Fox "news" is shouting fire in a crowded theater

[Cyrano]

In this case, the fire is a coup-d'-etat, and the theater is packed with an audience of ignorant people who have lots of guns.

At some point, free speech ends and Fox has reached that point. They're hateful rhetoric regarding Mueller pulling a "coup" is all but an attempt to incite an insurrection. But with the criminal Republican Party in full control of all the levers of power, there's no one to stop Fox.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/18/a-coup-in-america-fox-news-escalates-anti-mueller-rhetoric/?utm_term=.6512ce03ecee

[L. Coyote]

1. They are just laying cover for the TRILLIONS US Treasury heist in progress.

Squirrel

[Fred Sanders]

2. Anyone who thinks Faux propaganda lately is a laughing matter or distraction is on the wrong site.

[rainin]

5. It isn't a laughing matter

but it often is distraction...by design. I'm not seeing this recent attack on Mueller as distraction, though. They are leading the elected officials into supporting his firing. Scary times.

[KPN]

8. Yes. They have clout with the GOP base --

like Rush has for years -- and GOP Reps and Senators better be on board or else! They are intimidating their own feckless intimidatable party and self-firsters. The "America First" rally cry is nothing but bullshit.

[TalenaGor]

3. you never know but... Putin may have s*** on Murdock

Or ailes... Cuz Fox is certainly doing his bidding.... Putin could be controlling more than we realize....

[KPN]

9. Ailes is gone isn't he? But that is an interesting and actually pausible thought for sure.

[not fooled]

16. Ailes

went straight to hell to be with his mentor Satan, not long after he got booted from faux.

[TalenaGor]

17. ya but fox was fox for a long time before that...

[Fla Dem]

4. Bill O'Reilly and Dr. Tiller's murder.

Other doctors murdered because of RW hate speech.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/29/us/30abortion-clinic-violence.html

A Brief History of Deadly Attacks on Abortion Providers
By LIAM STACK NOV. 29, 2015

The fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday was the latest incident in a long history of violent attacks on facilities or doctors providing abortions in the United States and Canada.

At least 11 people have been killed in attacks on abortion clinics in the United States since 1993, including the Colorado attack. The most recent victims were Garrett Swasey, a police officer at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs and a part-time church pastor; Ke’Arre M. Stewart, a former Army specialist who served in Iraq; and Jennifer Markovsky, a woman from Hawaii who was at the clinic with a friend.

Authorities identified the gunman in the attack as Robert L. Dear Jr., saying that he opened fire with an assault-style rifle at the facility, setting off an hourslong standoff and gun battle that also wounded nine people. The police have not described the gunman’s motive, but authorities said that he spoke of “no more baby parts” in a rambling interview after his arrest.

Here is a brief look at the history of deadly violence against abortion clinics, their staff members, patients and their guests in the United States and Canada.

more...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/29/us/30abortion-clinic-violence.html

Republican congress and Trump are adding fuel to the bonfire. It just has to be lit. And how many Timothy McVeighs are out there, eager to strike the match??

[D_Master81]

6. This is not an exaggeration

I have seen people on the right saying things like: "lock Mueller up" to which another said, "send him to Gitmo". I've also seen stuff like "this is what happens when you try to drain the swamp" and "the deep state is throwing everything they've got at trump. we have to pray for him"

its truly scary. at least back when W was in office I felt like debates w/ the people on the right was about policy issues and what should be the direction we take. Now arguments w/ people on the right is about what reality even is.

[KPN]

10. "... about what reality really even is." That IS truly scary!

They are living in an alternative universe, a bizarro world where facts, logic and rationale have no purpose.

[certainot]

7. turn on the local rw radio station and you'll hear where this started

limbaugh has been doing it since the inauguration and ramping it up to spittle fleckiness the last few weeks in order to push fox and the rest of the media.

on radio they can go a lot farther because the targets of their lies never listen to their asses getting kicked around all day. and putin's been using limbaugh and talk radio since 2008 or so

this is the real dynamic

kremlin>talk radio/limbaugh>fox>trump

[Fred Sanders]

11. Now comes a militaristic fear based "America First?" crap. Trump

and his fascists and Fox and riling up their well armed base deplorables for when Mueller drops the indictments.

[certainot]

15. they are very small in number with a big talk radio front

[KPN]

12. Yes! I just listened to him (Limbaugh) day before yesterday ...

and it was truly frightening. I kid you not. I can't even describe it -- it was that frighteningly bizarre, and all I could think is he's inciting violence, he's inciting a mass armed revolt against governance in accordance with law and the Constitution.

I'm going to say it. I hope upon hope some nut job takes Rush out, because if Government does it, there WILL be a right-wing uprising and mass domestic terrorism.

[certainot]

14. i'm wondering if he's worried mueller's going to find his cyprus bank accts.

he's the guy who complained after GOP rep scalise was shot at the baseball diamond
that "only republicans are getting shot"

[oasis]

13. Trump and Fox will unleash an Orc army of Timothy McVieghs. nt

[Dawson Leery]

18. We need to start referring to Fox as "McVeigh TV".

[burnbaby]

19. I need to start

watching fox news so I can understand what you guys are saying

[Cyrano]

20. MSNBC and CNN have covered this story

They're calling the use of the word "coup" dangerous.