There's an appalling (though, sadly, hardly surprising) amount of conservative myth-making going on around the very serious issue of right-wing domestic terrorism. They've come up repeatedly in talk shows and online forums, so you're likely to encounter them as well. Here's what you need to separate fact from fiction when the talking points start flying.
You have to go back a long, long way in American history before you come to a place where you find incidents like this happening an average of once every two weeks.This escalating level of violence is adding data points to a potentially emergent pattern that we need to be looking at and preparing for. So far, there are at least five things I'm particularly concerned about.
prospect.org — The death of Dr. George Tiller is a wake-up call to the fact that our existing laws and regulatory bodies to protect against clinic violence aren't working as well as they should. There are steps to address this that Obama's Justice Department could commit to doing tomorrow, sending a strong signal that this type of domestic terrorism is not acceptable.
openleft.com — It is undeniably true that there is a dangerous and virulent streak of violence and fascism in American conservatism, now and throughout our country’s history.
It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for Republicans. Trounced in November's election, faced a popular president, and a voting public that seems to have rejected their conservative politics, now they're stuck with Rush Limbaugh as the de facto head of their party. No matter how much they deny it, the parade of conservative politicians kissing up to Rush after daring to criticize his rantings makes it pretty clear who's in charge.
Conservatives use the phrase "moral clarity" a lot. Once we understand what they're really saying, it becomes pretty obvious that one of the first things we're going to need to do in this new era is challenge their horrific definition of this phrase and overwrite it with one of our own.
There's an appalling (though, sadly, hardly surprising) amount of conservative myth-making going on around the very serious issue of right-wing domestic terrorism. They've come up repeatedly in talk shows and online forums, so you're likely to encounter them as well. Here's what you need to separate fact from fiction when the talking points start flying. 
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