(06-14-2017, 03:21 PM)rollerjag Wrote: No, he was NOT a typical liberal Democrat, and your view of this is a shining example of what's wrong with our current political climate.

This was one attack from one lunatic, don't act as if it's an epidemic.

Yet, the church shooter in Charleston was somehow the typical southern conservative, and not an attack by one lunatic based on how people responded to that incident.  Subsequent to the Charleston shooting, we've had an effort to completely eradicate genuine historical references in this country, legitimate scars of our past, and much of that movement picked up momentum right there in South Carolina.  But, that's okay because he was considered conservative.

So, if someone goes on a shooting spree and he's conservative, it's an indictment of anyone on the right.  If a liberal does the same thing, he's a lone wolf and not indicative of a radical ideology. 

While I do agree with you that this was just an attack by one lunatic, this is a guy that we're discovering was a masterful parrot of almost every media derived opinion on whatever the hot topic of the day is.  Whatever "scandal" the media manufactures on any given day, this guy was a reliable regurgitator of the party line.  His Facebook wall and letters he wrote to the editor of his local newspaper could just as easily be transcripts of liberal discussions taking place on CNN or MSNBC.  The rhetoric they use was parroted throughout his writings on any topic.  That kind of rhetoric has ultimately lead us to the point where you've got someone so ingrained in their political hatred that they're willing to do violence to support their viewpoint while squelching that of anyone they happen to disagree with.

We've seen similar behavior in Berkley where liberals have protested, rioted, attacked, and committed acts of violence against anyone with whom they disagree politically.

We've seen the same thing happen in Wisconsin, Chicago, New York, Washington State, and elsewhere where violence is a perfectly acceptable tactic to silence the opposition.  This incident is in reality an extension of that behavior, and as hard as the media tries to spin it like this violent rhetoric is coming from the right, the reality is that almost every documented incident of violence is coming from the people who claim to be the most tolerant.  Why is that?

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