On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:15 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I *do* like the idea of politicians ditching the violent rhetoric though. >> > > I do not think the phrase 'in the crosshairs' is violent rhetoric, in > and of itself. it can surely be used as such, but most times I have > heard that from public figures it has been a metaphor, nothing else - > I bet that changes - and I think it stinks if it does.
In and of itself, I totally agree. Context matters, though. When you are talking about crosshairs and you also are talking frequently about guns, personal defense, the 2nd amendment, using the Jefferson quote about a revolution now and then being a good thing (which I tend to agree with btw), the context changes. I can easily forgive a lot of individual statements. People say dumb things. Lord knows I do. When we've having beers some day remind me to tell you about the totally insensitive abortion comment and the most dumb-ass thing I've ever said to a black woman. The difference is patterns of comments and, right or wrong, the degree of influence the person spouting them has. People with greater exposure have a greater responsibility to pay attention to their utterances. It's the whole Spider Man thing. People are going to say dumb things. Common metaphors can be misconstrued. All totally true. But I think that when people have patterns of behavior, speech and action, the truth starts to bubble up and you start to see the true import of people who attempt to cynically manipulate for their own ends. It shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, it is pernicious and prevalent. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
