Newsmax calls for a Miltary Coup

[LMNO]

I dunno Jenne... That rubs me the wrong way, just on principle.

While resorting to thuggery to combat stupidity can be fun for individuals, when the government does it, I get creeped out.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

maybe the harsh way guys like him were treated might deter some of the Fux News gang from inciting this kind of shit?

I can't see it doing anything but egging them on.  To them, it would be proof that liberals are hypocrites because they only care about free speech for people who aren't dropping the N-bomb while making credible threats to assassinate the president.

[Jenne]

I have mixed feelings about it.  Goes against freedom of speech, but by the same token, the way Fux News gets away with stirring the shit and then there's Mann Coulter saying all Presidential assassins were Liberals...  It's lailworthy, really.

[Cain]

I think we should encourage assassination of all politicans, on general principle.  We can arrange timeshares between taking out elected representatives and bankers.  You know, sorting out who gets what lamp post, and so on.

[Jenne]

I'd agree, but then I'd have NSA on my ass.  I'll stick to the much weaker and more legal CHARACTER ASSASSINATION, shall I?  Easy, since they do that for themselves.

I guess when I heard that news bit on NPR yesterday, it made me think of this thread and of the militia men that Cain brought up in the other thread.  How Fox News has been stirring this anger-ball into motion, but denies culpability the whole way through--from the Birther movement, the Tea-Baggers and so-on.

[Template]

Sik bump, I somehow completely missed this story the first time through.

The irony is staggering.  The argument is that Obama is a socialist/fascist/tyrant/foreigner take your pick who is destroying the constitution.  So the best way to restore the constitution is to override the popularly elected gov't with a military coup?  The only way that freedom can be protected and fascism averted is for the generals to rule?   


Anyhoo I think we can take them.

I think the idea is that the Constitution has failed its preamble, and that the whole text might be stripped away, with reference/guidance coming from the Declaration of Independence.

[Halfbaked1]

I think the guy that got popped for the drunken threat got seriously screwed over.  But someone shoulda took his keyboard away from him or something. 

I have pretty much decided that someone will get a plan together to take a shot, but personally i am feeling like there are precious few who could...
A. Have the Cajones
B. Have sufficient mental capacity to pull it off
C. Be willing to trade thier life for their target (This perhaps goes with cajones)

[Captain Utopia]

I think the guy that got popped for the drunken threat got seriously screwed over.  But someone shoulda took his keyboard away from him or something. 

I have pretty much decided that someone will get a plan together to take a shot, but personally i am feeling like there are precious few who could...
A. Have the Cajones
B. Have sufficient mental capacity to pull it off
C. Be willing to trade thier life for their target (This perhaps goes with cajones)

Who cares? If it happens it'll only be because millions of people started talking about it like it was a plausible reality. And then kept talking about it.

[BabylonHoruv]

Incidentally, do you know of any political sites where the comment sections aren't just a partisan battleground?  I gave up looking last year and now I just ignore the comments almost entirely.

I've always like http://www.fark.com/politics/ The headlines are incindary but the comment section is good. They lean a little left of center and have their share of trolls but mostly it is pretty intelligent stuff. There's an odd amount of lawyers on there for some reason.

Good call - I actually made it half way through their comments on this story - seeing a poster call themselves Diogenes was a bit rich   But I'll definitely be back, thanks for the link.

Incidentally, this is Olbermanns #2 story tonight.. should be entertaining at least.

Diogenes, a cynic,  He was known for living under bridges and biting those he disagreed with.  I find that pretty humorous.