Dissent and Die. Truth amongst the lies…
Responses to the NY Times story on the so-called “secret” financial data mining program. (Fact: It wasn’t a secret at all.)
The New York Times and other news organizations ought to think long and hard about whether a public’s right to know in some cases might override somebody’s right to live, and whether in fact the publications of these could place in jeopardy the safety of fellow Americans.
– White House Press Secretary Tony Snow – June 26, 2006. (emphasis added)
It would appear that Tony is correct. The NY Times story has indeed placed American lives in jeopardy. Except, not the ones he thought:
I can only hope I get to see the video of Sulzberger’s beheading!“
“If the government won’t act, perhaps some private citizens will.”
“Tar, feathers? You are the very definition of the term ‘restraint’. I was thinking more along the lines of the Muslim solution.”
“String em up, right next to Murtha’s sad carcass.”
“They need to hang for this, but it’s not PC for me to type this in RESPONSE to their treason.”
The inevitable climax of this rhetoric of hatred was a post declaring the Times to be THE ENEMY, followed by additional responses in which they were described as fair game for private vengeance:
“The Slimes [sic] and its puppets in the MSM ARE THE ENEMY. They simply hate America as it is. They want a socialist-homosexual utopia. Thus, they are simply aiding and abetting their faithful followers abroad and here. They are giving intel to their friends of gee-had. They are the enemy. Problem is, many Americans simply do not know or care.”
“Any retired snipers out there?”
“They are, without a doubt our enemy. We need to treat them as such.”
“I think it will be dangerous for a Slimes [sic] reporter to step foot out of Manhattan.”
– Members of the “patriotic” forums at Free Republic, threatening the lives of fellow citizens. (Source)
