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Author Topic:   Dangerous pro-choice extremists?
LinearAq
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Message 19 of 113 (442677)
12-22-2007 9:57 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by nator
12-22-2007 7:06 AM


Re: Maybe Some Help?
It seems to me that when progressives "turn the corner" into lala land (which seems to be rare), they generally get kicked to the curb and denounced by "their own". By contrast, it seems as though you can be the craziest, hatefull nutcase you want to be in the conservative world.
Please provide examples of hateful nutcases that are embraced by the conservatives. I think it would be helpful to get a handle of what you think constitutes hateful behavior in this context.
I ask this because this statement:
It seems to me that conservatism both breeds and nurtures violent extremism.
is an interesting observation but it needs to be bounded somehow.
As an example: Every person who killed an doctor who performs abortions was immediately labeled an extremest by the pro-life movement and the churches. In one case (sorry no cites) the person was convinced to turn himself in by pro-lifers who he had asked to hide him.

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LinearAq
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From: Pocomoke City, MD
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Message 44 of 113 (443908)
12-27-2007 1:11 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by nator
12-22-2007 10:29 PM


Re: Maybe Some Help?
Randall Terry
Where's the violence. He lost a lawsuit for infringing on the profits of abortion clinics during his non-violent protests. I guess that paves the way for lawsuits against any non-violent protests that hurt a business.
Ann Coulter
Nutty rhetoric - yes violent-no
David Duke
White supremacist - no history of violence
Bill O'Reilly
When did he even advocate violence?
Glen Beck
Conservative anti-GW wild statements...violent...don't see it.
Pat Robertson
wild rhetoric...where's the violence?
Fred Phelps (conservatives oppose him now, but their outrage at his "God Hate's Fags" demonstrations only emerged after he started targetting the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.)
His blatantly hateful statements and protests were criticized by Focus on the Family, Pat Robertson and through official statements by Assemblies of God, Church of God, and Southern Baptists to name a few. Those criticisms were issued back when he was protesting at funerals for gay men. Not embraced by majority of conservatives, then or now.
So if wild and hateful rhetoric is the point at which you want to call these people dangerous then I can start looking for extremist rhetoric in the pro-choice ranks and provide you with a list of dangerous people. Thanks for the clarification.

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