this is the sort of person gabrielle giffords appears to be:

one not only with a mind but WITH AN ACTUAL SOUL TOO. those fuck-wads wouldn't know one if it hit 'em in the shin (i'm trying not to project violent images. not that i ever did. i have always believed one should NEVER wish harm upon another. no matter how much you dislike them or their beliefs).  instead of spewing violence and hate and not even trying to understand the 'other' side, it appears ms giffords WAS trying. WAS understanding. WAS accepting

Giffords promoted softer political discourse in email to GOP colleague day before shooting
By Nathan Diebenow
 

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on the eve of the shooting that left her in critical condition and six others dead wrote an email to a Republican colleague promoting a softer public political discourse.

"After you get settled, I would love to talk about what we can do to promote centrism and moderation," Giffords wrote to Trey Grayson, Kentucky Secretary of State who resigned to take a position as director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.

She continued: "I am one of only 12 Dems left in a GOP district (the only woman) and think that we need to figure out how to tone our rhetoric and partisanship down.".............