Fear for Obama's Safety Grows as Hate Groups Thrive on Racial Backlash

[Emit]

Experts who track hate groups across the U.S. are growing increasingly concerned over violent rhetoric targeted at President Obama, especially as the debate over health care intensifies and a pattern of threats emerges.

The Secret Service is investigating a Maryland man who held a sign reading "Death to Obama" and "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids" outside a town hall meeting this week...

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Garrett said statements like one recently made by controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh comparing a logo for the White House plan to a Nazi symbol "legitimizes people who are on the edge to go do something or say something."

"And if you go and take a look at this, you will find that the Obama health care logo is damn close to a Nazi swastika logo," Limbaugh said.

Later, someone painted a swastika outside the office of Congressman David Scott of Georgia, one of Obama's supporters.

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"I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears amongst fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country, that the battle is lost," Potok told ABC News. "The nation that their Christian white forefathers created has somehow been taken from them."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=8324481&page=1

[Skittles]

1. bush embarrassed America for eight years

now these Obama-hating pieces of shit picked up where he left off :puke:

[BlooInBloo]

2. And they'll continue to thrive, as long as white folks allow them to.

[daleanime]

9. "Allow?"

All I can do is to continue to embarrass idiots who open their mouths around me, because once I open mine they know that I'm not 'one of them' and no longer hear me:banghead:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. Why do the black folks allow them to?

[virgogal]

3. God almighty,words fail me.

[yourout]

4. "I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears....."

Did Potok actually say that?

Obama has done no such thing......the Rushbots and Beckbots and the rest of the hard right are the ones triggering the fear with the vile hatred they are spewing.

What a vile piece of shit.

[jwirr]

5. There need to be some convictions for inciting. The law enforcement

is just setting back and hoping nothing will happen. Until these idiots are taken to the woodshed they will continue to spout their hate rhetoric.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. Do you have an example of incitement?

[msongs]

12. gun industry and NRA must love Obama - sales are thru the roof nt

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

13. Great stimulus plan he had.

[jwirr]

14. I was thinking of the radio talkers and Bachmann but I think this poll

that has been on facebook is a real instance.

By the way I recognize your user name and noticed many of your posts - just curious are you for or against the guns you tell us about? Never quite sure.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

16. I agree about the facebook poll. Idiots could end up in jail.

The right wing radio guys are certainly inflammatory. They don't say anything that wasn't said about Bush though. In regards to guns, I am in strong support of the law abiding citizens in this country to have access to them and strongly opposed to criminals having access to them. I hope that clears it up.

David

[Emit]

20. Fire_Medic_Dave, I beg to differ

"The right wing radio guys are certainly inflammatory. They don't say anything that wasn't said about Bush though."

I think the right wing hate talking heads spew much more vitriol, fan the flames of racism, spread fear and lies, and, in general, foment hate toward liberals and Obama with much more fury than any of the talking heads on the left ever did/do.

Have you listened to Rush, Hannity, Levin or Savage lately?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

23. I wasn't referring to the talking heads on the left.

[Mari333]

6. Christian white foreskins,,I mean, forefathers?

[lunasun]

7. WORD

tell it like it is Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center,

"I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears amongst fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country, that the battle is lost," Potok told ABC News. "The nation that their Christian white forefathers created has somehow been taken from them."

Cuz that is what it is about even if those acting out don't even realize it in their small brains and the talking Radioheads have no concern as long as $$ coming in...look how many speaking gigs they are getting off of hate besides their regular jobs now!!!

[MajorChode]

8. George Rockwell would be proud

[bluestateguy]

15. Is there an update on the investigation into the man in Maryland?

the one who held up the threatening sign.

Please don't tell me that the Secret Service simply had a chat with him and left it at that. That would be unacceptable.

[stuball111]

21. "Shaking my head" you mean they let the guy GO?

I bet if he was of middle east origin, he'd be in shackles! That's not freedom of speech, that's a death threat! Unbelievable!

[Triana]

17. ONCE AGAIN - kneecap the damned media who give forum to the inciters of this crap

like Coulter, Limbaugh, Beck. et al - and that would HELP, Duh.

[NOLALady]

18. Ummm

"I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears amongst fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country, that the battle is lost," Potok told ABC News.

The nation that their Christian white forefathers stole from the Natives has somehow been taken from them.

[Triana]

19. Pfft! Exactly. In other words, it's racism. And, the white folks are stirring the fear NOT Obama.

That, and the hatemongering media that gives them a forum to do it in.

[Ghost Dog]

22. "The Secret Service is investigating a Maryland man who held a sign..."

What's to investigate?

Either mental hospital or jail.