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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:54 AM Nov 2012

His name was Henry Hamilton, and now he is dead. [View all]

His name was Henry Hamilton, and he owned a small business. He was taking medication to treat anxiety and schizophrenia. He was an ardent listener of the Right-wing noise machine, and lived in terror of Obama winning re-election. Two days after the election, he was found dead next to empty bottles of his pills and a suicide note that read, simply, "Fuck Obama."

Hannity, Rush and the rest didn't kill Mr. Hamilton. But they sure as shit didn't help him, either. Words, like actions, have consequences.

Leonard Pitts | The Sad State of Zealots with Microphones
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-the-sad-state-of-zealots-with-microphones-20121116,0,7918183.story

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His name was Henry Hamilton, and now he is dead. [View all] WilliamPitt Nov 2012 OP

"Do not ask for whom the bell tolls... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #1

Ernest Hemingway, like Mr. Hamilton, lived in Key West. closeupready Nov 2012 #2

Me? Scary? CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #8

Next! nt Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #3

What does that mean? WilliamPitt Nov 2012 #4

It means let the lemmings do what they want to do. Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #6

I have a different point of view Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #7

"a different point of view" -- Is that allowed? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #9

Apparently with much frowning and browbeating. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #12

It's easy to think in that manner LanternWaste Nov 2012 #10

I'm not the one that comitted suicide just to make a point. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #13

And I'm seeing more than a bit of it here, towards the mentally ill, the poor, the powerless Care Acutely Nov 2012 #15

"Words, like actions, have consequences." Zorra Nov 2012 #11

Sad, but thanks for sharing the piece. k&R Whovian Nov 2012 #14

Right wing shows and radio are poison sakabatou Nov 2012 #16