No, it's not an April's Fools Day joke
April 01, 2009 12:31 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
Because right-wing blogger Erick Erickson actually posted the item on March 31. In it he demanded:
At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch, march down to their state legislator’s house, pull him outside, and beat him to a bloody pulp for being an idiot?
Why could that double as a punchline? Because, as blogger Matthew Yglesias notes, Erickson's call for mob violence was prompted by "an environmental regulation relating to dishwasher detergent."
Another radical righty advocating violence.....big surprise. I'm sure he'll be whining that he was "taken out of context".
Yes, I'm sure O'Racist is sending out his team of stalkers to confront Erickson about his suggestions to evoke violence against politicians. And, then they will certainly ambush Jerome Corsi for his endless tin-foil hat conspiracy that "Obama is not a citizen". I can hardly wait.
The he said that Maher should get into some horrible car accident, and be in pain for many weeks, and then die for what he said. Yep, good Christian pro life conservative I was talking to was saying that because of what Maher said (which nobody in their right mind agrees with) he should suffer a horrible painful death.
This seems to be a reaction in the right wing, some of them at least, that when someone does, or says something they don't like, violence, or some sort of threat of violence is the way to go. For example, what was the guy's name, Congressman, that called for the AIG execs to commit suicide? Prime example, and he is supposed to be one of the more "sane" republicans?
I can see where this guy might have a complaint--I'd want to have a product that does as advertised--but wouldn't this be a matter to be taken to the Better Business Bureau or FDA?
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