The rising tide of violent Republican extremists

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/the-rising-tide-of-violent-republican-extremists/

" Yes, they are a threat, even if we don’t want to acknowledge it. For example, Kansas Governor Brownback is addressing and helping to lead a group that is planning an armed revolution against the Constitution. They want to create a Christian version of Iran’s religious Sharia law. There are thousands of them, and they are serious.

Fox News staffer General Paul Vallely is part of a planned armed military coup against our Constitutional government, and he says so straight up. His is a greater betrayal, since he swore an oath to preserve and protect the same Constitution he now plans to destroy. He has millions of viewers, and is very serious indeed.

At the low end of the spectrum, we have US Congresscritter Michael Grimm, who recently threatened to break a reporter in half…”like a boy” when the newsie was asking a question. He might get in trouble for it, but the fact that the rest of the “Republican” caucus tolerates his violent behavior shows us that the millions of Right-Wingers, Teabaggers, Fundagelicals and “Republicans” as a whole have embraced violence as an acceptable way of doing business.

Our country was founded by people of divergent views, who decided to create a system where we settled our differences with ballots instead of bullets. Once before, the predecessors of the modern-day Repubs launched a civil war to try and kill everyone who disagreed with them. Once again, it is the GOP who are threatening to kill the rest of us if they don’t get their way.

The truly scary thing is: I am not exaggerating: click those links and read for yourself. If the Repubs can’t win elections, they will use violence to destroy America as we know it, and build…well, they can’t agree on that yet. But that isn’t stopping them."

Lots of source material at the link.

[Blue_Tires]

1. It's all talk

just masturbatory fantasies....

[riqster]

2. Hopefully.

But eventually they may stop jerking off and start committing rape, to extend your analogy.

[lunasun]

3. +1 & - I agree with you.

[Skittles]

6. correct

there are ultra-extremists among the extremists

[Loaded Liberal Dem]

12. Yeah

These people aren't just batshit crazy, they're batshit dangerous!

[Nevernose]

14. All talk until

They decide to blow up a federal building in Oklahoma.

[Faux pas]

4. If they truly believe in 'god'

then they should know god is love not war. They disgust me.

[riqster]

5. Many of them are better described as "Leviticans".

Of course, they only pick the violent bits from that book, so even that label is a bit off.

They will slaughter us all to show us the power of Jesus' love. (Scary thing- the Church has done just exactly that, more than once.)

[Faux pas]

10. I've always had a problem with

fighting for jesus and killing for god. Crazy is the only word I can come up with for 'people' like them.

[cali]

7. more patented bullshit from a truly awful, stupid blog.

this is just hyperbolic shit. you see it on the right in almost exactly the same format.

[Ratty]

8. Everyone knows Real Men are violent

Real Men solve their problems with their fists. Only pansies resort to using words. Their constituents eat that shit up.

[riqster]

9. I'm more of a surreal man, myself.

[SMC22307]

11. Congresscritters? Newsies? Fundagelicals?

Ugh. Way too cutesy.

[riqster]

13. To use their proper titles would display a respect that they do not deserve.

[CJCRANE]

15. I turned on Fox News for two minutes

and they had a segment showing a pic of the President with the caption "Dangerous for Democracy" and some Repub Congressman saying that the Pres had declared a war on Democracy and a war on Americans and that people should be "up in arms" (because the Pres had said he would use "the pen" and "the phone&quot .

And the Foxbots on the couch were all agreeing with him including a petite blonde who had an even more petite skirt on, and who looked slightly uncomfortable trying to cover what the skirt wouldn't.