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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Should America be concerned about the threat of conservative extremists ?

Like these > http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200908...

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Let's see....so far, they've been threatening civil war, armed takeover, secession, and general acts of violence against "liberals".... and somehow they feel this makes them "true Americans" ?

How many people have been shot over the past year by some wacky conservative ?.... let's see... there was that fellow at the museum who was killed.... the guy who shot up the "liberal church"..... and that guy who killed half his family and some random people at a gas station.

Should we start taking these threats more seriously ?...should they be reported to the authorities for these off hand comments they make on yahoo ?

You never know if one of these people are that close to the edge....some of them are definitely moving closer to crazyville on yahoo...

Update:

Hey LIBERALS are not the ones going around killing people or making threats of violence against other on yahoo !...

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Absolutely.

    Just like in the 60's. My parents fought for the freedoms you and I have to speak freely. However, threats should always be taken seriously.

    So should their freedom.

    As an old-style democrat, NOT a socialist, OPPOSED to socialism, I will fight any attempt to curtail our freedoms. As a Constitution-based Democrat and patriot, I will support their free speech, and yours.

    We have laws to protect people against threats. We have laws to protect people from unjust reports.

    Just one note: YOU are not the judge of what a patriot is, nor am I.

    Each person, and only that person, knows if they, themselves, are a patriot. It's very simple: If what they do they do for the sake of their nation, to make it better, stronger, greater, then they are a patriot. If they do it for a different ideology, to punish us, to hurt us, to support another cause at our expense, then they are NOT a patriot.

    And only that person knows what their motive is.

    Let's not be to quick to call those who disagree "Crazy".

    1) It causes us to underestimate.

    2) We may be the one's who are crazy and thus no judge.

    3) If it leads to injustice due to that attitude, it should be fought, every step of the way.

    As an old-style democrat, I disagree, dissent, and protest where necessary.

    How can I, as an ethical man, curtail their right to do the same?

    How can any of us, save those who want to silence free speech?

    Those who break the law, will get arrested. That's enough.

  • chien
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    We should be far more concerned with the threats of radical liberal extremists, especially those taking up residence in the White House, and their union thug Blue-shirts.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    0bama has his white house snitch line for ratting out your fellow citizens. Why let the Constitution get in the way of your views or comfort zone?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think both left and right extremists should be considered to be a potential threat to national security.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. Obama and his administration should be.

    The American people will not be silent while we watch our country burn to the ground.

    Obama woke up the sleeping giant. We will be watching his every move now.

  • 1 decade ago

    No. They should be concerned about the govt trying to control more and more aspects of their personal lives.

  • 1 decade ago

    No more than they should be concerned about liberal extremist.

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