The Extreme Right’s Plan After Tucson

Posted on January 14, 2011 in Accountability Civic Responsibility Insurance Stigma Terrorism Violence

Proposals from Right-wing extremists about Tucson amount to this: Blame the mentally ill for what happened. Stigmatize the mentally ill. Do nothing to help the mentally ill obtain needed health care and medications to contain their illnesses. Cut back on programs for the mentally ill. Do nothing to make it harder for anyone to obtain assault weapons like the 30-round Glock that Loughner used to mow down the crowd. Accept no blame for the violent rhetoric that obviously influenced the gunman to zero in on Gabrielle Giffords. Keep up the same old Tea Party show. Undercut the partisan pause.

In other words, the plan is no plan. Just run on automatic knee-jerk.