{"id":543,"date":"2010-03-24T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/03\/right-wing-violence-escalating.html"},"modified":"2010-03-24T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:14:44","slug":"right-wing-violence-escalating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/03\/right-wing-violence-escalating.html","title":{"rendered":"Right Wing Violence Escalating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>UPDATED MOST RECENTLY 3\/29, 9 am pst.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A old anti-government hypocrite living off Social Security disability payments is becoming <a href=\"http:\/\/nomoremister.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/intimidators-intimidator-wannabes-and.html\">a focal point for organized violent intimidation<\/a>.&nbsp; Incidents of violent intimidation have escalated since health care reform was passed.&nbsp; Rachel Maddow has a wonderful broadcast of the current state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAt this point I am sure it will backfire against these criminals and<br \/>\ntheir Republican cheerleaders, but given their emphasis on<br \/>\n&#8220;Christianity&#8221; as the official religion and threats of violence now escalating into attacks on property with promises of worse to come, we should keep an eye open and an ear cocked at<br \/>\nwhat these terrorists are doing.<\/p>\n<p>More examples<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2010\/3\/25\/850600\/-UPDATE-X2:-The-crazy-right-is-mobilizing...-This-sh*t-is-getting-scary\">injuries to others described as &#8220;collateral damage&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/03\/24\/stupak-death-threat\/\">death threat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/03\/24\/tea-parties-periello\/\">home vandalization<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/03\/23\/slaughter-threats\/\">vandalism threats and threats to kill children<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americablog.com\/2010\/03\/teabagger-terrorism-hoyer-worried-about.html\">Members of Congress getting increased security<\/a> after Teabag threats<\/p>\n<p>Right wing &#8220;Christian&#8221; love in action <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=6329647n&amp;tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel\">(listen to the love on their phone calls<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2010\/3\/25\/850600\/-UPDATE-X2:-The-crazy-right-is-mobilizing...-This-sh*t-is-getting-scary\">Latest update<\/a>&#8211; shows Christian&#8217; Right connection in all its bloody ignorance and hate and compiles incidents nation-wide.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The report that second ranking House Republican Eric Cantor&#8217;s office had been shot at, so &nbsp;right-wing violence is not the only political violence, has turned out to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2010\/3\/26\/851030\/-Fox-relentlessly-hyped-Cantors-lie\">not true<\/a>. It was a lie. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2010\/3\/26\/851123\/-Richmond-police-on-Cantor-shooting:-Stray-bullet...random-gunfire\">Police say<\/a> it was a stray bullet not aimed at anything in particular with barely enough power to break glass.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nine &#8216;Christian&#8217; militiamen have been <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/03\/feds_release_details_in_hutaree_arrests.php?ref=fpblg\">charged with multiple serious crimes<\/a> after they apparently laid plans to murder police officers in hopes of setting off a popular rebellion. &nbsp;Initially they were going to fight the anti-christ, but I guess got tired of waiting for their opportunity to kill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Down in Arizona the leaders of the &#8220;Minutemen&#8221; have dissolved the national organization after confronting the <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/03\/minuteman_leader_when_i_said_to_come_to_the_border.php?ref=fpb\">serious possibility of major violence by their members<\/a> &#8211; and perhaps being liable for it legally. &nbsp;The &#8216;patriots&#8217; are still organized at the state level.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED MOST RECENTLY 3\/29, 9 am pst. 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