PFT: I've seen nothing to indicate that the crowds demonstrating against Bush had anything to do with making that movie. tl: And I see nothing to indicate that people unhappy with Obama are going to stage a massive violent coup on the government.
Where have I claimed they were going to "stage a massive, violent coup?"
TL: I'll admit there's probably a few Timothy McVeigh's floating around on the fringes ...
And my goodness, who would worry about a little thing like that?
tL: but the Tea Party as a whole is not organizing to storm the White House, okay?
Didn't say they were. What I have said is that I'm concerned about another outbreak of right wing shootings and bombings like we had in the '90s. You know..."Those Tim McVeigh's hanging around the fringes."
tL ;Not any more than the wacky leftists in 2006 were planning to assassinate the president. (Even though they talked about it. A LOT. I was there, remember?)
Uh, no, they didn't talk about it. In fact, I never heard any talk like that from anti Bush demonstrators or poster so it obviously wasn't real thick on the ground.
PFT: And how many signs threatening to bring weapons or invoking guns? tl: I think hanging Bush in effigy and/or setting him on fire were pretty effectively threatening.
And that hasn't happened to effigies of Obama -- WITH signs about guns?
tl: Who needs guns?
Apparently lots of people on the right, judging from their rhetoric about guns.
tL: The left can kill you with their bare hands!
Now you're just being plain silly. Do tell me how many cases you know of in this country in which crowds of leftist activists have "killed people with their bare hands." There have been RIGHT wing riots in which people were assaulted and in come cases even killed by the crowd, but not many left wing riots like that.
tl: I understand why Democrats are so sensitive when folks take potshots at Obama. You identify disrespect to the leaders of your movement as threatening to your security (vision of the future, etc).
No, we're a tad sensitive about inflammatory rhetoric being combined with guns and explosives, especially as regards the first black president, because we can remember the outbreak of right wing violence in the south during the '60s.
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Date: 11/5/10 01:58 (UTC)tl: And I see nothing to indicate that people unhappy with Obama are going to stage a massive violent coup on the government.
Where have I claimed they were going to "stage a massive, violent coup?"
TL: I'll admit there's probably a few Timothy McVeigh's floating around on the fringes ...
And my goodness, who would worry about a little thing like that?
tL: but the Tea Party as a whole is not organizing to storm the White House, okay?
Didn't say they were. What I have said is that I'm concerned about another outbreak of right wing shootings and bombings like we had in the '90s. You know..."Those Tim McVeigh's hanging around the fringes."
tL ;Not any more than the wacky leftists in 2006 were planning to assassinate the president. (Even though they talked about it. A LOT. I was there, remember?)
Uh, no, they didn't talk about it. In fact, I never heard any talk like that from anti Bush demonstrators or poster so it obviously wasn't real thick on the ground.
PFT: And how many signs threatening to bring weapons or invoking guns?
tl: I think hanging Bush in effigy and/or setting him on fire were pretty effectively threatening.
And that hasn't happened to effigies of Obama -- WITH signs about guns?
tl: Who needs guns?
Apparently lots of people on the right, judging from their rhetoric about guns.
tL: The left can kill you with their bare hands!
Now you're just being plain silly. Do tell me how many cases you know of in this country in which crowds of leftist activists have "killed people with their bare hands." There have been RIGHT wing riots in which people were assaulted and in come cases even killed by the crowd, but not many left wing riots like that.
tl: I understand why Democrats are so sensitive when folks take potshots at Obama. You identify disrespect to the leaders of your movement as threatening to your security (vision of the future, etc).
No, we're a tad sensitive about inflammatory rhetoric being combined with guns and explosives, especially as regards the first black president, because we can remember the outbreak of right wing violence in the south during the '60s.