Seeds of Hatred---Reaping the Harvest

[Joanne98]

I was shocked to learn that President Obama and others said they were shocked that Dr. George Tiller was murdered in cold-blood while serving as an usher in his Kansas church. If you believe that you reap what you sow then the murder of Dr. Tiller is not shocking at all.

What we are seeing could be the harvest of the seeds of the vile and unrestrained anger and hatred that have been planted, spread and nurtured by the sleazemeisters of the Right Wing--self-described media stars and politicians who claim to be true conservatives, real Republicans, and patriotic Americans exercising their First Amendment rights.

George Tiller was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who continued to perform controversial late term abortions. For years he has been literally (he had been shot before) and figuratively in the cross hairs of pro-life groups who oppose abortion in general and late term abortions in particular. He was a frequent target of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly who, referred to the doctor as "Tiller the Baby Killer" and characterized him for the last four years as a "Nazi-like" criminal with "blood on his hands."

The Tiller murder comes just weeks after a man who said he was concerned that "Obama wanted to take away his guns" went on a rampage that left three police officers dead in Pittsburgh. The words the killer used to characterize his concerns were an almost verbatim recitation of a rant aired by Fox News commentator Glenn Beck just a few days earlier. Beck has referred to Obama as a man who wants to destroy America and the capitalist system. Beck once delivered an ominous warning about the president's agenda with Nazi soldiers marching on a screen behind him and ominous martial music playing in the background.

I'm certain that O'Reilly will insist, as Beck did, that it would be both wrong and unfair to link the inflammatory rhetoric and the vicious language of his repeated attacks against Dr. Tiller to the fact that a passionate true believer may have taken him seriously and decided to rid the world of this murderous Nazi abortionist.

But the venom spewers can't have it both ways. In their zeal to make headlines and establish themselves as true leaders of a movement and a party that has become consumed by anger and hate, these "celebrities" have chosen to abandon their civility, reason, and sense of responsibility. They either mean what they say -- in which case those who rid the world of murderers, Nazis, and other liberal villains should be hailed as heroes -- or they don't in which case they are simply cowardly liars committing libel in the name of the First Amendment as they discredit their once-proud movement and/or party.

They have made a bargain with the devil in exchange for ratings and their 15 minutes of fame. Now we are all paying the price.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-gellman/seeds-of-hatred---reaping_b_209818.html

[omega minimo]

1. "venom spewers"

Where have I heard that before? :think:

[Joanne98]

3. Not from our side till now but you'll hear more count on it!

[omega minimo]

4. Eeeew

[zbdent]

2. hmm ... would the church be supportive if the Tiller family adopted the ways of the murderer

and did the "an eye for an eye"?

Watch the Tiller family be more forgiving to this asshole ...

[Batgirl]

5. Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, etc. are paid to keep the wingnuts in a state of frenzied rage.

The GOP base rests on a foundation of hate. They prefer to nurture and feed the haters rather than rebuild their party by introducing some sanity.

These media figures are well aware that their hate speech against Dems will keep the base fired up. They also are aware this means that sometimes, the nuttier of the wingnuts will act out on a violent rampage, and that sometimes, people will die as a result. It doesn't occur to them to feel bad about this, of course. If anything, it just means they're doing their jobs correctly.

[EFerrari]

6. Consider another example: Joe Darby.

This was the principled person who pulled the plug on the Abu Ghraib abuse by turning in photographs to the command chain.

For his trouble, Donold Rumsfeld disclosed his name on national tv and Joe heard it sitting in the cafeteria -- as did the rest of the crew at that prison.

He had to be flown out of there and couldn't go home because his family was receiving death threats. He went through two different protection programs.

That's how this country treats a man who came forward to stop TORTURE.

We are far, far down the rabbit hole.