Here’s the opening para of Bob Herbert’s piece in today’s New York Times:
By all means, condemn the hateful rhetoric that has poured so much poison into our political discourse. The crazies don’t kill in a vacuum, and the vilest of our political leaders and commentators deserve to be called to account for their demagoguery and the danger that comes with it.
Here’s a nominee for best phrasing: “The crazies don’t kill in a vacuum.”
There are a lot of commentaries holding that the rhetoric of the right wing cannot be proven to have been related to the shooting in Tucson last Saturday. See, for instance, David Brooks in the same issue of the Times.
Point taken…if you’re looking for specific, direct-line relativity.
Herbert, though, takes the argument; there is no social vacuum in today’s world.
Trust, but verify.
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