How should one respond to the Tuscon shooting?
For the past several days I’ve been wondering if I should write an article about the shooting in Tuscon. If I do post something, what would I write about? I considered taking a look at the incorrect reporting and rumor that poured out of the news on that Saturday. I considered writing about the political environment and whether or not it had anything to do to motivate the shooter. I considered taking the role of a debunker and look at the claims one by one. Finally I considered writing about the reaction of local skeptics since our Get Together was going on while news was updating live on our phones.
I spent days trying to find the right thing to say and if I say anything at all. Then several several friends had tweeted an excerpt from the Daily Show that talked about the shooting. Many people had been calling him “the sanest person in America right now”. I watched the clip, and if he’s not the sanest, he’s definitely the most rational at the moment.
So instead of trying to find the right things to say and the right way to say it, I’m going to (probably take the easy way out and) let someone else do it.
This clip is from the January 10th episode.
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