The Right Continues To Embrace Terrorists
Do you remember Prof. Ward Churchill?
In January 2005, Churchill’s work attracted publicity because of the widespread circulation of a 2001 essay, “On the Justice of Roosting Chickens”. In the essay, he claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks were a natural and unavoidable consequence of what he views as unlawful US policy, and he referred to the “technocratic corps” working in the World Trade Center as “little Eichmanns.”
Immediately Ward Churchill became a controversial figure. He was uninvited to several appearances and was personally condemned by the president of his university. He eventually lost his job at the university.
Churchill’s contention was that 9/11 was a result of U.S. policies and that the victims deserved it.
Is Rep. Peter King (R-IA) the right’s Ward Churchill?
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told a crowd at CPAC on Saturday that he could “empathize” with the suicide bomber who last week attacked an IRS office in Austin, and encouraged his listeners to “implode” other IRS offices, according to a witness.
King’s comments weren’t recorded, but a staffer for Media Matters, who heard the comments, provided TPMmuckraker with an account.
So, currently serving member of Congress Peter King thinks the victims probably deserved it and that more IRS offices should be targeted. So far the reaction has been – yawn.
Just so you know, here’s domestic terrorist Joe Stack’s victim:
When Ken Hunter first heard about a plane crashing into his father’s office building in Austin, he said he hoped his dad, Vernon Hunter, wasn’t there.
After several attempts to reach his father, a 67-year-old IRS worker, he discovered his dad was missing.
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“There was just too much going on about what the guy did and what he believed in, and enough’s enough,” he said. “They don’t need to talk about him. Talk about my dad. You know, some people are trying to make this guy out to be a hero, a patriot. My dad served two terms in Vietnam. This guy never served at all. My dad wasn’t responsible for his tax problems.”
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Foster said Vernon Hunter was a proud Vietnam Vet and a great neighbor.
“He was just a real tender man,” he said. “It was always good to talk to him. He was just a nice guy.”
Now, as cars gather in front of the Hunter residence, a neighborhood braces itself and offers support.
Vernon Hunter leaves behind a wife, a son and daughter and six grandchildren.
Vernon Hunter, IRS employee, Vietnam veteran, husband, father and grandfather was the victim of the senseless act of Joe Stack.
Tags: Austin, domestic terrorism, Republican Crazy
What has happened to our culture that a sitting US Congressman can praise a murderer? How do these people think? Do these people think?
I’m not sure they’re “praising” the attack. They are justifying it. It’s always the “but” that gives it away, as in… I think crashing a plane into the IRS building was wrong, but…
Killing Vietnamese was a “senseless act” by the Vernon Hunters of the world.
You don’t know what Vernon Hunter did in Vietnam. You do know what Joe Stack did in Austin.
And, to be clear, Steve King of Iowa is the scumbag who refuses to condemn the act of a terrorist, not Peter King of New York (or Sports Illustrated).
Vernon Hunter was part of the US killing machine in Viet Nam. Therefore he killed Vietnamese.
“Killing Vietnamese was a “senseless act” by the Vernon Hunters of the world.”
Not that I think you’d understand the difference, but Vernon Hunter and the millions of other American soldiers who served there did not make the decision to start that war. IOW, metaphor FAIL. As usual.
They decided to go along with it. IOW moral FAIL
So he should have fled to Canada? I swear, there is more bitterness left over from Vietnam than almost anything else in American history.
Let me add that “u r nt fr” is morally reprehensible. Anyone that judges another with a single piece of evidence is a morality-impaired.
“IOW moral FAIL”
Yep. Do you claim you would do otherwise?
Vernon Hunter was black. that most likely meant he was drafted and didn’t have the resources to run. He faced jail time and was forced to fight a war for a country that mostly hated him. “u r nt’ is a typical leftynut.
Catching up. So Stack crashed a plane into the IRS to avenge Viet Nam, or because he didn’t want to pay taxes?
because he was a terrorist.
No one in the Viet Nam era did more than 1 tour, unless they were senseless enough to volunteer for one.
I don’t care how many tours Mr.Hunter served in VietNam.He was a soldier in OUR military and deserves all the praise and respect we.ve been giving the gulf war,Iraqi and Afgan vets.You fucking assholes still don’t get it!The soldiers should NEVER be held accountable for the unpopular policies of their government.Fucking shitheads!
Amen, Skippertee.
Yes, the leaders are to blame for the wars. The soldiers are over there doing the job they were asked to do by their government. They deserve all of our support.
Joe Stack killed one injured three and committed suicide
Amy Bishop killed three injured three (not counting her brother)
which is the terrorist?
Richard Reid didnt kill anyone…. is he not a terrorist?
considering joe stack attacked a government building to settle his political differences i would say he is…. however there are even al queda sympathizers so i understand why the right is turning him into John Brown.
Amy Bishop amounts to a a disgruntled postal worker.
romeo… before you say something.. dont
Stack few a plane into a goverment building based on anti-government ideology (I’d like to point out here that I read his letter and don’t necessary dub him leftist or right-wing. I think he’s just anti-government). How is that not an act of anti-government terrorism like the plane flown into the pentagon or Tim McVey?
Bishop shot up a room after she was denied tenure. She’s also awful, but it was a personal motivation crime, not a message crime. I’d argue she was just a criminal. Like the Columbine kids. There are shootings that come closer to terrorism (the dr. that shot up the army base, the guy that shot up the holocaust museum) but I dont’ think this is one of them. Both of those were also fueled by ideology.
WTF is wrong with you???
One killed someone and damaged a government building to change the government
the other killed people for tenure.
And why the f*** is this just another accounting problem for you?
romeo is the immoral whackjob here…
romeo is trying to get the Crips and Bloods on the list of terrorist organizations.
The right wing only has a hammer, so every problem looks like a nail to them.
American terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph . Support for these people is not new.
I’m still at a loss as to why the Right is owning this guy. I wasn’t comfortable dubbing him left or right either, but it seems the Right wants him. WTF?
No it’s not new.
What is new is how normal it is treated. One political party endorsing violence and mainstreaming its thuggery and while continuing to pretend that they have some moral high ground. Even the news media is utterly complicit in this now — this one whacko slams a plane into US government property and kills someone which gets him all kinds of attention and even admiration; while there are still people out protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan wars every single week (and have been since the first soldiers went) and I’d bet that no one knows about these peaceful protests anymore.
Interesting change in media tone since the Dear Leader was elected.
no more coverage of anti-war protestors
no more Code Pink outbursts at Congressional hearings or the State of the Union address.
no more running tab of WOT cassualties.
1) Obama has started moving to get out of both wars.
2) There have been outbursts at HCR hearings, which were covered.
3) I have seen several reports of casualties (we just passed 1000 dead in Afghanistan).
Instead, we have seen the summer of spittle, and non-stop coverage of teabaggers.
Thanks for playing.
Right, Romeo. Instead we get coverage of a shrinking and fracturing conservative movement, repackaged as a resurgent GOP/Tea Party movement.
The media love conflict. If it doesn’t exist, they will invent it.
LG, Obomba is *escalating* the war in Afghanistan, not “moving to get out,” and his generals are now making noises about slowing down the Iraq withdrawal.