It just occurred to me that Joe the Plumber made those asinine comments about building the "damn fence" and then to start shooting after the recent shooting incidents that have garnered so much attention and controversy these last few weeks.
Maybe I'm crazy in thinking that he should have a little more sensitivity before just shooting off his mouth about unthinkingly promoting shooting people. He mentioned at some point in the past that, in his feeling, gun control laws in Nazi Germany most likely led to the extent of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Yet, his solution to the problems regarding illegal aliens is to build a fence and start shooting - presumably many of those that would be shot at are unarmed.
By being a public figure these days, and making such mindless, knee jerk reaction statements, there is a risk that some people just might take him seriously, that it provides a green light and a voice of support to take matters into one's own hands. Given our history with shootings, I cannot help but wonder if this was an irresponsible thing to say.
For a while there in 2008, everybody wanted to know what Joe the Plumber thought and had to say about American politics. Now, in 2012, he himself is running for office, and he discredits himself when he makes idiotic and irresponsible statements such as this. Yes, indeed, four years ago, everybody was asking him what he thought, and his situation and opinion even made it to the Presidential debates. Now, he has voiced his opinion repeatedly, and maybe it's time to finally forget about Joe the Plumber, realize that his fifteen minutes are up, and that stumbling on political relevancy does not make him an authority on anything. Using him as an example was a political ploy to begin with, and one that seems now to have backfired quite a bit, since now, he is utilizing the platform he was given to voice his idiotic and prejudiced opinions.
Maybe what would be best is to wish him the best, and forget about him, relegate him to a one election wonder who happened to garner a lot of attention, but who also does not have much of intelligence to say about the state of things today. This man is not the one we should turn to in order to inform the public about what the nation is all about, or the direction we should be heading in, and he seems intent on proving it when he gets the chance to open his big mouth and voice his opinion. Let's ignore him, and not egg him on into discrediting himself and making even more of a fool of himself than he already has done.
http://www.inquisitr.com/302121/joe-the-plumber-lets-build-fences-and-shoot-illegals/
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