@Merry Andrew,
Merry Andrew wrote:
I've said something similar on another thread, but, in light of your persistent and ignorant posturing in re: the neoconservative movement, Finn, allow me to repeat it here.
There is absolutely no qualitative difference between the extreme fringes of the political spectrum. What used to be the bailiwick of the extreme left -- i.e. the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the SLA etc. -- has been adopted wholesale by the new extreme right. When the government was largely in the hands of conservatives (I'm talking about the Nixon era et seq.) it was the left that threw the bombs and wanted to blow things up. Now that Obama's in the White House and Pelosi has a strong grip on the reins of the legislature, it's the extreme right-wing nuts that are planning to assasinate policemen and machine-gun the cortege. No difference at all.
ebrown p is absolutely right on this one.
Oh is he?
What is he right about?
That the rhetoric of the modern conservative movement is equivalent to that of the SDS, Weathermen, and Black Panthers.
No one , not least of all me, has argued that there is a qualitative difference between violent left-wing nuts and violent right-wing nuts.
However, by your own description, when there was a right-winger (Nixon) in the White House it was the" left that threw the bombs and wanted to blow things up," and there is actual evidence to support this.
And yet now that there is a left-winger (Obama) in the White House there is hardly the same reaction from the Right-wing nuts. No one has blown up anyone and threatening letters to 50 governors is hardly the equivalent action.
Once again --- Amidst all this hoopla, who has been actually charged with political violence? The person who assaulted Eric Kantnor.
This is not a debate on whether Right-Wing nuts are less dangerous than Left-Wing nuts. They are equally dangerous.
The simple fact of the matter is that the current threat of Right-Wing nuts has been exaggerated by persons who, like ebrown and you, wish to associate that threat with the rhetoric and actions of mainstream conservatives.
This is worse than ignorance (which you possess in abundance) Andrews , it is deliberate manipulation of the truth to fan the fires of partisan emotion.
I doubt you rise to the level of a co-conspirator and so, by default, must simply be a tool.
