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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
24. It's been out there since 2008.
Sat Feb 1, 2014, 09:01 PM
Feb 2014

From a post by Kalyke:

Any time you hear the false equivalancy crap on your other boards, post this:

-- July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how "liberals" are "destroying America," walks into a Unitarian Church and opens fire, killing two churchgoers and wounding four others.

-- October 2008: Two neo-Nazis are arrested in Tennessee in a plot to murder dozens of African-Americans, culminating in the assassination of President Obama.

-- December 2008: A pair of "Patriot" movement radicals -- the father-son team of Bruce and Joshua Turnidge, who wanted "to attack the political infrastructure" -- threaten a bank in Woodburn, Oregon, with a bomb in the hopes of extorting money that would end their financial difficulties, for which they blamed the government. Instead, the bomb goes off and kills two police officers. The men eventually are convicted and sentenced to death for the crime.

-- December 2008: In Belfast, Maine, police discover the makings of a nuclear "dirty bomb" in the basement of a white supremacist shot dead by his wife. The man, who was independently wealthy, reportedly was agitated about the election of President Obama and was crafting a plan to set off the bomb.

-- January 2009: A white supremacist named Keith Luke embarks on a killing rampage in Brockton, Mass., raping and wounding a black woman and killing her sister, then killing a homeless man before being captured by police as he is en route to a Jewish community center.

-- February 2009: A Marine named Kody Brittingham is arrested and charged with plotting to assassinate President Obama. Brittingham also collected white-supremacist material.

-- April 2009: A white supremacist named Richard Poplawski opens fire on three Pittsburgh police officers who come to his house on a domestic-violence call and kills all three, because he believed President Obama intended to take away the guns of white citizens like himself. Poplawski is currently awaiting trial.

-- April 2009: Another gunman in Okaloosa County, Florida, similarly fearful of Obama's purported gun-grabbing plans, kills two deputies when they come to arrest him in a domestic-violence matter, then is killed himself in a shootout with police.

-- May 2009: A "sovereign citizen" named Scott Roeder walks into a church in Wichita, Kansas, and assassinates abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.

-- June 2009: A Holocaust denier and right-wing tax protester named James Von Brunn opens fire at the Holocaust Museum, killing a security guard.

-- February 2010: An angry tax protester named Joseph Ray Stack flies an airplane into the building housing IRS offices in Austin, Texas. (Media are reluctant to label this one "domestic terrorism" too.)

-- March 2010: Seven militiamen from the Hutaree Militia in Michigan and Ohio are arrested and charged with plotting to assassinate local police officers with the intent of sparking a new civil war.

-- March 2010: An anti-government extremist named John Patrick Bedell walks into the Pentagon and opens fire, wounding two officers before he is himself shot dead.

-- May 2010: A "sovereign citizen" from Georgia is arrested in Tennessee and charged with plotting the violent takeover of a local county courthouse.

-- May 2010: A still-unidentified white man walks into a Jacksonville, Fla., mosque and sets it afire, simultaneously setting off a pipe bomb.

-- May 2010: Two "sovereign citizens" named Jerry and Joe Kane gun down two police officers who pull them over for a traffic violation, and then wound two more officers in a shootout in which both of them are eventually killed.

-- July 2010: An agitated right-winger and convict named Byron Williams loads up on weapons and drives to the Bay Area intent on attacking the offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU, but is intercepted by state patrolmen and engages them in a shootout and armed standoff in which two officers and Williams are wounded.

-- September 2010: A Concord, N.C., man is arrested and charged with plotting to blow up a North Carolina abortion clinic. The man, 26-year--old Justin Carl Moose, referred to himself as the "Christian counterpart to (Osama) bin Laden” in a taped undercover meeting with a federal informant.

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/terror-arizona-just-another-isolated

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x176149

Note the connection between anti-semiticism and all the rest of it. I've seen images of the Obama lynching since 2008 online. That's really just a small sample.

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This kind of craziness should not be ignored; these are dangerous people who can influence others. northoftheborder Feb 2014 #1
These people need to start going to prison as an example. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #2
The problem is that if they are given a fair trail and imprisoned for their bluestate10 Feb 2014 #46
Stochastic terrorism. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #3
Exactly, it's what a gaggle of right-wingers foment, but that's hunky-dore in this indepat Feb 2014 #4
+1,000,000,000,000 Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #6
Bingo! Scuba Feb 2014 #20
Their hatred shows they are on par with the KKK. Congratulations! You are now domestic terrorists. Rex Feb 2014 #5
+1,000. But OMG on the 'If I don't get my way I'm gonna shoot my **** off' image. Eek! n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #23
Thanks. I am now informed, but blind. kairos12 Feb 2014 #25
Tell me about it! Here ya go: freshwest Feb 2014 #32
Thanks, that should both Tide me over and Cheer me up. kairos12 Feb 2014 #34
Thanks for the LOL! n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #35
Stupid assholes are real.. the fomented Cha Feb 2014 #7
The GOP = The Party Of Racism & Misogyny napkinz Feb 2014 #9
yeah, we know what they mean by "christian".. Cha Feb 2014 #10
THIS! ----> napkinz Feb 2014 #12
"400%"!! So much for those who Cha Feb 2014 #16
the mainstream media have failed to report these stories napkinz Feb 2014 #19
The corporatemediawhore$ are just that.. Cha Feb 2014 #21
Most media is "owned". defacto7 Feb 2014 #26
What makes this whole thing worse, sheshe2 Feb 2014 #28
When you're a sociopathic moron like U.S. Congressman Jim Bridenstone (R-OK).. you have Cha Feb 2014 #31
This shit needs to stop... giftedgirl77 Feb 2014 #8
And getting ready to cause mass violence. Rex Feb 2014 #11
The GOP's mission ... napkinz Feb 2014 #13
I don't think that's gonna work out in their favor.... giftedgirl77 Feb 2014 #18
Right-Wing Facebook Page Calls For National Lynch President Obama Day (IMAGE) napkinz Feb 2014 #14
OMFG! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #17
It's been out there since 2008. freshwest Feb 2014 #24
The rising tide of violent Republican extremists napkinz Feb 2014 #15
Is it any wonder? freshwest Feb 2014 #27
The "Libertarian" movement is comprised of Republicans who want no government Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #41
why don't we make reince preibus apologize? IcyPeas Feb 2014 #22
he's one of the fomenters ... napkinz Feb 2014 #30
1000 times worse than ANYTHING the dixie chicks said spanone Feb 2014 #44
Don't Forget the Right Wing Hate in the Early 1960's before Kennedy was killed dem in texas Feb 2014 #29
I remember that too. RFK also fingered the Birchers (Koch group) for fomenting the hate in Dallas. freshwest Feb 2014 #33
let's face it, the Tea Party is the latest manifestation of the Birchers napkinz Feb 2014 #37
I remember those stories even though I was child then. Boomerproud Feb 2014 #47
Instill fear in the electorate. Best way in the world to guarantee conservative votes. Kablooie Feb 2014 #36
Tea Party & The Taliban napkinz Feb 2014 #38
"Where’s your apology" napkinz Feb 2014 #39
This who we thought we were dealing with, no surprises. TheKentuckian Feb 2014 #40
I don't know how to handle this garbage anymore. Boomerproud Feb 2014 #42
this was written TWO years ago and it has gotten WORSE! napkinz Feb 2014 #43
there's actually a list ... napkinz Feb 2014 #45
ONE side does it ... napkinz Feb 2014 #48
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