Target: Gabrielle Giffords screenshot

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This page from last August by a Palin supporter in Arizona was just taken down within the last hour after the horrific shooting in Tucson of Rep Giffords and others. The page uses violent rhetoric inspired by Sarah Palin’s "target" website which included Giffords in a list of 20 "targeted" Democrats.

As a commenter noted after the news broke but before the takedown, "words matter." The pageholder defended himself and expressed sympathy, but also claimed that a political hit list is somehow different from a Mafia hit list.

No, it’s exactly the same to any literal-minded right-wing nutjob who thinks God is telling him he needs to act.

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Via: Flickr
Title: Target: Gabrielle Giffords screenshot
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 8 Jan ’11, 2.53pm CST PST