Leftists are using the murder of abortionist Dr. George Tiller to
urge Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconsider
the now-withdrawn politically
motivated DHS report that labeled all conservatives,
libertarians, and returning veterans as potential right-wing
terrorists.
After being subjected to weeks of withering criticism from across
the political spectrum, Napolitano
quietly pulled the embarrassing report that seemed
calculated to chill the speech of critics of the Obama
administration's agenda. (After the report was publicized
Democratic lawmakers like Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin said it
was unacceptable for DHS to label right-wing Americans
as potential terrorists.)
But the horrifying slaying of Dr. Tiller in his church on the
weekend has sent affective activists into paroxysms of rage
and the left wants the report reexamined.
Zachary Roth of
TPM Muckraker writes:
But in the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller by an
anti-abortion extremist -- who had also been said by the FBI
during the 1990s to have been a member of the radical Freemen
group -- the report is looking a little more reasonable.
Predictably, Roth concludes, "[p]erhaps that report is due for a
reassessment."
Hiding behind a pen name, "Kyle" of People for the American Way's
Right Wing Watch, writes "it seems as if the report - far
from being an offensive attack on Christians and anti-choice
activists - was remarkably timely and accurate."
Jason Linkins of the
Huffington Post lies about how conservatives reacted
to the release of the DHS report. Linkins writes
he "found it a bit bizarre that many conservatives seemed to
want to go out of their way to identify and equate themselves
with domestic neo-Nazi organizations and violent religious
fundamentalists." Noting that "the word 'conservative' did
not appear in the report," he argues that it made no sense for
conservatives "to stand up for and embrace a violent
political fringe."
In fact conservatives did no such thing and Linkins knows it.
Conservatives protested this obvious attempt to shut down
right-of-center criticism of the Obama agenda by lumping Ku Klux
Klansmen and violent militias together with good government types
and members of the Federalist Society.
The left's reaction today is just part of its long-running
effort to delegitimize and marginalize those views it doesn't
approve of.
The left is in this game to win it. Its leaders and activists
will say whatever it takes to silence the right and advance the
left's agenda.
Expect the left's howling to intensify in coming days.
