Jake Burris, the campaign manager for Arkansas 3rd District Democratic congressional candidate Ken Aden found his cat killed and defaced with "LIBERAL" markings yesterday.
More information and the press release are available here: http://www.arktimes.com/...
The original post, (TRIGGER WARNING, complete with a picture of the cat) is here: http://bluearkansasblog.com/...
I live in Arkansas very close to Russellville. There is a Tea Party Renaissance going on around here. Talk radio is ramping up for something during this next election. I think this cat killing is just a symptom of what could happen should the rhetoric of the right continue at the current trajectory.
I am scared and I have no idea what to do about it. I have closed communications with family members involved in the Tea Party that show racist or extremist leanings. Is there something we should be doing as a nation to hold a mirror to these people or to facilitate understanding with these people? Is there something I can do every day to counter what Limbaugh ingraines in my father's consciousness every day?