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I used to enjoy The Rachel Maddow Show back in the day. Now I only watch it when I want to feel the urge to throw things at my television. What other prime time news host uses childish voices like she is doing readings for kindergarten students? Despite the childish hooks, Rachel's show is actually one of the scariest shows on television today especially when she has guests like Frank Schaeffer.
Maddow basically gave Mr. Schaeffer 7-8 minutes to be anti-1st Amendment and promote some Linda Douglass propaganda. If you do not believe me, then watch the above video starting at 7:57. Schaeffer basically implies that people opposing the President and are bad Americans. Mr. Schaeffer also implied through his "loaded gun on the table" analogy that if something happens to a politician, then that politician's media opponents should be arrested and charged.
Where would that begin and end? Of course if someone directly cites a person to violence, then that person should be charged under the existing laws. However, if someone legitimately criticizes a politician and another person acts upon that criticism to do some illegal act, then it is likely that this administration will want to charge the person who made the legitimate criticism. in addition to the person who did the act. This is a slippery slope and very dangerous.
Mr. Schaeffer also tries to classify all the protesters as being uneducated, middle-aged white men. I disagree Mr. Schaeffer. I am black, and I am a licensed patent attorney, so I can't be too uneducated. I have seen MANY minorities protesting the big government policies that are being rammed through Congress.
At no point does Rachel attempt to refute or clarify any of Mr. Schaeffer's comments. She allows him to continually attempt to chill speech in this country by saying any political speech contrary to the official message is dangerous. Schaeffer even accuses some media of making specific calls for violence through coded messages. If anyone is inciting people, it is Schaeffer. Aside from that clown Glenn Beck, Mr. Schaeffer is the only person in the clip who implies threats to the President and politicians.
Nevertheless, if you are in alternative media, watch out, because your words and positions may be used against you when it is politically convenient to have scapegoats.
Source: The Rachel Maddow Show
Maddow basically gave Mr. Schaeffer 7-8 minutes to be anti-1st Amendment and promote some Linda Douglass propaganda. If you do not believe me, then watch the above video starting at 7:57. Schaeffer basically implies that people opposing the President and are bad Americans. Mr. Schaeffer also implied through his "loaded gun on the table" analogy that if something happens to a politician, then that politician's media opponents should be arrested and charged.
Where would that begin and end? Of course if someone directly cites a person to violence, then that person should be charged under the existing laws. However, if someone legitimately criticizes a politician and another person acts upon that criticism to do some illegal act, then it is likely that this administration will want to charge the person who made the legitimate criticism. in addition to the person who did the act. This is a slippery slope and very dangerous.
Mr. Schaeffer also tries to classify all the protesters as being uneducated, middle-aged white men. I disagree Mr. Schaeffer. I am black, and I am a licensed patent attorney, so I can't be too uneducated. I have seen MANY minorities protesting the big government policies that are being rammed through Congress.
At no point does Rachel attempt to refute or clarify any of Mr. Schaeffer's comments. She allows him to continually attempt to chill speech in this country by saying any political speech contrary to the official message is dangerous. Schaeffer even accuses some media of making specific calls for violence through coded messages. If anyone is inciting people, it is Schaeffer. Aside from that clown Glenn Beck, Mr. Schaeffer is the only person in the clip who implies threats to the President and politicians.
Nevertheless, if you are in alternative media, watch out, because your words and positions may be used against you when it is politically convenient to have scapegoats.
Source: The Rachel Maddow Show
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