PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
● Shot: Stochastic terrorist Roland Martin: Only way to stop mass shootings is ‘to completely wipe out’ GOP.
.@rolandsmartinon the Texas mass shooting: "The only way to change any of this is to completely wipe out the Republican Party. Somebody has to say it. Greg Abbott, the governor, is sick and demented." pic.twitter.com/1VS6nJRgvp
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 8, 2023
—Twitchy, today.
● Chaser:
If we are to embrace the notion of civility and humility in our discourse, that means not falling into our old habits. I was impressed that Roger Ailes, head of Fox News Channel, relayed to Russell Simmons’ GlobalGrind.com what he told his staff after the Tucson shootings: “I told all of our guys, shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually. You don’t have to do it with bombast. I hope the other side does that.”
Who knows if this edict will be photocopied and posted in the office of every Fox talk show host, and throughout its newsroom, to serve as a reminder to everyone when the nation moves further and further away from the shooting?
And he’s correct; those who vehemently oppose the views of Fox News and conservative radio hosts must also adhere to the president’s call for civility.
—“After Tucson, will media tone it down?”, Roland Martin, then-CNN political contributor, January 17, 2011.