Republican politicians and celebrities stoking the latent white supremacist and other violent tendencies ingrained in the fringe conservative movement are playing with fire:
Experts who track hate groups across the U.S. are growing increasingly concerned over violent rhetoric targeted at President Obama, especially as the debate over health care intensifies and a pattern of threats emerges. The Secret Service is investigating a Maryland man who held a sign reading "Death to Obama" and "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids" outside a town hall meeting this week.
Remember when just riding a bicycle past someone wearing a t-shirt with the Iraq War KIA count in NYC would get you thrown into GitMo on the Hudson?