lunes, enero 10, 2011

LA TRAGEDIA DE ARIZONA Y LA POLÍTICA DEL LIBELO DE SANGRE. Quienes afirman preocuparse por el tono del discurso político no ayudan a un debate civilizado cuando aprovechan cualquier pretexto para acusar de asesinato a sus adversarios políticos". Un artículo de Glenn Reynolds de imprescindible lectura:
Shortly after November's electoral defeat for the Democrats, pollster Mark Penn appeared on Chris Matthews's TV show and remarked that what President Obama needed to reconnect with the American people was another Oklahoma City bombing. To judge from the reaction to Saturday's tragic shootings in Arizona, many on the left (and in the press) agree, and for a while hoped that Jared Lee Loughner's killing spree might fill the bill.
Leedlo entero.