Posted on 03/30/2010 4:28:14 AM PDT by ejdrapes
The Hutaree militia and the rising risk of far-right violence By Eugene Robinson ....By contrast, there has been explosive growth among far-right, militia-type groups that identify themselves as white supremacists, "constitutionalists," tax protesters and religious soldiers determined to kill people to uphold "Christian" values. Most of the groups that posed a real danger, as the Hutaree allegedly did, have been infiltrated and dismantled by authorities before they could do any damage. But we should never forget that the worst act of domestic terrorism ever committed in this country was authored by a member of the government-hating right wing: Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. It is dishonest for right-wing commentators to insist on an equivalence that does not exist. The danger of political violence in this country comes overwhelmingly from one direction -- the right, not the left. The vitriolic, anti-government hate speech that is spewed on talk radio every day -- and, quite regularly, at Tea Party rallies -- is calibrated not to inform but to incite....
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Note the difference he himself puts out between left-wing violence and right-wing violence:
He cites a few instances where left-wingers actually committed acts of violence and did so in groups, whereas he can only name one instance of actual violence committed by one person in regards to right-wing violence, the rest of the “evidence” being essentially tough talk.
The dream of having a socialist “anglosphere”(nothing ever really English about that sphere)guarded/protected by American hegemony is dead.
India turns to Russia,the UK increasingly looks to France and perhaps Europe.
A country that treats its soldiers as criminals,hires so many foreigners into its army(degrading the idea of a citizen soldier)is not capable of maintaining any form of power outside its borders.
So it turns to enforcing laws within and it will fail there as well.How many live within its borders anyway?
Wow - if only libs talked like this about Islamic extremists....
I agree. So why is Bobby Rush in Congress, and why are Dorhn and Ayers free?
There is an old double standard at work, here, for one. Second, they don't pose a national threat if they were going after local police. That sounds like a strictly local beef to me, and not the type of thing that has any direct impact on the highest levels of government, nor something that could credibly be translated to a national threat by vast unrelated portions of the population in the mind of any critical thinker.
Once again, the MSM is taking the rare exception and trying to stretch it into the rule.
MSNBC’s token Negro speaks.
McVeigh was the fall guy.
Is Eric here talking about the group he pardoned when Slick wily left office?
I figured part of the whole "domestic terrorist" meme was to try to get people to envision OK CIty or something like it, with the result being that the Right Wing would go home and sut up like it did then (for the most part).
It won't happen this time, and it is my sincere hope that the Federal and MSM rhetoric does not end up creating enemies where none previoulsy existed.
Ok... You’re a Constitutionalist. Happy now? Of course the author of this screed wouldn’t at all like what I’d call HIM...
(BTW, did your silver leaf come after a gold one?)
angry black man syndrome
All day I have been hearing these nutjobs described as a “Christian militia” on every news broadcast. If you look at their own postings, they are neither Christian in any mainstream way, nor a militia. They seem to be a cult based on one disturbed dude, his family and a few friends, fewer than a dozen in all. Since when does that constitute a “militia”?
Hallelujah and amen, brother. Excellent points.
You are so amazing.
His column is designed to incite, not inform.
I'm just an average type person with some good research skills and bull dog perseverance.
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Be afraid. Be very afraid. This is all part of the plan to demonize those opposed to the national socialists. Next will be their version of the Reichstag Fire Decree.
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