[FairOpinion]

"Jerry Duncan protested with us at the corner of Blackstone & Shaw in Fresno. He's a Patriot. "

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I don't argue that point, but as a politician he should know better than make such statements in an e-mail. It's like putting up a sign "liberals, please attack me".

I don't think he should resign, he should apologize and in the future review anything he writes from the perspective : "can liberals attack me for this".

[Saundra Duffy]

I believe he has apologized. I will say this about that: FairOpinion seems like a fair minded FReeper to me. Thanks for your post.

[ChewedGum]

I agree 100%. There are ways of expressing dissent without making a "threat". If you make a joke about a bomb or terrorists while passing through airport security, they don't take it as a joke. If you make a joke about killing the president, the Secret Service does not take it as a joke. Even it if was a joke, that doesn't mean that people won't take it seriously. I'm glad that he is a patriot, but I still think that this was a stupid thing to say and even stupider to put in a documentable format (email).

Gum

[ladyinred]

The email was personal, he did apologize, but they won't let it go of course. Also, they were all warned and deleted their emails. Trust me, if you knew these people he is talking about you would understand.