Scott Pelley: D.C. Attack on Congressmen Was 'to Some Degree Self-Inflicted'

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Scott Pelley: D.C. Attack on Congressmen Was 'to Some Degree Self-Inflicted'
By Tom Blumer | June 18, 2017 8:44 PM EDT

Thursday evening, CBS's Scott Pelley, who officially ended his tenure as the network's Evening News anchor the following evening, told viewers that "It's time to ask whether the attack on the United States Congress Wednesday was foreseeable, predictable and, to some degree, self-inflicted."

It's clear from Pelley's subsequent commentary that his answers to all three elements are "Yes." It's equally clear from the examples he supplied as support that he sees (or wants viewers to see) the problem as predominantly about the conduct of those on the right.

Here is Pelley's full commentary:

http://www.newsbusters.org/print/193996

[Oceander]

[Free Vulcan]

Yet another liberal giving either an explicit or implicit ok for more violence. What a surprise.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Yet another liberal giving either an explicit or implicit ok for more violence. What a surprise.

My long-time best friend -- nearly 40 years,  is very liberal, and supported Bernie.  Despite that, we've always been able to discuss politics in a civil manner.  Dude just went off the deep end on me.  Said Trump was evil, and that everyone who supported him is evil.

I questioned what was meant by "support'.  I said I don't quite understand the context outside of an election where you are required to cast an actual vote, and said that I support him when I agree with him, and don't support him when I don't.  Asked to clarify, I said I supported Gorsuch, thought the AHCA was better than the ACA, supported deregulation, and support tightening illegal immigration.  He then said "yes, that makes you evil."

It's really pretty stunning if you think about it.  Taking a contrary position on issues on which people have long-disagreed now amounts to actual evil, and that's not just with respect to this now former friend. There are a lot of people on the left who equate repealing the ACA with actual evil, and trying to kill people.  With that kind of mindset out there, it's no wonder we're seeing more and more violence.

[Restored]

Best response I ever heard to a male liberal : After a long screed by a liberal coworker, a guy responded "Well, we now know what your wife believes anyway".

[Cyber Liberty]

Best response I ever heard to a male liberal : After a long screed by a liberal coworker, a guy responded "Well, we now know what your wife believes anyway".

 

I'm tucking that one away in a back pocket for later use.  Thanks!

[Free Vulcan]

My long-time best friend -- nearly 40 years,  is very liberal, and supported Bernie.  Despite that, we've always been able to discuss politics in a civil manner.  Dude just went off the deep end on me.  Said Trump was evil, and that everyone who supported him is evil.

I questioned what was meant by "support'.  I said I don't quite understand the context outside of an election where you are required to cast an actual vote, and said that I support him when I agree with him, and don't support him when I don't.  Asked to clarify, I said I supported Gorsuch, thought the AHCA was better than the ACA, supported deregulation, and support tightening illegal immigration.  He then said "yes, that makes you evil."

It's really pretty stunning if you think about it.  Taking a contrary position on issues on which people have long-disagreed now amounts to actual evil, and that's not just with respect to this now former friend. There are a lot of people on the left who equate repealing the ACA with actual evil, and trying to kill people.  With that kind of mindset out there, it's no wonder we're seeing more and more violence.

Ironic considering that these are the people who demand Separation of Church and State, yet they use moralistic word like evil all the time.

Bottom line is it's a cult, and it's people act just like brainwashed members.

[Cyber Liberty]

Ironic considering that these are the people who demand Separation of Church and State, yet they use moralistic word like evil all the time.

Bottom line is it's a cult, and it's people act just like brainwashed members.

Not surprising to me at all.  I'm seeing a lot of liberals telling us we're un-Christlike, and if we were true conservatives we would adopt their approaches.  We have a fellow that espouses those views right here.  I see it as a practical application of the Alinski rule about redefining the enemy's rules to the point they are impossible to follow, then hold them to it.

[mountaineer]

Ironic considering that these are the people who demand Separation of Church and State, yet they use moralistic word like evil all the time.

Bottom line is it's a cult, and it's people act just like brainwashed members.

They don't want to believe in any absolutes, so their concepts of good and evil are remarkably fluid.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCxuuaTWq8&feature=youtu.be

[AllThatJazzZ]

http://www.newsbusters.org/video/scott-pelley-boehner-do-you-practice-scowl
I remember the interview Pelley conducted with John Boehner a couple of years ago when he showed his colors by asking Boehner if he practiced his scowl. (Close your eyes and try to picture Pelley asking such a question of a Dem Speaker of the House. Couldn't imagine it, could you?  ) I desperately wanted to ask the pugnacious, condescending little puke if he practiced that ever present "who farted?" expression on his face.

"Journalists" like him give license to nutjobs like Hodgkinson to nurture their hatred to the point of violence. Maj. Bill Martin's former friend is a prime example of the brain washing:

He then said "yes, that makes you evil."

Let's hope he's not as unbalanced as Hodgkinson, but you just never know where liberalism will lead.

[Bigun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCxuuaTWq8&feature=youtu.be

All anyone needs to know about Pelly is that he was trained under Walter Cronkite and then Dan Rather!

[Joe Wooten]

I'm tucking that one away in a back pocket for later use.  Thanks!

Same here.....