KILL THE LIBERALS!!!

From AlterNet:

Right-Wing TN Church Shooter Is Fan of O’Reilly, Hannity, Savage

"I’ll tell you who should be tortured and killed at Guantanamo — every filthy Democrat in the U.S. Congress." — Sean Hannity

"To fight only the al-Qaeda scum is to miss the terrorist network operating within our own borders... Who are these traitors? Every rotten radical left-winger in this country, that's who." — Michael Savage

"Liberalism is the greatest threat this country faces." — Rush Limbaugh

"It is not a stretch to say that MoveOn is the new Klan." — Bill O’Reilly

"I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could." — Glenn Beck

"We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too." — Ann Coulter

"I don’t see any difference between [Arianna] Huffington and the Nazis." — Bill O’Reilly

"The Islamofascists are actually campaigning for the election of Democrats. Islamofascists from Ahmadinejad to al-Zawahiri, Oba -- Osama bin Laden, whoever, are constantly issuing Democrat talking points." — Rush Limbaugh

"There are things in life worth fighting and dying for and one of ‘em is making sure Nancy Pelosi doesn’t become the [House] speaker." — Sean Hannity

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Let’s just call this what it is: the right wing openly, proudly, loudly, and repeatedly advocates violence against liberals and Democrats. In fact, they are paid millions to do it and are given national platforms to spread their message. You cannot say that liberals and Democrats actively and purposefully want to destroy the United States and equate them with Nazis, Al-Qaeda, and the Ku Klux Klan, then claim that you don’t want them to get hurt. You can probably guess how Hannity, O’Reilly and their ilk feel terrorists should be dealt with, and it isn’t a fair trial with the full protection of the law and the Geneva Convention.

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So, according to the above linked essay, this shooter in Tennessee actually had in his possession books written by the murder advocates quoted above. Again, I'm in no way asserting that these right-wing hate-mongers are directly responsible for Adkisson's killing spree. But the fact that this guy was an avid follower of these people simply makes my point all the more compelling: by continuously insisting, for years, again and again, that liberals must die, the most famous and influential conservative opinion leaders in the country have unilaterally created a dangerous and poisonous social atmosphere for Americans, and damaging the democracy they claim to defend is the least of that atmosphere's effects.

The worst effects are corpses in Tennessee.

I have no idea what to do about the problem. I mean, this is America. The biggest idiots, racists, and scumbags have a perfect right to preach whatever absurdities and slanders they want. It is very tempting to insist that this kind of hate speech be censored, but what good is freedom of speech if it's not for everybody? Really, the problem is one of amplification.

These right-wing pro-murder assholes would be just like me, a humdrum blogger shouting at the universe in obscurity, if they weren't heavily marketed and distributed by Big Media. It's probably safe to say that, even more than these demagogues themselves, Big Media bears responsibility for creating this poisonous atmosphere.

I wonder if the law makes any distinction between commercial speech, that is, speech designed to make a lot of money for capitalist enterprises, and an individual's freedom of speech. If it doesn't, it ought to. At any rate, I think that the key to shutting up these neo-fascists - and they are neo-fascists, no different from the Nazi propagandists of the 1930s, vilifying Jews, communists, and homosexuals - is going after the media corporations. A coordinated flak campaign against CBS got Imus yanked from the air for a time for his racially tinged bullshit. Maybe the same thing could work against these bastards who foment civil war over the airwaves every fucking day.

You know, I'm pretty sure that inciting others to commit violent acts is not covered by the first amendment.

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