Right now, I’m saddened beyond words that Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot this morning along with other people. Read the story here.

Little is known right now about the details of the case and of course, there is not enough information to decide if this was politically motivated or not, but I suspect that it was an act perpetrated by some sick mind fueled by the hateful rhetoric spewed out by Fox News, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and others associated with the right-wing media. Read Time’s take on this.

After all, Gabrielle Gibbons was one of those on Sarah Palin’s map that “targeted” Democrats she didn’t like using gun-sights as her markers. Of course, she’ll be able to walk back all of that by saying, once again, that she didn’t literally mean to “target” these people, and she is probably correct in saying that but does she and others not bear some responsibility for this hateful speech going on in this country that is heard by people who DO take their messaging seriously?

When is it all going to stop? When will we be able to return to having a civil discourse in this country? I think it is wonderful that we all have our own opinions but do we have to kill people to settle the differences? Good God! What kind of people have we become?