Here's a nice-sized nugget for anyone out there reading:
Just last Sunday, renowned abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down at his local church in Wichita, Kansas by Scott Roeder. An avowed opponent of abortion and right-wing anti-government extremist according to his wife, Roeder was soon arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
This Wednesday, James W. von Brunn opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, killing African-American guard Stephen T. Johns and injuring others. Von Brunn, author of the online book "Kill the Best Gentiles" is a World War II vet and white supremacist with a well-professed opposition to the "calculated destruction of the white race" by minority groups such as Jews and Blacks.
So what is the point I'm trying to make? If any of you recall, in April the Department of Homeland Security released a report detailing the "phenomenon of violent radicalization" in the US. It warned that "right wing extremists" were gaining new recruits due to the "economic downturn and the election of the first African-American president." It also stated that returing veterans of the Iraqi conflict and past wars that "possess combat skills and experience" could be recruiting targets for these groups. Basically, the DHS released the report to inform local law enforcement agencies that this may be a serious threat to homeland security. Sounds like the DHS was doing its job...right?
Not so according to right wingers. Oh, these guys had a field day. Once again, Fox (or shall I say Faux) News went on the offensive. Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly got on the horn and shut it down. Right winger James Dobson decried it, stating that the DHS is "making a big deal out of something that hasn't happened and may not happen." Newt Gingrich decided to use the honorable veteran card and Tweeted that the report was "smearing veterans," even though that section of the report arguably was included to protect them from extremist groups. Rush Limbaugh even had his two cents.
So tell me- where these guys wrong or what? The answer is simple. Not only were they wrong, but the right wing news media's usage of skewed facts, overly-opinionated and biased (yet sly) reporting, and continued use of rhetoric is toxic. How can I come to such a conclusion?
See Bill O'Reilly
The fact of the matter is this- These right wing extremist groups exist, they are growing, and are doing so because of guys like Bill O'Reilly. News anchors such as this dinosaur give these guys the balls to go and commit such atrocities as the murder of Dr. Tiller or the shooting at the Holocaust museum.
When are we going to start billing some of these media personalities as co-conspirators?
Nice job, Bill. All in a days work.
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Just last Sunday, renowned abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down at his local church in Wichita, Kansas by Scott Roeder. An avowed opponent of abortion and right-wing anti-government extremist according to his wife, Roeder was soon arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
This Wednesday, James W. von Brunn opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, killing African-American guard Stephen T. Johns and injuring others. Von Brunn, author of the online book "Kill the Best Gentiles" is a World War II vet and white supremacist with a well-professed opposition to the "calculated destruction of the white race" by minority groups such as Jews and Blacks.
So what is the point I'm trying to make? If any of you recall, in April the Department of Homeland Security released a report detailing the "phenomenon of violent radicalization" in the US. It warned that "right wing extremists" were gaining new recruits due to the "economic downturn and the election of the first African-American president." It also stated that returing veterans of the Iraqi conflict and past wars that "possess combat skills and experience" could be recruiting targets for these groups. Basically, the DHS released the report to inform local law enforcement agencies that this may be a serious threat to homeland security. Sounds like the DHS was doing its job...right?
Not so according to right wingers. Oh, these guys had a field day. Once again, Fox (or shall I say Faux) News went on the offensive. Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly got on the horn and shut it down. Right winger James Dobson decried it, stating that the DHS is "making a big deal out of something that hasn't happened and may not happen." Newt Gingrich decided to use the honorable veteran card and Tweeted that the report was "smearing veterans," even though that section of the report arguably was included to protect them from extremist groups. Rush Limbaugh even had his two cents.
So tell me- where these guys wrong or what? The answer is simple. Not only were they wrong, but the right wing news media's usage of skewed facts, overly-opinionated and biased (yet sly) reporting, and continued use of rhetoric is toxic. How can I come to such a conclusion?
See Bill O'Reilly
The fact of the matter is this- These right wing extremist groups exist, they are growing, and are doing so because of guys like Bill O'Reilly. News anchors such as this dinosaur give these guys the balls to go and commit such atrocities as the murder of Dr. Tiller or the shooting at the Holocaust museum.
When are we going to start billing some of these media personalities as co-conspirators?
Nice job, Bill. All in a days work.
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