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How much does right-wing rhetoric contribute to right-wing terrorism?
Washington Post ^ | June 9, 2014 | BY PAUL WALDMAN

Posted on 06/09/2014 4:21:41 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Yesterday, a man and a woman shot two police officers in a Las Vegas restaurant after saying, “this is a revolution.” Then they draped their bodies in a Gadsden flag. According to reports now coming in, the couple (who later killed themselves) appear to have been white supremacists and told neighbors they had gone to join the protests in support of anti-government rancher Cliven Bundy. It was one more incident of right-wing terrorism that, while not exactly an epidemic, has become enough of a trend to raise some troubling questions.

What I’m about to say will raise some hackles, but we need to talk about it. It’s long past time for prominent conservatives and Republicans to do some introspection and ask whether they’re contributing to outbreaks of right-wing violence. --snip--

And I promise you, these murders in Nevada will not be the last. It may be going too far to say that conservative politicians and media figures whose rhetoric has fed the deranged fantasies of terrorists and killers have blood on their hands. But they shouldn’t have a clear conscience, either.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And some people claim they were abducted by aliens. Has anyone confirmed they were actually at the Bundy ranch ? Or was it just bravado like using the Gadsen flag.

Actually got lost on my way to Atlanta once and drove through Gadsen Alabama. Saw some fairly amazing things.

61 posted on 06/09/2014 5:04:24 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: mindburglar

Parts of it ?

It’s 34 pages of a rant against liberals.

Like I said, he is NO HERO.

If you are so inclined to actually understand, you can read his manifesto and come to your own conclusions.


62 posted on 06/09/2014 5:05:34 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What right wing terrorism? Is anyone going to ask this dingbat who he is talking about?


63 posted on 06/09/2014 5:08:27 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Zeneta

No. Parts of it.

Now do you understand?

Parts of it.


64 posted on 06/09/2014 5:09:35 PM PDT by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These people are left-wing extremists.


65 posted on 06/09/2014 5:09:42 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Then they draped their bodies in a Gadsden flag

They killed themselves, then draped their own bodies in the Gadsden flag.

I see.

66 posted on 06/09/2014 5:10:05 PM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: mindburglar

Parts is parts.


67 posted on 06/09/2014 5:12:12 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but I think I have the gist.

It’s worth noting that the Millers were reportedly kicked off the Bundy Ranch.
But that bring said, now maybe people will understand shy some were cautious about getting on board with the Bundy business. I know this will upset some people. But just saying. Glenn Beck talked about this today and I think he made some good points.

I have known some people from a similar political stripe as the Millers. Pretty much to a one, they are mentally unstable in addition believing weird things and things many of us find offensive.


68 posted on 06/09/2014 5:12:37 PM PDT by crazycatlady
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To: elcid1970
A semen-stained Che Guevara poster hangs on his bedroom wall, no doubt.

There, fixed it.

69 posted on 06/09/2014 5:13:44 PM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ok then, millions have died over Marxist Leftwing Rhetoric. Milions!

On top of that Jim Jones a Leftist American killed hundreds, men women and children.

No American Right winger has slaughtered more. None.

So there.


70 posted on 06/09/2014 5:15:00 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Genoa

The killers were clearly liberal minded whackos and had nothing to do with conservative right wingers...


71 posted on 06/09/2014 5:26:08 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: BenLurkin
What does Bundy have to do with right wing?
There weren’t any swastikas carried at his ranch.

What do swastikas have to do with the right wing?

72 posted on 06/09/2014 5:27:12 PM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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To: Genoa
Idiots like this won't dear say the words islamic terrorism. But they are quick to call just about anybody a right wing terrorist. I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
73 posted on 06/09/2014 5:29:14 PM PDT by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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To: BenLurkin

There weren’t any swastikas carried at his ranch.


What does the “Nationalist-Socialist Worker’s Party” symbol have to do with “Right Wingers?”


74 posted on 06/09/2014 5:29:23 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Vinylly

Which party has more criminals? You really have to ask?! It’s a no-brainer...


75 posted on 06/09/2014 5:32:46 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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Classic Leftwing spew.


76 posted on 06/09/2014 5:33:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

HOld On Now! Where was this POS author when the Gifford’s shooter and the Boulder shooter were found to be liberals,,and well, the list goes on,\\

What a crock!


77 posted on 06/09/2014 5:39:47 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What right wing violence? Can I get three examples? Surely the restraint shown in the Bundy ranch defense is not to be called violence. Just give me three. James Eagan Holmes, Jared Lee Loughner and Adam Lanza were certainly neither republicans nor conservatives.


78 posted on 06/09/2014 5:48:06 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Damn, they’re pulling out all the stops, aren’t they.

Hey let’s throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.

The last two and a half years of ZerØ’s term is going to be Hell on Earth. Not that the first and a half haven’t been a walk in the park.

There ought to be a law against Demo-rats! Parasites each and every one.


79 posted on 06/09/2014 5:53:42 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

Errr, “have been a walk in the park”.

Sheesh.


80 posted on 06/09/2014 5:56:43 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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