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February 25, 2011 08:15 PM UTC
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Tragically, the right wing in this country sees the advocacy, or at least the tolerance, or political violence as an acceptable price to be paid for power.
You would think that the attempted murder of Congresswoman Giffords would wake them up, even though it is not at all clear that the shooter’s political views had anything to do with his alleged actions.
If that didn’t, or won’t, then maybe they should recall the attempted assassinations of Mr. Reagan and Mr. Ford, the attack on Congress in the 1950s, and, yes, the murder of Presidents Kennedy, McKinley, Garfield, and Lincoln.
Once our society starts sanctioning the casual salute to the use of violence to make a political point, we are no longer truly a republic governed by law and democratic institutions. We are instead on the road to being at the whim of a mob.
Congressman Broun, no doubt, does not want to see President Obama killed. But he acted irresponsibly in not immediately condemning the comments and in using the opportunity to educate his audience about how inappropriate and counter-productive they are.
It saddens me that there are people who seem actually to think that our president deserves to be murdered because of his political views. We have a responsibility to discuss and debate our views in a civil manner. Even name-calling and trivialization of someone’s point of view is wrong, but this guy has crossed a clear line. I hope the U.S. Secret Service pays him a visit very soon.
I think that it is equally contemptible that Broun has not issued an apology. In the moment, it might be defensible for Broun to simply claim that he was caught off guard and did not handle the situation properly. But now, three days later, all we get from his spokesperson is, “Obviously, the question was inappropriate, so Congressman Broun moved on.” That is weak. How about, “The question was outrageous and an affront to our democratic ideals, and the Congressman condemns such sentiments and will condemn them, on the spot, in the future.”
Can’t tell people what to think
I don’t really care about hillbillies in Georgia, though. Why was this posted at COLORADO Pols?
often draws from the indiscretions of public officials in other places.
To make Ted Harvey look good, why else?
…just sayin’
Wa-hahahahahaa!! Ha-ha….ha…um…wait that’s not funny? Weird.
Asshats.
really.