The Big Hate

[elleng]

Krugman

Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment.

Now, for the most part, the likes of Fox News and the R.N.C. haven’t directly incited violence, despite Bill O’Reilly’s declarations that “some” called Dr. Tiller “Tiller the Baby Killer,” that he had “blood on his hands,” and that he was a “guy operating a death mill.” But they have gone out of their way to provide a platform for conspiracy theories and apocalyptic rhetoric, just as they did the last time a Democrat held the White House.

And at this point, whatever dividing line there was between mainstream conservatism and the black-helicopter crowd seems to have been virtually erased.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/opinion/12krugman.html?th&emc=th

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. wow

Everything that needed to be said and then some.

[zbdent]

2. and remember also, the media wasn't as dominated with the Right-Wing message in the early

years of Clinton's era, and you actually had to go look for these hate groups to get their message.

Nowadays, you can't get away from e-mails with their messages, and damn near every radio station you listen to has Rush Limbaugh or one of his parroting clones on it ...

[Stuart G]

3. K and R...thanks for posting this.

[Blue_Tires]

4. k+r