Friday, October 9, 2009

2009 and suddenly sedition is popular



















A little hyperbolic, but there are several examples where conservatives cross the line from free speech into sedition, Treason and Sedition
You would think that Republicans, being the party of law and order, would move quickly to condemn this kind of speech. But in fact, they both enable and encourage it. Texas Governor Rick Perry famously invoked the spectre of secession against stimulus spending and health care reform; Republicans regularly stovepipe policy statements through FreeRepublic.com, whose founder openly advocates the overthrow and removal of the entire US government.

When Michele Bachmann asked listeners to be "armed and dangerous" on cap & trade, it wasn't her first use of a violent metaphor. She has spoken of "slitting our wrists" to become "blood brothers" in defeating health care reform.