Fire Play Burnt, etc.

Just saw this via TPM.

It seems evident that when you mobilize demographics using a rhetoric of war, use the language of "terrorism" to undermine your political opponents, those that become "energized" to take action do so through violence. This guy's situation seems a bit more unique, in that he was upset over a personal issue, but come on--we need to realize that the way that we talk about things encourages others to react using the same language.

It's no stretch of the imagination. Language has powerful, far-reaching impacts, and frames the way in which people view and interpret their surroundings. It's devastating to see that the mainstream media toys with those impacts rather than mitigating the words that encourage others to act violent.

Tragic. Once again.