Climate of Hate?

Climate of Hate?latest news update,Climate of Hate;Regarding the article “In aftermath of shooting, some draw lines to Palin” (Jan. 11): Attempts to make Sarah Palin and the political right in the United States culpable for the shootings in Arizona — and to blame them for the “climate of hate” which supposedly created the conditions in which such a horrible event could take place — are nothing more than crass political opportunism of the worst kind.

By ascribing blame the way they have, Democrats and the left are exploiting personal and national tragedy for political gain. It doesn’t get any more cynical and sleazy than that.Climate of Hate?

Jerry Philipson Comox, British Columbia

The shootings in Arizona are a symptom of the vitriolic political dialogue promoted by Tea Party activists and many in the Republican party. Rather than engaging in respectful dialogue, the Tea Party and their Republican sympathizers simply paint government as the problem and place cross-hairs on all the elected officials who disagree with them. . Climate of Hate?

Climate of Hate?