Comments on: The Radical Right Reacts: Spinning the Killing of Osama bin Laden http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Beverly Kurtin http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-289092 Beverly Kurtin Fri, 13 May 2011 03:40:55 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-289092 Wow, according to Coe, blacks are a “retrograde species of humanity." What in the hell does that make white people? All whites came from black people, so if black people are retrograde--meaning moving or tending backward--and white folks lost their color...white people are even MORE backward. Need proof? Bigotry is nothing more or less a retrograde in intelligence. They hate their ancestors! Tsk, tsk. Who invented the elevator? Who perfected blood transfusions? Who REALLY invented the cotton gin? Despite Edison's false statement, the filament for the light bulbs invented, as the other things mentioned by black people. Retrograde? Methinks not. In case you think that that is all that black people havel invented, try this list: Biscuit Cutter A.P. Ashbourne, Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson, Folding Bed L.C. Bailey, Bicycle Frame Issac R. Johnson, Coin Changer James A. Bauer, Space Shuttle Retrieval Arm Wm. Harwell, Rotary Engine Andrew J. Beard, Car Couple Andrew J. Beard Envelope Seal F.W. Leslie Letter Box G.E. Becket, Laser Fuels Lester Lee, Stainless Steel Pads Alfred Benjamin, Pressure Cooker Maurice W. Lee, Torpedo Discharger H. Bradberry, Disposable Syringe Phil Brooks, Pencil Sharpener John L. Love, Home Security System Marie Brown, Fire Extinguisher Tom J. Marshal Corn Planter Henry Blair Lock W.A. Martin and scores of other inventions, all by blacks. A well-known lie said that white men's brains were bigger than black men's brains. What they did was fill a white skull with rice and a black man's skull with PING PONG BALLS, ergo the white man's brain could hold more rice, so they were more intelligent. I wonder how those liars could say that with a straight face. Oh, me? Am I black? Nope. I am a white person who is grateful for all that black people have done to make this a better world. Thank you, I appreciate you. Who is REALLY retrograde? The bigots who think they are better than anyone else, Would you do the world a favor? Drop dead, you are not needed. You have not improved humanity, nobody needs bigots, Wow, according to Coe, blacks are a “retrograde species of humanity.” What in the hell does that make white people? All whites came from black people, so if black people are retrograde–meaning moving or tending backward–and white folks lost their color…white people are even MORE backward. Need proof? Bigotry is nothing more or less a retrograde in intelligence. They hate their ancestors! Tsk, tsk.

Who invented the elevator? Who perfected blood transfusions? Who REALLY invented the cotton gin? Despite Edison’s false statement, the filament for the light bulbs invented, as the other things mentioned by black people. Retrograde? Methinks not. In case you think that that is all that black people havel invented, try this list:

Biscuit Cutter A.P. Ashbourne, Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson, Folding Bed L.C. Bailey, Bicycle Frame Issac R. Johnson, Coin Changer James A. Bauer, Space Shuttle Retrieval Arm Wm. Harwell, Rotary Engine Andrew J. Beard,
Car Couple Andrew J. Beard Envelope Seal F.W. Leslie
Letter Box G.E. Becket, Laser Fuels Lester Lee, Stainless Steel Pads Alfred Benjamin, Pressure Cooker Maurice W. Lee, Torpedo Discharger H. Bradberry, Disposable Syringe Phil Brooks, Pencil Sharpener John L. Love, Home Security System Marie Brown, Fire Extinguisher Tom J. Marshal
Corn Planter Henry Blair Lock W.A. Martin and scores of other inventions, all by blacks.

A well-known lie said that white men’s brains were bigger than black men’s brains. What they did was fill a white skull with rice and a black man’s skull with PING PONG BALLS, ergo the white man’s brain could hold more rice, so they were more intelligent. I wonder how those liars could say that with a straight face. Oh, me? Am I black? Nope. I am a white person who is grateful for all that black people have done to make this a better world. Thank you, I appreciate you.

Who is REALLY retrograde? The bigots who think they are better than anyone else, Would you do the world a favor? Drop dead, you are not needed. You have not improved humanity, nobody needs bigots,

]]> By: skinnyminny http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287545 skinnyminny Sat, 07 May 2011 06:26:57 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287545 Buzzy Thompsom, No thanks! I am voting for Pres. Obama. Mr. Cain is anti-Muslim. And for sure he's being used as a political pond by the GOP - meaning they're at it again with their tricks, pit one black person against another black person, you know, like what they did with Michael Steele and Pres. Obama. Don't have television anymore, but, saw the video of him at hurryupharry.org, and I'm not impressed. I've left the republican party for good, and regardless of who the GOP run as a candidate, as a means to try to get votes, it won't work. Besides, how will people believe the GOP will respect this black man if they won't respect the one we have now! Not only that, since race relations is at a very low point in this country, there's no way I would consider this candidate as a real candidate anyway. I believe this is being done to run him as a candidate in order to throw off the elections. Nice try though! Buzzy Thompsom,
No thanks! I am voting for Pres. Obama.

Mr. Cain is anti-Muslim. And for sure he’s being used as a political pond by the GOP – meaning they’re at it again with their tricks, pit one black person against another black person, you know, like what they did with Michael Steele and Pres. Obama.

Don’t have television anymore, but, saw the video of him at hurryupharry.org, and I’m not impressed. I’ve left the republican party for good, and regardless of who the GOP run as a candidate, as a means to try to get votes, it won’t work. Besides, how will people believe the GOP will respect this black man if they won’t respect the one we have now! Not only that, since race relations is at a very low point in this country, there’s no way I would consider this candidate as a real candidate anyway. I believe this is being done to run him as a candidate in order to throw off the elections. Nice try though!

]]> By: skinnyminny http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287538 skinnyminny Sat, 07 May 2011 05:51:16 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287538 Buzzy Thompsom, Is that the correct spelling of your last name? I've seen the spelling Thompson, but I have never seen Thompsom! That's not a very nice thing to say - you regret he was ever born! Is that what someone told you? Did one of your parents or spouse(s) say that to you? Dude, that sounds like some serious hate. This truly sounds like serious hate when (I'm certain) you have never met him. The question I'd really like answered, are you a christian? Buzzy Thompsom,
Is that the correct spelling of your last name? I’ve seen the spelling Thompson, but I have never seen Thompsom!

That’s not a very nice thing to say – you regret he was ever born! Is that what someone told you? Did one of your parents or spouse(s) say that to you? Dude, that sounds like some serious hate. This truly sounds like serious hate when (I’m certain) you have never met him.

The question I’d really like answered, are you a christian?

]]> By: Ruslan Amirkhanov http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287365 Ruslan Amirkhanov Fri, 06 May 2011 14:35:50 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287365 "I’m a right wing zealot ,admittedly…. I don’t care where or when President Obama was born. I just regret the fact he was born. I could care less he has so called black blood. I’m just tired of everytime I disagree with him or anyone disagrees with him they are accused of being a racist" That's interesting Buzz, because as I have said repeatedly, I am opposed to Obama like many other posters here, and I am admittedly white, yet nobody calls me a racist. So if that's what you are encountering maybe you should think about the content of your criticisms. Attacks on Obama can sometimes be so radical or unfounded that people suspect latent racism, because one wonders why someone would believe every negative claim about Obama without any critical thinking, or why they cannot articulate their actual issues with Obama. Other times people are completely unaware of their racism; for example, have you ever heard people who get all upset about people saying Obama is the first black president, and they shout, "BUT HE'S HALF WHITE!!!" Honestly, anyone who sees Obama, not knowing who he is, would consider him to be black, yet when he succeeds, some people just HAVE to point out that he's "not all black"(something which could be attributed to something like 75% of black Americans). “I’m a right wing zealot ,admittedly…. I don’t care where or when President Obama was born. I just regret the fact he was born. I could care less he has so called black blood. I’m just tired of everytime I disagree with him or anyone disagrees with him they are accused of being a racist”

That’s interesting Buzz, because as I have said repeatedly, I am opposed to Obama like many other posters here, and I am admittedly white, yet nobody calls me a racist. So if that’s what you are encountering maybe you should think about the content of your criticisms.

Attacks on Obama can sometimes be so radical or unfounded that people suspect latent racism, because one wonders why someone would believe every negative claim about Obama without any critical thinking, or why they cannot articulate their actual issues with Obama. Other times people are completely unaware of their racism; for example, have you ever heard people who get all upset about people saying Obama is the first black president, and they shout, “BUT HE’S HALF WHITE!!!” Honestly, anyone who sees Obama, not knowing who he is, would consider him to be black, yet when he succeeds, some people just HAVE to point out that he’s “not all black”(something which could be attributed to something like 75% of black Americans).

]]> By: Leslie http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287359 Leslie Fri, 06 May 2011 14:06:45 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287359 @Ranger G News reports on the firefight in Pakistan ultimately killing Bin Laden are everywhere and as you point out the stories are constantly changing. What is surprising is that you think this is a reflection on Obama and not the news media itself--which feels compelled to report on every rumor before ascertaining the facts. @Ranger G
News reports on the firefight in Pakistan ultimately killing Bin Laden are everywhere and as you point out the stories are constantly changing. What is surprising is that you think this is a reflection on Obama and not the news media itself–which feels compelled to report on every rumor before ascertaining the facts.

]]> By: Ranger G http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287275 Ranger G Fri, 06 May 2011 05:35:12 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287275 Let's see here...the photo that dominated the media was Obama and crew watching the action "live" as it unfolded. Oops, well--maybe not. Turns out the video was blocked during the actual shooting. Wild firefight, OBL was engaged. Oops, well--maybe not. He was shot while resisting, but unarmed. But he WAS hiding behind one of his wives. Oops, well-maybe not: he wasn't hiding behind anyone. On and on it goes; the president is utterly clueless on how to handle these things and it showed, painfully, as one gaffe after another dominated the media...and continues to do so. Let’s see here…the photo that dominated the media was Obama and crew watching the action “live” as it unfolded. Oops, well–maybe not. Turns out the video was blocked during the actual shooting. Wild firefight, OBL was engaged. Oops, well–maybe not. He was shot while resisting, but unarmed. But he WAS hiding behind one of his wives. Oops, well-maybe not: he wasn’t hiding behind anyone. On and on it goes; the president is utterly clueless on how to handle these things and it showed, painfully, as one gaffe after another dominated the media…and continues to do so.

]]> By: Guardian http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287228 Guardian Fri, 06 May 2011 00:43:16 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287228 Well I'm hardly an Obama fan. I disagree with 99.9% of everything he and this administration stands for. But let's give credit where credit is due. Obama did good on the Usama assassination call. It was indeed a gutsy move that I didn’t see coming. And personally I could care less about seeing the body. He’s dead and that all that matters. Sure Obama could have publically given credit to the Bush administration for the policies GWB put in place that started the ball rolling. But when it’s all said and done, it’s only the last lap of the race that matters. To Obama’s credit he did invite Bush to be with him at the ground zero celebration, which Bush declined for whatever reason, I don’t know. So, kudos for Obama. I hope this will lead to him making more good decisions in the future. Well I’m hardly an Obama fan. I disagree with 99.9% of everything he and this administration stands for. But let’s give credit where credit is due. Obama did good on the Usama assassination call. It was indeed a gutsy move that I didn’t see coming. And personally I could care less about seeing the body. He’s dead and that all that matters. Sure Obama could have publically given credit to the Bush administration for the policies GWB put in place that started the ball rolling. But when it’s all said and done, it’s only the last lap of the race that matters. To Obama’s credit he did invite Bush to be with him at the ground zero celebration, which Bush declined for whatever reason, I don’t know. So, kudos for Obama. I hope this will lead to him making more good decisions in the future.

]]> By: Buzzy Thompsom http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287223 Buzzy Thompsom Fri, 06 May 2011 00:29:56 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287223 I'm a right wing zealot ,admittedly.... I don't care where or when President Obama was born. I just regret the fact he was born. I could care less he has so called black blood. I'm just tired of everytime I disagree with him or anyone disagrees with him they are accused of being a racist. That line is wearing out. Have you every heard of Herman Cain. He is one bright man. watch him tonight debate in South Carolina. By the way he is a black republican!!!! I laugh on I’m a right wing zealot ,admittedly…. I don’t care where or when President Obama was born. I just regret the fact he was born. I could care less he has so called black blood. I’m just tired of everytime I disagree with him or anyone disagrees with him they are accused of being a racist. That line is wearing out. Have you every heard of Herman Cain. He is one bright man. watch him tonight debate in South Carolina. By the way he is a black republican!!!!
I laugh on

]]> By: Ruslan Amirkhanov http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287154 Ruslan Amirkhanov Thu, 05 May 2011 19:38:05 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287154 " racist preacher say anything ugly in 20 years of attendance." Dick, what did Obama's preacher say that was racist? By the way, we're still waiting for your evidence that Obama is a "domestic" enemy. ” racist preacher say anything ugly in 20 years of attendance.”

Dick, what did Obama’s preacher say that was racist?

By the way, we’re still waiting for your evidence that Obama is a “domestic” enemy.

]]> By: Sheila Fyfe http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287138 Sheila Fyfe Thu, 05 May 2011 18:37:16 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287138 To the aptly named "Dick," It's just killing you that you have to give credit and show some respect now, isn't it? Suck it up and be happy for your country. I for one am pleased that the last face Osama bin Laden saw was an American's. To the aptly named “Dick,”

It’s just killing you that you have to give credit and show some respect now, isn’t it? Suck it up and be happy for your country. I for one am pleased that the last face Osama bin Laden saw was an American’s.

]]> By: Martha http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287136 Martha Thu, 05 May 2011 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287136 Obama caused the birther issue? Oh come on now. Poeple need to get a life - a real one! As for the rest of the hogwash - I can't imagine where people get this stuff or why they think they have the right to tell this propaganda that is so obviously wrong. I do agree with the comments that this president can honestly say Mission Accomplished. Obama caused the birther issue? Oh come on now. Poeple need to get a life – a real one! As for the rest of the hogwash – I can’t imagine where people get this stuff or why they think they have the right to tell this propaganda that is so obviously wrong. I do agree with the comments that this president can honestly say Mission Accomplished.

]]> By: michael carmichael http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287134 michael carmichael Thu, 05 May 2011 18:28:57 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287134 Thanks for compiling this intriguing anthology of delusional fanaticism - most of it racist, much of it Islamophobic, all of it deranged. Thanks for compiling this intriguing anthology of delusional fanaticism – most of it racist, much of it Islamophobic, all of it deranged.

]]> By: Rebel1 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287129 Rebel1 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:14:04 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287129 the absurd use of race and the absurd mudslinging in this article is sickening. I may agree with the basic message of the article but it's presentation proves the author is even more discrminatory than those openly being attacked. sick, sick, sick - both sides of this childish arguement the absurd use of race and the absurd mudslinging in this article is sickening. I may agree with the basic message of the article but it’s presentation proves the author is even more discrminatory than those openly being attacked.

sick, sick, sick – both sides of this childish arguement

]]> By: TC http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287118 TC Thu, 05 May 2011 17:24:51 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287118 Wow, now Pam Geller is owning up to the sources within her head and the voices she's hearing. Bold move. Wow, now Pam Geller is owning up to the sources within her head and the voices she’s hearing. Bold move.

]]> By: Marcia http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287105 Marcia Thu, 05 May 2011 16:57:09 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287105 As far as Osama bin Laden is concerned, President Obama can truthfully say "mission accomplished." Must be hard to take for all the conservatives and right wing crazies who blame him for every ill in the country but let President Bush's incompetence and Vice President Cheney's machinations go without criticism. As far as Osama bin Laden is concerned, President Obama can truthfully say “mission accomplished.” Must be hard to take for all the conservatives and right wing crazies who blame him for every ill in the country but let President Bush’s incompetence and Vice President Cheney’s machinations go without criticism.

]]> By: don http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287100 don Thu, 05 May 2011 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287100 Dirk, If "nothing can be believed coming out of the Obama Administration," then why do you believe that Bin Laden is dead? Settle down, take a nap, and you'll feel better. Really. Dirk,
If “nothing can be believed coming out of the Obama Administration,” then why do you believe that Bin Laden is dead? Settle down, take a nap, and you’ll feel better. Really.

]]> By: Dick Lancaster http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287097 Dick Lancaster Thu, 05 May 2011 16:31:33 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287097 Nothing can be believed coming out of the Obama administration. He caused the "birther" industry simply by withholding his birth certificate. We still know nothing about his scholastic achievements and he repeatedly denied his ties to left-wing radicals during his campaign; including the absurd contention that he never heard his racist preacher say anything ugly in 20 years of attendance. There is no doubt that a mission to take out Bin Laden was successful. Had it not been, no one would have heard about it. But this incompetent circus can't get its post action reports on the same page. I think this Seal Team ought to start looking for lawyers. Nothing can be believed coming out of the Obama administration. He caused the “birther” industry simply by withholding his birth certificate. We still know nothing about his scholastic achievements and he repeatedly denied his ties to left-wing radicals during his campaign; including the absurd contention that he never heard his racist preacher say anything ugly in 20 years of attendance.

There is no doubt that a mission to take out Bin Laden was successful. Had it not been, no one would have heard about it. But this incompetent circus can’t get its post action reports on the same page. I think this Seal Team ought to start looking for lawyers.

]]> By: Mark http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287096 Mark Thu, 05 May 2011 16:30:34 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287096 Ha ha ha you guys believe this crap? Left wing losers. Ha ha ha you guys believe this crap? Left wing losers.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287091 Jeff Thu, 05 May 2011 16:20:51 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287091 So, so funny. If it weren't so, so sad. Hard to imagine what their paranoid world looks like - it must be a projection of their own inner world. So, so funny. If it weren’t so, so sad. Hard to imagine what their paranoid world looks like – it must be a projection of their own inner world.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287083 Dennis Thu, 05 May 2011 15:40:48 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287083 They can't stand it that a black President accomplished in three years in office what a white President could not, or would not do during eight years in office! They can’t stand it that a black President accomplished in three years in office what a white President could not, or would not do during eight years in office!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287070 Leslie Thu, 05 May 2011 14:32:32 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287070 Off topic: In fact some Republicans vote against their own bills in Congress after Democrats decide to support them. “In 1995, for instance, Republicans proposed cutting $270 billion over seven years. In 1997, McConnell and McCain were among the Republicans voting for a Balanced Budget Act that cut Medicare by $115 billion over five years. And in his 2008 presidential campaign, McCain proposed combined Medicare and Medicaid cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years. Yet last year, as he neared a re-election campaign in a state full of retirees, McCain led the fight against the Democrats' plans to trim Medicare.” Off topic:
In fact some Republicans vote against their own bills in Congress after Democrats decide to support them.

“In 1995, for instance, Republicans proposed cutting $270 billion over seven years. In 1997, McConnell and McCain were among the Republicans voting for a Balanced Budget Act that cut Medicare by $115 billion over five years. And in his 2008 presidential campaign, McCain proposed combined Medicare and Medicaid cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years. Yet last year, as he neared a re-election campaign in a state full of retirees, McCain led the fight against the Democrats’ plans to trim Medicare.”

]]> By: Ruslan Amirkhanov http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-287047 Ruslan Amirkhanov Thu, 05 May 2011 12:47:11 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-287047 Obama: Gravity exists. Mass of Republicans, led by Glenn Beck: YOU CANNOT CONTROL US, YOU COMMIE NAZI!!! (glass breaks) ... .... ... thump thump thump thump thump... Obama: Gravity exists.

Mass of Republicans, led by Glenn Beck: YOU CANNOT CONTROL US, YOU COMMIE NAZI!!!

(glass breaks)

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thump thump thump thump thump…

]]> By: James Hutchings http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286940 James Hutchings Thu, 05 May 2011 02:14:50 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286940 Obama should declare that the Republican Party is fit to govern. Then Fox News will belligerently insist that it isn't. Obama should declare that the Republican Party is fit to govern. Then Fox News will belligerently insist that it isn’t.

]]> By: A.D.M. http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286899 A.D.M. Wed, 04 May 2011 22:18:07 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286899 I am not an Alex Jones-wannabe and I personally think Alex Jones and his followers are way out there. However, I think the administration should release photos of Osama Bin Laden's dead body. Wouldn't you guys and gals want to see it? It might anger the Muslim extremists, but the photos should still be shown to the world. I am not an Alex Jones-wannabe and I personally think Alex Jones and his followers are way out there. However, I think the administration should release photos of Osama Bin Laden’s dead body. Wouldn’t you guys and gals want to see it? It might anger the Muslim extremists, but the photos should still be shown to the world.

]]> By: Ian http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286871 Ian Wed, 04 May 2011 20:25:36 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286871 http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/02/KDssc.jpg http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/02/KDssc.jpg

]]> By: Ruslan Amirkhanov http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286863 Ruslan Amirkhanov Wed, 04 May 2011 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286863 Actually Iludium, we can see easily that the memos are definitely fake. First of all, the only possible meaning of "CoC" would be "Chain of Command", which doesn't make sense in this context and is negated by using the pronoun "he" later. I think what they meant was C-in-C, meaning Commander and Chief(also supported by the reference to the Administration). The military does not tell the C-in-C what they will do and then reject an order to abort. Disobeying a lawful order from one's superior is a crime according to UCMJ. You disobey an order from the president and you're going to be down the hall from Bradley Manning. This is basically nothing more than a chain e-mail that your right-wing uncle or aunt sends you with the subject line "THIS IS A TRUE STORY!! HONEST!!! SWEAR TO GOD!" It is clearly written in the tradition of right-wing crank fantasies. In this case, the theme is the super-masculine military men telling the weak, Muslim-loving(possibly Muslim) president that they are going to take out America's enemy. Said traitorous president doesn't want to do so, because he doesn't want to offend Bin Laden and instead wants to issue him a stern warning. But the badass SEALs prevail, and justice is done. This is what goes on in the mind of many conservatives, who are in fact adult children. Actually Iludium, we can see easily that the memos are definitely fake. First of all, the only possible meaning of “CoC” would be “Chain of Command”, which doesn’t make sense in this context and is negated by using the pronoun “he” later. I think what they meant was C-in-C, meaning Commander and Chief(also supported by the reference to the Administration).

The military does not tell the C-in-C what they will do and then reject an order to abort. Disobeying a lawful order from one’s superior is a crime according to UCMJ. You disobey an order from the president and you’re going to be down the hall from Bradley Manning.

This is basically nothing more than a chain e-mail that your right-wing uncle or aunt sends you with the subject line “THIS IS A TRUE STORY!! HONEST!!! SWEAR TO GOD!”
It is clearly written in the tradition of right-wing crank fantasies. In this case, the theme is the super-masculine military men telling the weak, Muslim-loving(possibly Muslim) president that they are going to take out America’s enemy. Said traitorous president doesn’t want to do so, because he doesn’t want to offend Bin Laden and instead wants to issue him a stern warning. But the badass SEALs prevail, and justice is done.

This is what goes on in the mind of many conservatives, who are in fact adult children.

]]> By: Ian http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286857 Ian Wed, 04 May 2011 18:32:28 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286857 Iludium makes a good point, especially considering what Geller expects us to believe about Obama's long-form birth certificate. Iludium makes a good point, especially considering what Geller expects us to believe about Obama’s long-form birth certificate.

]]> By: IludiumPhosdex http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286838 IludiumPhosdex Wed, 04 May 2011 16:44:40 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286838 How do we know the "memos" Pam Geller cited in "evidence" to her claims aren't really forgeries in the "Hitler Diaries" stylee, only now made all the more realistic enough to fool even police experts in forged documents thanks to the likes of Microsoft Word and OpenOffice? How do we know the “memos” Pam Geller cited in “evidence” to her claims aren’t really forgeries in the “Hitler Diaries” stylee, only now made all the more realistic enough to fool even police experts in forged documents thanks to the likes of Microsoft Word and OpenOffice?

]]> By: Ian http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286824 Ian Wed, 04 May 2011 15:04:19 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286824 JUST like Ms. COE, I feel that RANDOM capitalization and a LOT of !!!!!1!! is the BEST way TO explain ONE'S point in a CALM, convincing MANNER. Also, I had no idea "Misleading" and "Lying" were proper nouns. Scrabble just got a bit harder. Seriously, what is up with the far-right and the shift key? JUST like Ms. COE, I feel that RANDOM capitalization and a LOT of !!!!!1!! is the BEST way TO explain ONE’S point in a CALM, convincing MANNER. Also, I had no idea “Misleading” and “Lying” were proper nouns. Scrabble just got a bit harder.

Seriously, what is up with the far-right and the shift key?

]]> By: Concerned Citizen http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/03/the-radical-right-reacts-spinning-the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden/comment-page-1/#comment-286810 Concerned Citizen Wed, 04 May 2011 13:15:19 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6375#comment-286810 Yes. Bin Laden is dead. Obama kills Osama. These folks needs a reality check. Yes. Bin Laden is dead. Obama kills Osama. These folks needs a reality check.

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