Friday, August 15, 2008

Right-wing shirts encourage terrorism

Imagine if you can what would happen if someone wore a shirt featuring the Republicans' stylized elephant logo behind crosshairs, with the words "got ammo?"

The government would almost certainly put the person on the no-fly list, and the person would likely be labeled an enemy combatant. I'd say there's greater than a 50/50 chance they'd be arrested just for wearing it to the supermarket.

But when conservative whack-a-doos sell shirts encouraging violence against the Democrats, that's considered A-OK.

There's clearly a link between incitements to violence and the recent spike in right-wing terrorism (like the Tennessee church shooting and the assassination of the Arkansas Democratic chairman). Talk radio is full of this shit on a daily basis. This is nothing like "violent" media in general: "Violent" video games or TV have no link with real-life violence. Not so with these shirts: The shirts don't just portray violence but actually incite violence against a very specific target.

Conservatives indoctrinate their children with this garbage too: The shirt is also available in infant sizes. (That's future Congress for ya!)

You also know damn well that if a school claimed this shirt violated the dress code, the school would be sued for it - even though schools are never sued for uniform policies that are much stricter. The plaintiff would enlist out-of-state legal foundations and get Klanpus Report on the story pronto.

Not like I give a shit what a fucking dress code says. But why is there such a double standard? If society allows shirts that promote politically motivated violence, then our taxpayer-funded schools should damn sure allow just about any shirt.

Conservatives' pro-violence shirts may be perfectly legal, but we can no longer deny that we need to watch conservatives like a hawk. Domestic terrorists actually pose a much greater threat on American soil than international terrorists who we hear much more about. When there's another right-wing domestic terrorist attack, you can't say I didn't warn you.

(Source: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3440276)

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