There've been too many disgusting people in the news lately to single any one of them out. Here's a brief list:
Let's start with Erick Erickson:
He also throws in the required Nazi comparison.
And then there's "Coach" Dave Daubenmire, addressing more moderate (i.e., real) Christians:
Then there's Pastor-Governor Mike Huckabee (who doesn't know the difference between the two):
That's just skimming the top -- or the bottom -- over the past couple of days. Two observations: these are characters who used to be on the fringes of the right; they're now being mainstreamed by the alt-right and the Trump cheerleaders at Fox (well, OK, the "independent" press in general).
Second, they're prime examples of pure projection. The overwhelming majority of incidents of political violence in the past few years have come from the right. But then, "conservatives" have all bought in to "alternative facts."
What's worrisome is the degree to which the rhetoric has ramped up: they're doing nothing more than normalizing politically motivated violence, and the rest of us will pay the price.
Update:And of course, Republicans are building on this foundation:
Let's start with Erick Erickson:
"There is only a one way street and the crowd that demands tolerance only wants tolerance for themselves. All others must be silenced," Erickson writes. "The political left is becoming the American ISIS."
He also throws in the required Nazi comparison.
And then there's "Coach" Dave Daubenmire, addressing more moderate (i.e., real) Christians:
"Don’t you understand what’s going on? Don’t you know it’s a war? Don’t you know they want your children? Don’t you know they’re occupying your pulpits? Don’t you understand that those same people singing ‘Jesus loves you this I know’ want to kill us?”
Then there's Pastor-Governor Mike Huckabee (who doesn't know the difference between the two):
Appearing on Fox & Friends this morning, the ex-Republican presidential candidate tied in James Hodgkinson’s shooting spree that left Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) in critical condition to a leftist movement.
“This is a bigger issue,” Huckabee said. “This is an attempt to overthrow the elected government. And I don’t want people to lose sight of the fact that what we’re seeing is not necessarily an organized attempt but a widespread attempt by people who hate the results of the election. Who want to overturn it not by another election, but by violent means. By any means possible!”
The one-time Fox News host, whose daughter works for the Trump administration, went on to say that this is a much greater threat to America’s democracy than anything Russia has attempted to do.
That's just skimming the top -- or the bottom -- over the past couple of days. Two observations: these are characters who used to be on the fringes of the right; they're now being mainstreamed by the alt-right and the Trump cheerleaders at Fox (well, OK, the "independent" press in general).
Second, they're prime examples of pure projection. The overwhelming majority of incidents of political violence in the past few years have come from the right. But then, "conservatives" have all bought in to "alternative facts."
What's worrisome is the degree to which the rhetoric has ramped up: they're doing nothing more than normalizing politically motivated violence, and the rest of us will pay the price.
Update:And of course, Republicans are building on this foundation:
3. This ad is playing in the district, which Handel has condemned but not asked to be taken down https://t.co/hmTICNP1PP pic.twitter.com/a880Z9zJSy
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 19, 2017
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