Not a minute after Jared Loughner opened fire on a crowd in Arizona, members of the media began frothing at the mouth, dreaming of blaming the shooting on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Plain et al.

It turns out that Loughner is a leftwing, atheist/occult, pothead, and most importantly, mentally disturbed. However, seeing a political opportunity to attack the Right, the media did not let the facts get in the way of a convenient narrative.

One of the most sickening assertions has been that Sarah Palin is somehow responsible for the shooting, because she targeted Rep. Giffords’ district.

If Palin is responsible for the shooting of Giffords, you would expect politicians to remove similarly ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric from their websites, right? After all, with the knowledge that targeting a district inspires violence, as the media is telling us nonstop, only the most irresponsible of people would continue to incite hatred.

How about Canada’s own communist party, the NDP:

“Taking aim,” bull’s-eyes, “send Harper packing”. One can only presume that the NDP is planning on shooting targeted Conservatives, and sending them packing in body bags, right?

Of course, making such an assertion is patently absurd. Taking aim, bulls-eyes, and sending people packing are all political metaphors. If someone read that map and took it as a call to arms, they would have to be mentally unwell.

Even if a Tea Party conservative opened fire on innocent civilians, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or any other liberal Emmanuel Goldstein would not be responsible. Some people are deranged. It is not possible to ascribe a logical reason to an illogical act. The Left’s attempt to pin the Arizona shooting on anyone but the lunatic involved is both libelous and malicious.