The violent rhetoric, symbology and actual violence is coming from one side. Anyone pushing the false equivalency bullshit needs to put up or shut up. Yeah, it's really getting me pissed off now.
I'm seeing this on Facebook and other sites. The apologists now coming coming out of the wordwork with the "Come on guy! Let's be reasonable now! Both sides need to dial down with the rhetoric" crap. All of a sudden these people want to be reasonable. Guess what. I've fucking had it. It's a load of crap and I won't put up with it anymore.
Only one side brings guns to political rallies. Only one side stomps on the heads of women. Only one side calls for "second ammendment" remedies when they don't get their way on issues. Only one side has supporters that kill abortion doctors. And on and on and on. And now a beautiful 9 year old girl is dead becasue some lunatic "somehow" got it in his head that it's ok to go on a rampage while attempting to assassinate a Democratic politician. One who was literally targeted by Sarah Palin, and who had her offices vandalized when health care reform was passed and whose most recent Republican congressional opponent held political rallies that featured target practice with automatic weapons.
Put up or shut up, apologists. "Both sides need to dial down" my ass. Where is the violence and rhetoric on the left that comes anywhere near approaching this? Where is it?
Only one side needs to dial down. And the other side, which consists of ALL decent people, needs to dial up their condemnation of this sort of bullshit that has no place in a civil society.
Cross posted on DFP:
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