“We stand together,” he had written.
“We stand defiant. And we stand with Boston.”
A letter-writer to Mr. Pitts disagreed.
“Your wrong pal we do not STAND TOGETHER.OH MY GOD we need a
CIVIL WAR. The American people against the LIBERAL DEMACRAT SCUM that we have
let allow SCUMBAGS like those that would BLOW UP people in BROAD DAYLIGHT to be
here … WE NEED A CIVIL WAR. Those demacrats that happen to still be breathing
after that CIVIL WAR will have a choice. BECOME NORMAL or you are LEAVING with
the 11 million illegals that ARE GOING HOME … THIS IS SO CLOSE TO HAPPENING
THAT EVERY LIBERAL IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD START LOSING SLEEP … THERE IS A CLEAR
REASON WHY WE ARE ARMED TO THE TEETH ...”
This letter
is indicative of the existence of an increasingly radicalized group of US
citizens, who are likely armed and dangerous. They need to be on an FBI terrorist
watch list. But are they??
Mr. Pitts’ article today was, frankly, both scary
and "suspicions confirmed". I have long believed, reading and
listening to the hyper-partisan rhetoric flowing from the right wing, that we
were in the beginning stages of a civil war. When I read about all the efforts
now going into determining where/how the brothers who bombed Boston received
their radicalization and training, I am drawn now to wondering where/when Mr.
Pitts’ letter writer received his radicalization and training. We seem always
driven to looking for clues when the terrorist is a Muslim. Do we imagine that the
letter writer is a Muslim? Hmmm . . . probably not. But he has been
radicalized, and now represents a potential terrorist threat to the United
States, and should be on an FBI terrorist watch list. Now, he may simply be
crazy and in need of medical treatment and probably hospitalization. But
perhaps the same could be said of all terrorists. Don't you have to be crazy to
do these things??
What troubles me is that I don't see any equivalent
effort being expended by the police and FBI to look for the crazies represented
by Mr. Pitts’ letter-writer. I am being drawn inexorably into a state of
depression about our nation's future. I have grandchildren and even great
grandchildren. I fear for their future. It once seemed bright, but the future
now seems dim and potentially catastrophic. And the threat isn't even foreign.
It's all home-grown, with the right wing megaphones--read the Faux News
Network, Sarah Palin, Ric Santorum, Hannity, et al, urging them on. And they
feel no shame.
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