Dana "The Dick Whisperer" Milbank seems to be gradually smelling the noxious tea brewing on the far right. In his column today, he focuses on the calls to violence that are now becoming routine on Boo Hoo the Hoot Beck's televised psychotic episodes. The latest involves Boo Hoo's obsession with an obscure foundation, the Tides Foundation. In his fevered imagination Boo Hoo believes the Tides Foundation is a massive conspiracy out to destroy capitalism. One individual apparently took Boo Hoo's rant seriously enough that he packed up his car with weapons and headed out to shoot up the Tides Foundation headquarters and the ACLU for good measure. Fortunately, he was intercepted before he could carry out the mass murder. Unfortunately, two police officers were wounded in apprehending him.
With the mainstream media largely silent in the face of extreme rhetoric on the far right, the wingnuts are emboldened each time they push the violent language envelope and don't face repercussions. The next time we may not be so lucky, as a deranged individual who's been tuned into Beck, Limpalls or other hate merchants carries out his "mission" from them.
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