# Most despicable reaction to the Tucson shootings?

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**Created:** [January 13, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-reaction-to-the-tucson-shootings/567443 "2011-01-13T12:38:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-reaction-to-the-tucson-shootings/567443/13 "2011-01-13T14:33:02Z")

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> [@Laudenum](#):
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> In fairness, I read one news report saying that the shooters first threat came in 2007, before Palin ever reached prominance.
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> From the little I’ve read, it looks like we was going off the deep-end before Palin or the tea party came to international attention.

That may well be. But Palin’s crosshair map and her talk of gunplay, and Angle’s talk of second amendment remedies can and should be condemned regardless on whether or not they were factors in the shootings.

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