Hatred is Violence

"The responsible white separatist community condemns this," he said. "It makes us look bad."

This was in response to the attack at the Holocaust Museum in D.C.

And it reminds me of the members of the anti-abortion movement that condemned the murder of Dr. Tiller, because it is the same phenomenon. The right-wing has turned away from rational, decent people (there are some) and instead has embraced the extreme rhetroic and vitriol of Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity. Those two gasbags are public faces, so their rhetoric is relatively muted (if you can believe it). But, their rants create space on the more extreme right for more hate-filled language, which then leads inevitably to violence.

I'm not suggesting that first amendment rights be restricted. I firmly believe that hate-speech is best combated by anti-hate-speech. But, I find it laughable that these groups are pretending to be so shocked that somebody acted on their speech. The point, of course, is that "responsible white separatist community" is a contradiction in terms. White supremacy is white supremacy and irresponsible, period.