By SnifflesSo.... the Department of Homeland Security has released a report stating that the current rise of right-wing extremist activity is comparable to the climate that existed prior to the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
(You remember that attack — 168 people killed by the, um, right-wing extremist Timothy McVeigh?)
We cats find it very interesting that the DHS report cautions that no violence has yet been explicitly threatened. However, the report also cites general concern in the right wing last year regarding the potential election of America's first African-American President.
"Most statements by right-wing extremists have been rhetorical...," the report says. "[But in] two instances in the run-up to the election, extremists appeared to be in the early planning stages of some threatening activity targeting the Democratic nominee, but law enforcement interceded."
Gee. We cats wonder when those "two instances" occurred. We would bet money that they happened right after a couple of Sarah Palin campaign rallies, during which she riled up her crowds to such a frenzy that attendees were yelling "Kill him!" We're waiting for someone to prove us wrong (which, by the way, we'd be happy if they do).
We cats don't worry about a lot in life — we generally believe that there's nothing that can't be solved by a good nap — but we do tend to worry about this. To our way of thinking, a liberal democracy cannot tolerate violence. We don't care if it's right-wing nutbags or Emma Goldman carrying it out. It's wrong either way.
That's why we found those Palin rallies last year so disturbing. And why we call upon Governor Palin to repudiate them, even now.
Reason over passion.
Why do we think that Sarah Palin doesn't believe in it?
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