It might be your right, but it just isn’t right

"That's our right," said Napolitano, president of the Southeast Broward Republican Club. "If we want to shoot at targets that look like that, we're going to go ahead and do that." Really? Now it just seems needless to say that just because something is your right does not always make it the right thing to do. Case and point, this situation: Republican candidate for Congress goes to a shooting range and opens fire on a target displaying the initials of his breast cancer stricken opponent and multiple targets covered in head scarves, resembling Arabs. While it’s true that he does technically have the right, as secured by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, to do this, and while a spokesman for the Congresswoman did not feel that the behavior dignified a response, I will just come right out and say that the behavior was disturbing, disgusting, and, above all, just plain stupid. The political implications go through the roof, and such a lapse in judgment is unjustifiable. Consider first the blatant message sent by shooting a representation of your opponent. To me, that doesn’t say, “Let’s win the congressional election.” Rather, it sends a deadly message that alone is enough to be shocking, not to mention the more dramatic meaning it has for a woman battling cancer. In addition, shooting at the effigies of Arabs does not exactly demonstrate a tendency to open mindedness or global cooperation; instead, it signals a grossly displayed intolerance and hypocrisy. If we are going to be upset when the media displays images of people from other countries burning the American flag or other images associated with our nation, we should not go ahead and shoot figures resembling the people of other countries. It is just ridiculous. Let’s just say I’m glad this guy has no chance of winning in his district. What we need are more people with common sense, intelligence, and good judgment, not the complete opposite. So, no, having the right to do something does not in itself justify that action.

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