Comments on: I’ve been thinking about Steve Scalise https://habitablezone.com/2017/07/27/ive-been-thinking-about-steve-scalise/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:23:02 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2017/07/27/ive-been-thinking-about-steve-scalise/#comment-39805 mcfly Fri, 28 Jul 2017 13:37:12 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65884#comment-39805 "Chill" isn't politically useful. "Agitated," otoh... “Chill” isn’t politically useful. “Agitated,” otoh…

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/07/27/ive-been-thinking-about-steve-scalise/#comment-39804 hank Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:23:02 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=65884#comment-39804 Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the face, she was targeted deliberately, and obviously identified and singled out by her assailant. And six other people at her rally were killed. People do need to chill out. Even from a purely tactical point of view, political assassination does not work. It only makes a martyr of the victim, and gives his supporters an excuse to launch a campaign of vindictiveness and revenge. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the face, she was targeted deliberately, and obviously identified and singled out by her assailant. And six other people at her rally were killed.

People do need to chill out. Even from a purely tactical point of view, political assassination does not work. It only makes a martyr of the victim, and gives his supporters an excuse to launch a campaign of vindictiveness and revenge.

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