Well, malakhi, you were obviously quite correct. tsr_dog got his posting rights revoked. I only came here to say one thing, as I'm personally not much into arguments. Because I know tsr_dog.
Firstly, tsr (for short) is American, completely, with ancestry back to the revolutionary war. In fact, members of his family have fought in every major US conflict in its history, including Vietnam and all wars previously to the revolutionary war.
Secondly, believe me, tsr was fully aware of hyperventilating rhetoric, as you put it, that was was engaged in. No disputes there. He felt that the forum was rife with it and decided to dish some of his own out in return, knowing full well the likely consequences. The things you refer to in your quotation - death threats, mob justice, media hatred - are all things that this particular forum subject is filled with. (Yes, I read the entire thread and had actually caught most of tsr's posts before they were deleted. I had intended to be a silent observer, really.)
I assure you that he is very well aware that there are differences in opinion among conservatives. Knowing him as I do, believe me, he does not live on stereotypes in reality. And his reference in the section you quoted was not, I don't believe, aimed at conservatives as a grouping, but only the more extreme elements who support the philosophies and goals of neocons.
Anyway, he wishes you all well and holds no hard feelings about it. This isn't the sort of forum he would have been likely to be a regular contributor to anyway.
I must say he takes such cavalier treatment better than I would have, for which of course no one can blame the posters. All I can say is - free republic?
I wish you all well also. Good luck and as a fellow American, I hope we as a nation can mend our fences and close the gaps produced by polarization. It will take time.
Yes, there is certainly plenty of over-the-top rhetoric coming from some of the conservatives on this thread. But it helps to remember whose living room, so to speak, you are in. The owner of this site supports conservatism, and so it is unsurprising that heated conservative rhetoric would be more likely to get a pass than similarly heated liberal rhetoric. If I were to sign up on a liberal forum, I'd expect my posts to receive more scrutiny than the typical liberal posting on that forum. That's just reality. Likewise, any forum, regardless of political affiliation, is going to be peopled by both reasonable people and bombthrowers. There has been worse posted by liberals on DU than has appeared on this thread.
When you get banned, it means you're personna non grata. The mods don't want you here. There is a nice place called MoveOn.org with fellow-haters of GWB.
Byeeeeeee!
Are you channeling him, or is he sitting next to you telling you what to type? Or... IS HE YOU???
Unh-hunh..
And you are tsr-dog, right?