I have seen a lot of pundit discussion equivalencing American Taliban with Liberal Fascism. This is a falsehood. Liberal Fascism is a universally panned ahistorical polemic, in the Pee Wee Herman style of discourse so prevalent in contemporary 'conservatism'.
i know u are, but what am i?
There is a lot of scientific and historical validity to American Taliban, as well as a lot of empirical data, much of which Kos draws out in the book.
I would like to make this a weekly feature, of supporting empirical data.
Feel free to add more data in the comments.
Palin worshippers make death threats against 18 year old.
The story went up on the newspaper’s website. Minutes later, dozens of Sarah Palin-related sites had linked to the story. On Monday, our website had about 4,300 hits. After the story broke Tuesday, that number climbed to 8,700. Wednesday hits spiked to 75,000 and by Thursday afternoon we’d had more than 200,000 hits, mostly from new visitors.
Even after we broke the story that Christy is not in Alaska and has never been to Alaska, threats against him continued on our website and Facebook page. Many comments were not approved because they suggested hunting Christy and killing him. Folks asked us to post a picture of the young man so “decent” people could hunt him down and kill him. And that is exactly why we won’t publish a photo that could identify him.We were shocked at the number of people from across the U.S. calling for his death and offering to pull the trigger on a .45 loaded with “liberal lead.”
This 18-year-old admits he was in the wrong and he absolutely was. But he is now under siege and in fear of his life:
Based on his public trial and suggested execution, his hometown police department has brought in patrols from neighboring towns to help protect his family.
Longhaul trucker drives a thousand miles to smash "Blowjob Jesus".
“It was very loud,” said Kathy Leonard of Loveland, who was touring the exhibit with her husband. “She was lifting the crowbar over her head, and smashing it down, yelling ‘Filth! Filth! Filth!’”
Leonard said she picked up the crowbar after Folden dropped it.
“I didn’t want her to come back for it, and perhaps hurt someone,” she said.
[...]Folden was wearing a T-shirt printed with the Christian slogan, “My Savior Is Tougher Than Nails.”
Loveland resident Larry Jones, who was in the gallery during the attack, said someone shouted “call the police” as Folden was completing her act.
“Then the woman said, ‘Yes, call the police. I’m ready,’” he said.
Leonard said that as the police arrived, Folden “lay down on the floor next to the exhibit and spread her arms outward, like she had been crucified.”
like she had been crucified......or perhaps martyred?