I've noticed many right-wing comments here (and elsewhere) keep quoting President Obama about "civility" but could care less about anything else he's ever said, except to try to "prove" he's a "communist
," "socialist
," "unAmerica
n," etc.
Let me remind you about what President Obama said in the speech he gave in Arizona after Gabby Giffords got shot. He didn't just call for "civility" in response to the "baby killer," "Kill Obamacare,
" "Communist
," "Muslim Terrorist,
" rhetoric and plethora of death threats, cross-hair
s, gun toting, threats and intimidati
on being used overwhelmi
ng by the right-wing against Obama, liberals and supporters of the Health Care legislatio
n...this includes the threats and intimidati
on Giffords complained of before she got shot, i.e, that for months, the block where her office was located had been taken over by Tea Party zealots shouting out threats and spewing vitriol at her staff because she had the nerve to advocate giving people who need it a helping hand.
No. Obama didn't just call for people to be "civil." He said that those engaging in the debate needed to be " HONEST!" There can be no civility without either HONESTY or SANITY. Now the "holier than thou" types talk about "civility" and quote Obama yet convenient
ly "forget" his call to be "HONEST." Now THAT's dishonest. And the paranoid rants about being "communist
," "pro-terro
rist," bringing weapons to protests etc. is hardly "Sane."
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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