Kudos to Heath Haussamen. Absolute madness has seized many extreme conservatives.
Violence is unacceptable – and un-American | NMPolitics.net – Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics
At least 10 House Democrats have reported “death threats or incidents of harassment or vandalism at their district offices over the past week,” the Washington Post is reporting. Bricks have been thrown through windows. Calls for the president’s assassination have gone out on Twitter.
The violent acts and threats against the president and members of Congress who supported health-care reform legislation are not only unacceptable – they’re simply un-American.
We are a nation of fierce independence, and I know many who believe the health-care bill threatens that. But we’re also a nation of laws. The bill was approved through a Democratic process that started with the election of a Democratic majority in the House and Senate and of a Democratic president.
The pendulum swings. It’s been doing that since our nation was founded. It should be no surprise to anyone that Democrats would try to pass reform many conservatives don’t like, just like the previous administration succeeded in securing the approval of legislation that’s abhorrent to many, such as the Patriot Act.
Violence is unacceptable – and un-American | NMPolitics.net – Heath Haussamen on New Mexico Politics
Thanks, Heath. Well put. // I disagree (peacefully) with those who say
“both sides are to blame.” I can’t think of any organization on the Left that is as dangerously violent AND commands so much mainstream
attention — even ‘respect’ (throwing up now) — as the Mad Hatters and others. Weather Underground? Not even 40 years ago.
EarthFirst!ers? Never called for blood in the streets. So, who on the Left is so violent and blood-thirsty? Who on the Left balances the
Radical Right? peace, mjh