Sunday, April 5, 2009

Vultures Descend Upon Tragedy in Pittsburgh

The bodies of the fallen police officers in Pittsburgh were still warm when some of the net denizens on the left were already licking their chops that the murderer had some hang-up about Obama's gun control policies. Here's the shit flying around:
  • David "Everyone Who Doesn't Agree With Me is a White Supremacist" Neiwert tries to attributeconservative ideology.
  • Kos fears that Glenn Beck is going to come kill his 2-year old daughter.
  • Bob Cesca says you can sure as hell blame right-wing rhetoric, but nothing else (video games, movies, etc.) because it's convenient for the progressive cause to portray your opposition as loony.
  • Tbogg has a lazy post about "bitters", and then some doggieblogging.
Just like when they reveled in the death of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, these people will exploit any tragedy for their own political benefits. It's an absurd argument. Should we blame the progressive idea of egalitarianism as resulting in events like JonesTown and the Manson Family? No, some people are just goddamn batshit. Whether it be a talking neighbor's dog or a bizarre obsession with their own mother, crazies have all sorts of psychological problems that can drive them to murder. But, on the plus side, JammieWearingFool notes that the netroots finally give a fuck about law enforcement.

Update: Hot Air has evidence on Kos calling all conservatives "cop-killers". What a classy dude.