.

I’m not that concerned with “perpetuating the sleazy pundits” you talk about — mostly ’cause I’m not sure to whom you are referring. The question in my mind was more one of – does posting it on my site fuel anger, and more vitriol? Just giving any credence to Palin’s original ad at all was a question for me — that’s why I didn’t write about it when it first came out. But this recent situation in Tucson would make any thinking individual reflect back on that ad — and wonder if there was a connection between that kind of “lock and load” talk and advertising and violence. My point was that if Marilyn Manson had created an album cover like that and then someone ended up shooting one of the people listed in the ad, people everywhere would be drawing a correlation — in fact, many would lay immediate blame.
Thanks for reading and contributing to the dialogue.

]]> By: John W. Perkins http://www.mccoolidge.com/2011/01/10/tucson-and-the-palin-effect/#comment-2514 John W. Perkins Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:19:55 +0000 http://www.mccoolidge.com/?p=6626#comment-2514 Aren't you just perpetuating the sleazy pundits that are using this tragic opportunity to tout their pet causes and vitriol of politicians that do not agree with their views ?? Aren’t you just perpetuating the sleazy pundits that are using this tragic opportunity to tout their pet causes and vitriol of politicians that do not agree with their views ??

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