But this kind of nonsense - politicizing a fatal accident the moment it happens, with no facts actually yet known about the causes - never used to happen, in my memory.

~ John M from Ct.

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This ALWAYS happens from Democrats when there is a mass shooting..

~ Michale

False equivalency. Mass shootings are not "accidents" wherein we have "no facts actually yet known about the causes." Mass shootings are intentional murder wherein anyone with even a scintilla of gray matter already knows quite a lot regarding the causes of the multiple murders.

It's distraction... the right-wing knee jerk reaction writ-large to blame anyone for anything under the label "DEI hire," and they are like trained monkeys throwing the same poo all over the cage... lather, rinse, repeat.

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

~ Lyndon Baines Johnson

That "DEI hire" label they bandy about is exactly what I meant a few commentaries back when I posted:

Quite obviously, the list of "somebody to look down on" has greatly expanded, but the distraction while they laugh all the way to the bank remains intact.

~ Kick

The Righties project all the anger, frustration and economic distress and insecurity of the middle class and poor uneducated whites by scapegoating the "others" for it and give them hope that they'll benefit if only they'll "build that wall" or have "mass deportations now."

If you think Trump cares about people, you've not been paying attention. Trump has greatly expanded the list of people to look down on while he and the grifters laugh all the way to the bank.

Yup, like a lot of Steven King books there’s no way a movie could do it justice (e.g. The Stand).

What do you think about Tom Clancy?

We The People knew that was who he was, and nearly half of us voted for him, which is more than we can say about Pete Buttigieg.

Yep, yep, yep...

But this kind of nonsense - politicizing a fatal accident the moment it happens, with no facts actually yet known about the causes - never used to happen, in my memory.

Your memory is quite faulty there, son...

This ALWAYS happens from Democrats when there is a mass shooting..

Hysterical Democrats start screaming hysterically about how guns are evil and all guns should be banned etc etc etc...

It happens like clockwork every time we have a mass shooting..

But before Trump's rise to power, and the earlier rise of the culturally-aggrieved GOP starting in the Clinton years, neither side would have tried to pull cr** like this.

Again, not factually accurate... This "crap" happens EVERY TIME there is a mass shooting..

He's the president and the nation's leader. In times of tragedy, he should rise above politics. Yes, we know he never will. But the initial sin is his, not his opposition's.

Name me ONE TIME that when there was a Democrat POTUS and a mass shooting that said Democrat President EVER "rose above politics"..

You can't because it has never happened..

The ONLY time a Democrat POTUS "rose above politics" during the aftermath of a mass casualty incident was when the incident was DEMOCRAT'S fault...

That's the ONLY time we see Democrats wanting to "rise above politics" and wait for the facts to come out.. :eyeroll:

Your own comment, JMCT, proves that what I said is dead on ballz accurate...

I am gratified to see that you point the finger at BOTH sides...

Could this be the beginnings of a thaw in the Cold Civil War???

One could certainly hope so... :D

The head of the F.A.A. was fired because he had annoyed Elon Musk..

Not factually accurate...

The head of the FAA quit... He was not fired..

Don't contribute to it. Let the families bury their dead in peace. And don't jump to conclusions, no matter how they may fit in with your own political views. Let's hear what the actual facts were before assigning any blame at all. It is the decent thing to do.

Again, this is very heartening to see this...

I am going to archive this and refer everyone to it the next time there is a mass shooting..

All in all, this was a well-reasoned and rational commentary without ANY semblance of PTDS and Trump/America hate..

I hope we see more of these...

Oh hell yeah! A bleeping great novel for anybody even halfway interested in JFK. Good recommendation!

Yea, it was a helluva ride...

They made a movie of it, but the novel was so intricate and in depth, ANY movie could not do it justice...

I would put 11-22-63 in my TOP FIVE READS...

But this kind of nonsense - politicizing a fatal accident the moment it happens, with no facts actually yet known about the causes - never used to happen, in my memory. I agree the left went for the blame-Trump idea just as quickly as the right went for the blame-the-left idea.

But before Trump's rise to power, and the earlier rise of the culturally-aggrieved GOP starting in the Clinton years, neither side would have tried to pull cr** like this.

Buttigieg's comment does take an anti-Trump angle, but from a common-sense, the way-it-used-to-be perspective: "Trump should be leading, not lying".

He's the president and the nation's leader. In times of tragedy, he should rise above politics. Yes, we know he never will. But the initial sin is his, not his opposition's.