[Cannon Shell]

[quote=Riot][quote=Cannon Shell]There a lot of people in this country that are very much against this regime and birth certificates, race, and religion have nothing to do with it

And that's fine. Start that discussion.

But you know what isn't fine? Anybody in this country tolerating or ignoring the stupidity, the constant public repeating of lies by people with celebrity or in the public eye, the whipping up of hate about religion and Muslims and Pastors of a certain color.

You get mad about the press being too kind? How about the press being too extreme?

Why is untrue nonsense being brought up or implied - month after month - by major outlets like Rush Limbaugh and FoxNews?

Ignore the truely crazy internet bloggers - the racists and the white supremicists.

How about a candidate for Vice President of the United States saying another candidate "pals around with terrorists"? How about when an old woman tells a Presidential candidate that the other candidate is "a Muslim"?

We've already had an abortion doctor killed, and today someone tried to blow away those he hated in Washington.

Go read some history about what was said about John Kennedy in the national and Dallas press, regarding his birth, his religion, his politics before he got his head blown off in Dallas.

Unfortunately, that assassination wasn't a surprise. Kennedy was warned it was unsafe to go to Dallas. There was overt hate in the newspapers, on the radio, preached by some religious leaders and politicians - it was, just like it seems to be today, "socially acceptable" to say it and write it.

What's scary is that is the same hate innuendo and lies that public outlets like Limbaugh and Fox News spew and try to whip up daily now about Obama.

Even Sheppard on FoxNews just today said it's gone too far and it's getting scary.

One can't whip up hate and lies and say it's okay talk about, that's our freedom and rights as Americans - oh, but we draw the line at violence. Bullsh-t

I tried to have a discussion about the "new" role of the press after posting columns from far from right wing sources and now we have JFK was unsafe in Dallas because of religious leaders and politicans??? Oh boy.