I think the title of this post is a sufficient answer to a Slate article which asks: Are Assassins More Likely To Target Liberals?
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Which Political Party Do Paranoid Schizophrenic Shooters Prefer To Target?
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I think the title of this post is a sufficient answer to a Slate article which asks: Are Assassins More Likely To Target Liberals?
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2 responses to “Which Political Party Do Paranoid Schizophrenic Shooters Prefer To Target?”
Lee Harvey Oswald, a kook who dabbled in communism and even emigrated to Russia at one point, targeted President Kennedy who by today’s scale is less liberal than conservative.
Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian, targeted candidate Robert F. Kennedy who is widely considered a liberal.
Sara Jane Moore targeted President Ford, a conservative.
Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme, one-time Charles Manson groupie, also targeted President Ford.
Arthur Bremmer targeted candidate for president George Wallace whom many considered to be a conservative.
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. targeted President Reagan, a conservative.
Jared Loughner targeted Rep. Gabrielle Giffords whose recent race for re-election was marked with a bullseye by the liberal Daily Kos organization. Her support for stricter immigration controls and Second Amendment rights also makes identifying her as liberal based on her Democrat party affiliation suspect.
That makes the count 4 assassins targeted conservative politicians, 2 struck at possible conservatives, and 1 targeted a liberal. Playing their holy Victim Card is going to be tough for liberals here but were it not for their double standards the liberals would have no standards at all.
NOTE: Half of all U.S. presidential assassins in the last half-century are females. Consider that another feminist victory – parity for women and all that.
On the other hand, nearly all the shooters from the Puerto Ricans who attacked Truman through Loughner were either outright socialists (Oswald) or had some sort of fuzzy, vaguely left ambiance (Fromme and Loughner). The only exception were Ray and Hinckley.
All forms of socialism are violent. Socialists glamorize violence, justify it and incite it.