{"id":19857,"date":"2011-01-08T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T20:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=19857"},"modified":"2011-01-08T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T20:20:49","slug":"the-rights-eliminationist-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/01\/08\/the-rights-eliminationist-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right’s Eliminationist Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head today in Tuscon.\u00a0 At least eleven others were injured.\u00a0 It may be that five of them, including the congresswoman, have died.<\/p>\n

When the graphic above was released by Sarah Palin’s political action committee last year, it caused a stir, and it’s not difficult to see why.\u00a0 The political “targets” here are literally in the cross-hairs.\u00a0 Today one of them was targeted for assassination.<\/p>\n

The eliminationist rhetoric of the right is not new.\u00a0 It’s been around for a while, and it was just a matter of time before someone decided that it is not merely a figure of speech.\u00a0 “Traitors” get what’s coming to them eventually.<\/p>\n

What is most disturbing about the Palin graphic is how she personalizes it — “Join Me<\/em> Today.”\u00a0 That’s not an abstraction.\u00a0 That’s a cult of personality with a more or less open agenda for violence.\u00a0 So, okay, Sarah.\u00a0 We’re going to hold You <\/em>accountable.<\/p>\n

Not that it will likely make much difference.\u00a0 Advocates on the far right have been laying the groundwork for this day by repeating for months now that the “left” will be responsible for any occurrence of violence because it has been baiting its antagonists.\u00a0 Glenn Beck has said so explicitly and repeatedly<\/a> — he did so as recently as yesterday<\/em>.\u00a0 Everyone will scramble to deny this, and just enough people will buy into the denial.<\/p>\n

I’m calling this one in the air: those most guilty of this egregious behavior will produce pious statements of sadness while denying that their words are in any way responsible.\u00a0 Within the week Fox News will be asking some form of the question, “Did the Democrats bring this on themselves?”\u00a0 Any effort to link the assassination to violent rhetoric on the right will be drowned out by escalating squeals of indignation.<\/p>\n

At this point, the script just about writes itself.\u00a0 We already know how this goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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