Eric Fuller, one of the victims of the fatal shootings at the Safeway on Jan. 8, 2011. 

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (hosts of the left-leaning talk-radio show "Democracy Now") provided me a forum to express my opinion (that far-right political rhetoric set the stage for the shootings).

As Gabby said in an interview during the lurid 2010 campaign, "Words have consequences."

I wasn't allowed to express my feelings to anybody. They just wanted to know what part of your anatomy was impacted, what it did to you physically. As far as my feelings were concerned, they were disinterested.

This allowed me to express my feelings at the moment.

James Eric Fuller, 64, was shot in the leg and back.


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