Political Violence goes both ways

This seems to be a talking point. Jerry has shown there are nut cases and all sides - here - here and here. NRO's Jonah Goldberg has a good piece up that is worth reading.

The Hostility Follies
So what if some nutcases happen to have right-wing politics? I thought liberals rejected guilt by association as McCarthyism.

Apparently there’s a self-proclaimed militia leader named Mike Vanderboegh who runs an obscure, low-traffic blog out of Pinson, Ala. (population 5,007). Mr. Vanderboegh recently called on his fellow “sons of liberty” to break the windows of Democrats to protest health-care reform.
Let’s start with the obvious: Vanderboegh is an idiot, and anyone who followed his advice is an idiot, too. These people are buffoons, not just because such tactics help Democrats but because such behavior is simply wrong, reprehensible, and clownish.
Equally wrong, reprehensible, and clownish: the reaction to Vanderboegh and his alleged ilk. Read it All

Indeed. Violence is not the answer for the current problem. Voting for good candidates is the answer.

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