Beyond The Pale -- The Treasonous Bloodlust of the GOP's Reichwing Lunatic Fringe

[Ian David]

Beyond The Pale -- The Treasonous Bloodlust of the GOP's Reichwing Lunatic Fringe
Submitted by GreyHawk on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 08:15


It's not too late to stop the madness, but we're awfully close to falling over the edge and into the abyss. Remember when I issued this note of caution?

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It's begun. The wackos have all begun to unwind and step out from behind their stately faux patriotism with their lunatic friends, fomenting rebellion and attempting to instigate violence. It's an insidious fifth column of propaganda and divisiveness, delivered through auspices of free speech yet fooling few in the rank desperation of their calls to incitement.

-- GreyHawk, Inappropriate Political Discourse: The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants
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Well, since then, the incitement and frothing nutty insanity of the right has grown significantly. Republican "leaders" are now openly telling their faithful to "get their guns" and buy more bullets, to prepare for a time to "take back" America.

"Take back" America? They "had" America for 8 years, during which they ravaged the nation and ran amuck; now, they want to "take it back"? From Glenn Beck's recent insane drivel about "the military and police are with us" to Rep. Trent Franks referring to Obama as an "enemy of humanity" the reichwing's anti-American hatespeech has been steadily escalating. It's spilling over into action more and more often now: people showing up with guns at rallys with the President, the assassination of Dr. George Tiller and the lynching, and subsequent smearing of Bill Sparkman.

These people are no longer operating with anything but the intent to incite violence and depose a legitimately elected, popular and intelligent leader in favor of a return to their corrupt, inept and destructive control of our nation.

We've covered some aspects of this behavior before (Boehner at CPAC calling all of Obama's Policies Socialist), and here's a quick list of other stories that have hit the wires lately:

More:
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/Beyond%20The%20Pale%20--%20The%20Treasonous%20Bloodlust%20of%20the%20GOP%27s%20Reichwing%20Lunatic%20Fringe

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/ConnecticutMan1/statuses/4498165608


See also:

Poll question: Should John L. Perry of NewsMax be tried for Sedition?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6662584&mesg_id=6662584


Arming the Left: Is the time now? By Charles Southwell*
http://www.legitgov.org/essay_southwell_arming_the_left_is_the_time_now_102203.html

[Bragi]

1. I am reminded of this

Many in this same crowd wanted the Dixie Chicks arrested for treason for criticizing Bush's war.

Now they think it's s okay to take rifles to Presidential rallies, and to call for a military coup.

Quite stunning hypocrisy, really. One can only hope they are undermining their own cause.

[Ineeda]

2. The hypocrisy is astounding and the M$M are complicit

Time magazine : April 30, 2006 -- 'When the Dixie Chicks played London in 2003, 10 days before the Iraq invasion, and Maines said, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," the tremors in the conservative country music scene were seismic' and went on for years.

A quite mild statement by today's standards.

Think Progress: Oct. 27, 2006 -- NBC is refusing to air an ad for the new Dixie Chicks documentary, “Shut Up & Sing.” Variety reports, “NBC’s commercial clearance department said in writing that it ‘cannot accept these spots as they are disparaging to President Bush.’”
Harvey Weinstein, who is distributing the movie, issued the following statement:
"It’s a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America. The idea that anyone should be penalized for criticizing the president is profoundly un-American."