Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reg Henry on the RW media Looneys fueling Haters

[RamboLiberal]

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Not so today's obsessive jokers who have crossed the bright line of fair comment and strayed into the muck. The killer of the Pittsburgh police officers did not come from nowhere. He was nurtured in a culture where anti-government feelings are imbibed like mother's milk, where it is taken as holy writ that only guns secure our freedom, not the consent of the governed.

As far as I am concerned, people can keep their guns for self-protection or hunting as they long as they are "well regulated" -- to use the forgotten words of the Second Amendment. But if they want guns to make war one day against a government that a majority of Americans voted for, then I have a word for them -- treasonous.

Since Mr. Obama was elected, a cottage industry of resentment has sprung up to cater to sore losers. From talk shows hosts who hope the president fails, to others who hint at insurrection, to Web sites that play on crazy fantasies (Barack Obama's a Muslim! He was born in Kenya! He's a Marxist!), the chorus is the equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater.

These hate-mongers did not fire the fatal shots at the Pittsburgh police. But the killer -- I refuse to give him the perverse pleasure of naming him -- took the general illogic to its logical conclusion.

We have three needlessly dead heroes in Pittsburgh to remind us of what is at stake. United we stand -- but divided we fall. I stand to defend the government. The government is us.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09098/961267-154.stm?cmpid=bcpanel0

Well said Mr. Henry! Kudos!

[janx]

K&R

The horrible thing is that it shows no sign of abating. If anything, it's getting worse.

[PA Democrat]

1. K & R

[LynneSin]

2. It's all about the "Lone Wolf" theory

And as someone who for 8 years spent fighting the government (one that was not clearly & decisively elected I might add) I know that violence was not an answer outside of a few fringe types that people tried to ignore at protests. I participated in almost 3 dozen protests circa 2001-2008 and not once did I see an act of violence break out. Heck people could bring their children to these events and still be safe. Our goal was not to harm anyone in the Bush Regime - just bring justice to be served. A prison cell would satisfy most of us.

But when you have the likes of people like Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, O'Reilly, Beck etc etc shouting 'failure' and suggesting they stock up on guns - this creates the scenario of the Lone Wolf. The "Lone Wolf" is that one person who drinks too much of that proverbial 'Grape Kool-aid' and takes the hateful words he is hearing and decides he/she should take action - sometimes in a violent ending. Just look at the works of the Oklahoma bombings - it was just a few psychotics taking creating havoc in our nation.

[livetohike]

3. K & R and good for Reg Henry

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