Has Political Rhetoric Become Dangerously Extreme?

While the Tucson shooting brought the violent political rhetoric front and center, its not directly tied to the current partisan politics, unless you consider it was a case of attempted assassination of a politician by crazed anti-government lunatic trying to assert his opinion with a glock semi-automatic.

Joe Scaroburro offered a compelling agrument, "Just because the dots between violent rhetoric and violent actions don’t connect in this case doesn’t mean you can afford to ignore the possibility — or, as many fear, the inevitability — that someone else will soon draw the line between them.

Actually, someone already has. When you get a minute, Google “Byron Williams” and “Tides Foundation” to see just how thin a layer of ice Beck skates on every day."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47705.html

Yes, Beck is the poster child for our current poisonous political rhetoric directly encouraging wackos to threaten and attempting to assassinate public officials.

Of course violent political rhetoric is dangerous. Look up the rise of fascism in the 1930's and see where that violent political rhetoric lead to.

Cyril of NE 8:33PM January 18, 2011