>>>>>How about if we say that all of that is over the line? Anyone on either side suggesting or even hinting that the right way to deal with a political opponent is with a weapon is behaving badly, in my book.
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>>>>>Tamar, just a yes/no....do you think the Palin crosshairs map is "suggesting or hinting that the right way to deal with a political opponent is with a weapon"?
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>>>>Yes. I'd put that in the "hinting" category.
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>What category would you put this in?
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>>>http://www.newscopy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dlc-targeting-map.gif
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>>Similar. Not quite the same, but probably also a bad choice.
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>>Tamar
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>Why isn't it quite the same?

To me, a plain target symbol is less inflammatory than one with crosshairs. Crosshairs to me suggest weapons and snipers in a way that the target alone doesn't. That doesn't mean that others don't respond differently.

I think in both cases, it would have been better to just use a dot.

Tamar