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October 30, 2006

Radical Calls for Assassination of Half of Congress

Hal Turner, a radio talk show host who believes the Jews are ruling the world and advocates killing Mexicans as they try to cross the border has reached a new low. Now he says if you voters re-elect Congressional incumbents who he believes are ruining the country, half of Congress and at least three members of the U.S. Supreme Court will have to be assassinated. He even goes so far as to lay out plans for doing it using five-man strike forces. Because it's his country, not yours.

You can see his arrogance and lack of respect for the will of the voters in this statement:

All these things took place right under your nose, but YOU have done NOTHING about it. Well, you may be willing to give up YOUR rights, but folks like me will not allow you to give away OUR rights. … So again I say, if you re-elect the people who have committed these wrongs against us and our Constitution, then we may have to simply kill them!

I certainly agree with his list of complaints about Congress and what it's managed to do:

Curtailment of political speech through campaign finance law restrictions; killing innocent people in Iraq; that members of Congress don't read the legislation they pass; that elected officials ignore the will of the people; that politicians lie to get themselves elected; spending is breaking the nation's financial back; disapproves of USA Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act of 2006; and eminent domain ruling jeopardizing property rights.

But the problem with radical fundamentalist extremists of all stripes is their inability to modulate anything or keep anything within reasonable limits. If they don't agree with someone, that person must die. Yes, Hal Turner is no better than the terrorists.

Meanwhile, I wonder whether the Secret Service will come knocking at Hal Turner's door as they did 14-year-old Julia Wilson last year when she posted a drawing with the heading "Kill Bush" on her website.

Posted by Becky at October 30, 2006 07:13 AM