This would be more credible if members of their leadership didn't call
Republicans murderers on a daily basis.
Someone gave Bernie Sanders credit for his pro-forma denial. I say
bullshit. Just last week he accused Republicans of "murdering the
planet". When Gabby Giffords was shot he sent out fundraising emails
blaming right-wing rhetoric for the shooting, even though the shooter
was loony tunes and had been tracking Giffords for three years prior
to the shooting. An excerpt:
Nobody can honestly express surprise that such a tragedy finally
occurred. ... Congresswoman Giffords publicly expressed
concerns when Sarah Palin, on her website, placed her district
in the cross-hairs of a rifle -- and identified her by name
below the image -- as an encouragement to Palin supporters to
eliminate her from Congress. ... In light of all of this
violence -- both actual and threatened -- is Arizona a state
in which people who are not Republicans are able to participate
freely and fully in the democratic process? Have right-wing
reactionaries, through threats and acts of violence, intimidated
people with different points of view from expressing their
political positions? My colleague, Senator John McCain, issued a
very strong statement after the shooting in which he condemned
the perpetrator of the attack. I commend him for that. But I
believe Senator McCain and other Arizona Republicans need to do
more. As the elder statesman of Arizona politics McCain needs to
stand up and denounce the increasingly violent rhetoric coming
from the right-wing and exert his influence to create a civil
political environment in his state.
What gall. Now he calls Republicans murderers and right on schedule,
in the next couple of weeks, his campaign worker attempts to murder
Republicans.
Leading Democrats including Sanders, Warren, and Biden are routinely
calling Republcans murderers and terrorists. It is not surprising that
a Bernie-bro took it to heart.
Calling people who are skeptical about climate disaster "deniers",
likening them to Nazis. Calling yourself "the Resistance", again
likening your opposition to the Nazis. Rioting to prevent speech
by your opposition. The left is fascist, is to blame for the climate
of hate, and should feel ashamed of themselves.
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People who want to share their religious views with you
almost never want you to share yours with them. -- Dave Barry