It really is rough trying to figure out just who is a terrorist and who is a patriot these days. I say we send ’em to Gitmo and subject them to some frat boy pranks. Ya know- splash a little water in their faces.
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AnotherBruce
Let me help you, patriots are white and terrorists are brown. A coloring book could really help illustrate it.
Zifnab
Don’t forget to crush their children’s testicles. You know. Just to play it safe.
Violet
It’s not that hard to tell the difference.
White, Christian, militiamen = freedom lovin’ Murkins.
Brown, Muslim, doing anything = terrorists.
What’s so hard to understand?
danimal
Patriots get lawyers.
Sly
Love the comment from Riehl:
Hamas also runs food banks and free clinics. Guess all those rocket attacks and bombings were carried out by a completely different group.
gnomedad
I love this title:
Ceci N’Est Pas Un Terrorist
Keep digging, wingers.
Annie
@Violet:
Works for me…Too bad my kids are grown, otherwise I would have bought them the book, “My Daddy and Mommy are Freedom Fighters.”
That goes with the second book in the series, “Mohammed’s Mommy and Daddy are Terrorists.”
No matter that Mohammed’s parents pay their taxes, faithfully pray, own their homes, and follow all laws. As the book explains to young children, their coloring is a bit off. A sure sign….
New Yorker
@Violet:
Exactly. Is anyone really surprised by the reactions? Remember, these loons who were arrested are Real ‘Murkans who love Jeebus and hate the commienazimuslimtraitor from Kenya who seized the country in order to turn it into a replica of Democratic Kampuchea.
Jose Padilla was a filthy moooslim wetback who should be waterboarded on general principle.
This isn’t difficult to grasp, people.
eastriver
Teabagger + cold water = iced tea
Radon Chong
Surely, this is Peak Wingnut.
SteveinSC
While you’re at the “water splashing,” see if they can tell us where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. If they claim they don’t know, keep “splashing water” until they do remember. Also don’t forget some photographs of a little hiney-weeny action as mementos of the frat boy fun housing.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
This is what it’s boiled down to after 200 plus years as a country and as the lone superpower in the world. A left right pissing match on who has the craziest crazies. The results aren’t all in, but the wingnuts seen to have the upper hand. No wonder the world both fears us and worries what stupid shit we’ll do next.
New Yorker
@General Egali Tarian Stuck:
“Seem to have the upper hand”? Other than some nuts running around the mountains setting fire to ski resorts (where they deliberately avoid killing anyone), since when has the left been violent in this country? It’s been 35 years since the Symbionese Liberation Army met its demise.
Annie
@General Egali Tarian Stuck:
I disagree…If we are patient and wait long enough the wingnuts will end up eating their own…
General Egali Tarian Stuck
@New Yorker: I watched CNN today, and have yet to recover.
Violet
@Radon Chong:
We’re not even close to Peak Wingnut.
Mike Kay
@General Egali Tarian Stuck: why, what happened?
Mark S.
I doubt that, but a conspiracy to kill law enforcement officials certainly is.
Comrade Mary
I said, Mama weer all freepers now
freelancer
@gnomedad:
Sweet Cthuhlu that post title is perfect.
robertdsc
@Comrade Mary:
I had no idea that Quiet Riot did that as a cover. Wow. Shock.
The Sheriff's A Ni-
Reading John’s link makes me wonder what the reaction would’ve been back when Tim McVeigh got caught.
They have no shame. None.
Thomas
No no John, if they are sent to gitmo that means they ARE terrorists. Let me explain. Being a person accused of terrorism by the government + physical presence at the detention facility at gitmo = Terrorist. These people thus having been definitively established to be terrorists we are then free to do anything we want to them for any length of time and anyone who says otherwise obviously agrees with the terrorists and wants to support their goals.
I know it can be a little hard to adjust after years of hearing all that assumed innocent until proven guilty and habeas corpus clap trap so I hope this helps.
Sly
@Mark S.:
18 U.S.C. § 2385
Comrade Mary
@robertdsc: All sorts of bands have covered Slade. They’re incredibly malleable (and incredibly catchy). Case in point.
asiangrrlMN
@Comrade Mary: Slade also did Cum On Feel the Noize first, which Quiet Riot then covered as well.
And, obligatory posting of my fave Slade song. Where’s my lighter?
This reaction from the right is predictable and boring.
Enlightened Layperson
I’m not quite sure whether to see this as a good development or a bad one. One the bad side: We are back to the 1990’s with right wingers defending every law abiding citizen’s right to plot violent rebellion against the government.
On the plus side: At last right wingers are waking up to concerns about civil liberties. Maybe we can work with them to help reign in the abuses of the PATRIOT Act (at least in domestic application).
Mike G
On the plus side: At last right wingers are waking up to concerns about civil liberties.
But remember how quickly they morphed from militias-are-patriotic to shutup-conform-obey-you-traitor-hippie as soon as Bush took office? Along with the neck-snapping turn from Klintoon’s-dick-must-be-investigated to Preznit-is-unquestioned-emperor. They have no sense of shame about their hypocrisy and inconsistency, and I’m not hopeful that they’ll develop one.
Everything switches 180 degrees when one of their tribe is in the White House. It’s the difference between a principle and a tactic.
Hart Williams
Uh, yeah. THEIR civil liberties.
You and me?
Not so much.
Mitchellberry
Compare and Contrast.