In my column this week for the Irish Examiner USA, I wrote, “When it comes to Hate Speech and Violence, Liberals Rule.”
For some strange reason liberals are identifying all contrary opinions as hateful regardless of the words actually used. I’m always surprised when I hear from my Democrat sister in California that she thinks I should tone down the anger in my columns. I’ve reread my pieces and see only the explanations of my viewpoint. I do not name-call or use derogatory language yet she reacts as if I do. Is it possible to erroneously read emotions that simply aren’t there if the reader is expecting them to be?
I found this same phenomenon when I received an e-mail from a New York literary agent commenting that he found my book proposal “a manifesto of innuendo, belief and hate for those you do not agree with.” He then added, “There is the Rush way and then there is the George Will way.”
After searching in vain for evidence of hate speech in my book proposal, I came to realize that the agent was projecting his own disdain for the “right wing” and assuming that I was therefore a Rush Limbaugh devotee.
I quoted several incidents against conservatives and I also mentioned how liberals poo-pooed Eric Cantor’s statement that bullets had hit his office. Since then, his life has been threatened on a You Tube video, and an arrest has been made:
Federal authorities have arrested a Philadelphia man and charged him with threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and his family.
Norman Leboon will be charged with two federal counts: threatening to kill a member of Congress and interfering with his federal duties, and posting video online containing such threats.
The arrest is the most serious in a string of threats of violence against lawmakers in wake of the divisive health care vote…
I wait in vain for an apology from these bloggers. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at some famous examples of leftist violence. Here’s Chicago, 1968:
And this:
And this:
There may be many more but my stomach isn’t up to the research.