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At The Beginning
Let's begin by being honest. It is not partisan to observe that there are cycles to violent rhetoric in our politics. In the late 1960s, violent talk (and sometimes violence itself) was more common on the far left. But since President Obama's election, it is incontestable that significant parts of the American far right have adopted a language of revolutionary violence in the name of overthrowing "tyranny." (E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 1/10/11)

It was inevitable that WaPo opinion writers would tie the tragic Arizona shootings to the Right. Dionne – attempting to be fair, but really being duplicitous – acknowledges violent leftwing rhetoric (and actions) way back during the 60s. Here are two problems with his logic (don’t ask us why we continue the quixotic task of correcting Dionne’s aberrant thought processes).

First, there has been no organized, widespread right-inspired violence like we had during the 60s. Nothing. No lynchings, no burnings, no bombings. (And don’t mention lone crackpot Timothy McVeigh as representative of anything or anybody but his own distorted worldview, just like the Arizona assassin). Second, Dionne curiously skips from the 60s over to Obama. Now think for a minute….who was president before Obama and what was the rhetorical language from the Left during that time? If you said “George Bush” and “angry and violence-laden” you are correct!

Wag The Dog
Gay-rights proponents are cheering and some conservatives are up in arms after the State Department said it would replace the words "mother" and "father" on U.S. passport applications with gender-neutral terms. Instead of "mother" and "father," the forms will read "parent one" and "parent two." Politicsdaily.com, 1/8/11)

Once again the gay agenda wags the dog of hundreds of years of civilization.