Right wing threats & attacks since 2008.

[my2sense]

Insurrection Timeline provided by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence tracks in compelling, terrifying detail the pattern of right wing threats & attacks since 2008.

http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/guns-democracy-and-freedom/insurrection-timeline

On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court embraced the National Rifle Association's contention that the Second Amendment provides individuals with the right to take violent action against our government should it become "tyrannical." The following timeline catalogues incidents of insurrectionist violence (or the promotion of such violence) that have occurred since that decision was issued:

June 26, 2008—The case of District of Columbia v. Heller is decided by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling. The opinion not only endorses the National Rifle Association’s “individual right” interpretation of the Second Amendment; it also affirms that one of the purposes of the right is to “assure the existence of a “citizens’ militia” as a safeguard against tyranny.” The NRA’s amicus brief in the case had argued that “the Second Amendment refers to the utility of an armed population in preventing government tyranny.”

July 27, 2008—Jim Adkisson shoots and kills two people at a progressive church in Knoxville, Tennessee, wounding two. Adkisson calls it “a symbolic killing” because he really “wanted to kill…every Democrat in the Senate & House, the 100 people in Bernard Goldberg's book,” but was unable to gain access to them.

September 18, 2008—Dick Heller, the plaintiff from the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, provides testimony to the D.C. Council regarding firearm-related legislation. Heller’s written, submitted testimony states, in part: "‘We the people,’ armed, are TRULY what the Writers of the Constitution intended for us to be in Art. 1, Sec. 8, para. 15, and that is the CITIZEN MILITIA. If suicide terrorists DO attact our city, ARMED CITIZENS could be the First to counter these hostilities in our individual neighborhoods.”

<snip> See the ENTIRE LONG LIST at the link:
http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campaigns/guns-democracy-and-freedom/insurrection-timeline

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. jesus. k and r

[jimlup]

2. Both sides are to blame ... don't yah know

:sarcasm:

Thanks for the list. It is getting hard to keep track of their attacks

[perdita9]

34. But all the bullets are coming from the Red Team

I thought my opinion of the MSM couldn't get any lower and now they're trying to treat the threats of political violence as equal on both sides. Idiots!

[jimlup]

35. Yeah, and it is only our side who gets hit.

Man, I'm so angry and tired of this s$@! The mainstream media should man up and call things like the are. The right wing is clearly responsible for this situation and they should be forced to own it.

[texshelters]

3. And now, after the Giffords shooting and killing of others, Senator Jon Kyl

wants us to tone down our rhetoric, the same rhetoric he benefits from.

What a hypocritical fear mongering violence supporter. Yes, and the Senators for the Afghan war funding and this is horrible and that war is NOT? Give me a break.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/09/gop-senator-rhetoric-need_n_806462.html


Peace,
Tex Shelters

[Richard D]

4. And from the left?

Is there even one?

[CAG]

5. Please send this to Howie Kurtz and David two-face Gergen and the whole

false equivalency crowd. Lets see if they can get 1/10th of the examples from the left.

[defendandprotect]

30. Why would anyone watch either of these jerks? They're the first to betray you ...why reward them?

[lunatica]

6. Wow!

[RainDog]

7. incredible k & r

and off to the greatest page!

[WillyT]

8. K & R !!!

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[Ohio Joe]

9. K&R - nt

[northoftheborder]

10. Devastating chronicle

[Barack_America]

11. There's a few items that I'm not sure are clearly "RW", but yes, overall this is...

....a devastating indictment of RW rhetoric and violence.

[L0oniX]

12. K & R

[snagglepuss]

13. K and R nt

[NYC_SKP]

14. K&R. (nt)

[Faryn Balyncd]

15. Thanks for great post. K&R. Jim Adkisson had books by Savage, Hannity, & O'Reilly at home & he......

...used language similar to Savage's "Liberalism is a mental disorder" (which he had at home) to explain his desire to kill the people that had elected Democrats by going to the local Unitarian Church to kill as many as possible.

The RW has consciously used the Overton Window tactic of inciting extreme positions, even at the risk of violence, and yet they have the gall to use the Rovian strategy of accusing the left of their own sins (witness Glenn Beck's The Overton Window) - - - and the corporate media absolutely REFUSE to call them out on it.




K&R
Your post is BIG, BIG, BIG news that should be on EVERY NETWORK 24/7.





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[Change has come]

16. K&R n/t

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[Amaril]

17. Unfrickingbelievable! K & R

The knot in the pit of my stomach just keeps getting bigger & bigger.

[Laelth]

18. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[progressoid]

19. But but but...both sides do it!

Kick.

Rec.

Bookmark.

[jillan]

20. I'm speechless....

[lamp_shade]

21. WOW!! I just posted the link to my facebook.

[Jamastiene]

22. K&R

:wow: The list just keeps getting longer and longer.

[Swamp Rat]

23. k&r

[wellstone dem]

24. kr

[leveymg]

25. But, but, there are Quakers and peace advocates out there who might sit down on a road, or something

How often have we heard the following?

"The Federal Government and law enforcement have only limited resources, and are assigned where the danger to society is greatest."

So, they indict Quakers and pacifists.

DHS - Keeping America Safe - 24/7/365.

[Joanne98]

26. THANK YOU!

[DainBramaged]

27. Kicking for Rush Limbaugh, Michelle mlkin, and the folks at Politico

KICK

[me b zola]

28. K&R

[FiveGoodMen]

29. K&R

[BanTheGOP]

31. Banning the GOP will prevent such violence and vitriol

It is amazing that the simplest answer to virtually all our problems is straightforward. We have RICO statutes and such, but unfortunately, no ballsy attorneys whom would be INSTANTLY supported by progressives such as ourselves. A damn shame.

[FiveGoodMen]

36. But our laws are only as good -- in practice -- as the people who carry them out

And our government is infiltrated.

Who's going to bring justice when so many of the bad guys are on the inside?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. That's because it is a stupid stupid idea.

[Bill USA]

32. recomended!!

[kurosagi]

33. Help!

I tried to show this to a friend and they asked where it said these were right-wingers. They pointed out that the most recent one was a campaign worker for Democratic Party Rep. Giffords in 2007. I don't know what to say.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. Just last week, Coloradan threatened to kill Sen. Bennet's staff, set fire to office. Charged now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/john-troy-davis-facing-as_n_806928.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Right Wing blog "humour" after the tragedy: 'Kill Olbermann'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4691683

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/humor-writer-names-olbermann-a-target-after-giffords-shooting

[Stuart G]

40. kick