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David Neiwert has long been on the forefront when it comes to examining right wing extremism and what he calls “eliminationist rhetoric.” In a recent post at Crooks and Liars, he linked to this article, which is reveals a lot about how birtherism, bircherism, states rights, and anti-environmentalism (to name a few) interconnect.
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Recreational Birth Control User Apr 21, 2011 4:54:52pm |
She also expressed the urgency of the birther fight, stopping in the middle of her talk to engage an audience member in a discussion about whether impeachment, arresting president Obama, or a military coup would be the best solution.Roth: “We have to, we can’t try, we have to get him out in 2012”
Audience member: “why wait? …He’s an illegal president now.”
Roth: “he should be impeached.” The audience member replied, he can’t be impeached, he’s not a citizen.”
Roth: “how would you get him out?”Audience member: “By having the authority of five governors, five senators, march on the Supreme Court, who have abdicated their power and authority to simply render that he is not a legal president. And send the US Marshals to arrest him.”
Roth: I couldn’t agree more. What we need is a move like Zelaya in Honduras. We need the military, we need somebody to do that, or impeachment, or something like you said. We need something more than we’ve had.
I no longer feel contempt for these people anymore. It’s more pity, I’m embarrassed for them.
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calochortus Apr 21, 2011 5:28:35pm |
Would someone please explain to these people that the Civil War pretty much settled the nullification issue? You have to obey the laws and no, you just secede if you don’t like it.
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