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http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2010/10/13/the-concord-monitor-obtains-the-dumbest-libertarian-quote-ever.aspxPosted Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1:25 PM | By Tom Scocca
There's a blogworld-meets-real-world frenzy going on in New Hampshire, as the anti-government movement rallies in defense of a couple whose newborn was taken by the state's Division for Children. In the right-libertarian online world, the story that went out was that the state had confiscated the baby because its father was a member of the Oath Keepers movement. An excerpt of an affidavit posted online said so.
Later, as protesters picketed the hospital and Reason and Wonkette got into a savage flame-post war, it emerged that the full affidavit mostly dealt with allegations that the father, Johnathan Irish, had a long history of violence toward the mother, Stephanie Taylor, and her two older children (who were from an earlier, undissolved marriage), and that Taylor had persistently "failed to recognize" the danger.
The document also did mention that Irish "associated with a militia known as the Oath Keepers and had purchased several different types of weapons including a rifle, handgun and Taser." Is it relevant to a child-protection case that a man with a history of violence is connected to a group which believes Americans are in imminent danger of being herded into concentration camps? Or is apocalyptic anti-government scenario-spinning inherently political and protected? In a country where the FBI is confused (or worse) about the legality of peaceful protest, this is a discussion worth having.
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The most amazing voice from the anti-tyranny forces, though, belonged to a woman named Amanda Biondolillo, from Concord:
"The family should be left to resolve it on their own," Biondolillo said. "Or private enterprise - private companies can contact the family and say, 'We heard you were hitting your kids. Can you stop that?' "...
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