Still Trolling to Blame the Right for Violence: L.A. Times Notes Threat to Rush Limbaugh Critic
The media couldn't pin the Gabrielle Giffords shooting on conservatives, but that doesn't mean they've stopped trolling for proof that conservatives are racist and violent. In California, a liberal state senator running for Mayor of San Francisco named Leland Yee received an indirect death threat after he attacked Rush Limbaugh. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Tony Beard said he and the California Highway Patrol are looking into the letter, which includes a drawing of a noose. The Los Angeles Times managed to start connecting dots to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting:
Yee, who is running for mayor of San Francisco, had recently accused radio personality Rush Limbaugh of mocking the Chinese language and culture during his radio program.
The fax received by Yee’s office Wednesday uses racist language about Yee and Obama and goes on to say: "Without exceptions, Marxists are enemies of the United States Constitution! Death to all Marxists! Foreign and Domestic!"
The message arrived a day after Beard held a training session for all California state Senators about how to look out for potential violence and discussed the recent shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
"It is quite disturbing that such racist sentiment still exists in our country," Yee said in a statement Wednesday about the fax. "As I have said in the past, it is unfortunate acts like these that demonstrate why we must continue to be vigilant against hate and intolerance. Such vitriol has no place within our political discourse or anywhere in our society."
NBC Bay Area had more detail:
Wednesday Yee said he received a fax that called him a Marxist and "Fish Head Leeland Lee." The letter continued by saying Limbaugh would kick Yee's "chink ass." It closed with the phrase "Death to all Marxists."
The letter also came with an illustration of a pick up truck with an American flag dragging the head of President Barack Obama in a noose.
The local liberal blog Fog City Journal also connects dots to Tucson:
The expletive-laden faxes contain graphics and language similar to messages Yee received in April 2010 after he called for Sarah Palin’s speaking fee at California State University to be disclosed. Recently, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona contacted Yee regarding the April faxes and a possible connection to faxes found during the investigation surrounding the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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You mean that Rush actually
Submitted by robert108 on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 12:39am.
You mean that Rush actually mocked a leftie? That's what he does. Rush is a serial mocker, but is protected by our First Amendment from this kind of crazy persecution.
Chink?
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 12:48am.
I wonder why the N word is never actually spelled out, but it's okay to say honky, Chink, Gook, Limey or Wop. All these words are equally offensive, one race should not be an exception.Shawn--it's not okay
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:15am.
Not that I'm attempting to be excessively PC, but "Chink", "Gook", and "Wop" are not okay. "Limey" is probably not considered to be in that same category (I haven't done any recent research on any of these racial/ethnic/cultural/regional pejoratives) but I believe it is at least viewed as moderately inappropriate. "Honky", "cracker", and similar slang for whites are also derisive and those who employ the terms should be called on it..
Jer
BTW...other than the fax being sent to Yee's office, it appears from the information provided that the death "threat"--in part expressed via imagery--was far more direct and explicit with respect to Obama than it was to Yee.
Jer
My point Jer
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:27am.
Why is it okay to spell out CHINK but have to refer to the N word as the N word? Blacks are nit the only race that were discriminated against. Asians went through hard times too.shawn
Submitted by MrShy on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:36am.
You're right about that. I want so much to spell out all four listed by Jer, but even I'm programmed and pressured to give blacks preferential treatment.
That one race (blacks/AA's) really is treated with kid gloves, while all others are on the same playing field -- that being, just human beings. I feel like it will remain this way indefinitely in this country, thanks mostly to progressive "victimhood" b.s..
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Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:48am.
Asian Americans and Indian Americans students rank at the very top for grades. They study hard and don't rely on Affirmative action to get into the best schools There are many smart blacks too, but many will not know their full potential if people keep brainwashing them that they are victims and are owed something.shawn
Submitted by MrShy on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 3:09am.
Writing things that make sense and that I agree with are becoming a habit with you lately.
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A fair point, Shawn.
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:41am.
A partial, and probably less than satisfying explanation is that the "N word" has become a commonly recognizable figure of speech in and of itself, whereas the "G word" or the "W word" would be generally inscrutable to the average reader.
Jer
For the same reason, shawn---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 1:48am.
that race-baiters like Sharpton can go on the O'Reilly Factor, into the famous 'No Spin Zone", and spin faster than a whirling dervish and not get called out for it.
Blacks can, may, are allowed, do, and are presumed to be ok with, calling each other the big "N" bomb, apparently as both a term of "affection" and when being used as an affectation.
It just isn't done by "polite" whites, because doing so would be racist, churlish, unfair, racist, chuckleheaded, classless, racist, snobbish, boorish, racist, AND, dontcha know, politically incorrect.
Overt racism and bigotry have become a one-way street in America; and no one will ever convince me that Blacks don't joke amongst themselves about how boneheadedly stupid white people are, not only for allowing Blacks to slide when making comments like "Ya gots ta kill they Cracka babies", but for topping that level of stupidity by chastising out of hand other whites who make innocuous comments as though they were meant to be hurtful racial diatribes.
The society we live in has become truly disgusting, and what's more, the onus for that is on all of us.
MD
Totally Agree MD
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:29am.
Makes me sick.Say it ain't so
Submitted by donabernathy on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:01am.
goof'n on the Chinese......... Maybe we outta just FDR'em
roflmao
McDonalds got a nasty email about the McRib sandwich.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:05am.
Maybe we can outlaw menu changes at McDonalds while we are outlawing conservatives.
"It is quite disturbing that such anti-beef sentiment still exists in our country," I said in a statement Wednesday about the email. "As I have said in the past, it is unfortunate acts like these that demonstrate why we must continue to be vigilant against hate and beef intolerance. Such vitriol has no place within our dietary discourse or anywhere in our society."
So
Submitted by panzerakc on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 1:55am.
You're admitting that you're pork intolerant?
I mean, think of all the discrimination that the poor pig has suffered. Calling someone a "swine", or a woman a "sow", those are both deadly insults.
"Pork", as everyone knows, is code for excessive, wasteful spending. If someone "hogs" the remote, the are being selfish. If someone behaves "piggishly", obviously they are an uncouth individual. And we all know what it means if someone "makes a pig out of themselves". And then they have the nerve to want free healthcare!
In most folks eyes, they are "the other white meat". The "other" white meat? Not even good enough just to be "white meat"?
And you seriously, seriously? in light of all of these negative, biased phrases, obvious reflections of how pigs have suffered, begrudge them a brief moment in the spotlight, their moment in the sun. For crying out loud, it's for A LIMITED TIME!
All I can say is it's a good thing that you've owned up to your porcine prejudice. Admitting there's a problem is the first step towards change. So go make yourself a BLT and contemplate your next move.
:)
Connecting Dots To Picture Rush
Submitted by Boil It Down on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:16am.
The ancients connected dots and thought there were animals in the sky. It's quite a ludicrous stretch to find Limbaugh in that picture. However, if you have an image of something in your minds eye you can eventually find it in the clouds.
Wow, that is some seriously philosophical stuff you wrote
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 1:57pm.
Love. It.
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Kinda like a
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:13pm.
Chinese proverb
Kinda Fishy
Submitted by ZuccoZoid on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 3:04am.
Methinks these are false flag jobs, much the way the leftist/statists tried to plant "racists" at tea party events: talk radio & the net are obviously their prime targets - and if they can get gun control along with nixing bona fide free speech, even better.
1) Mocking the Chinese
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 3:12am.
1) Mocking the Chinese language.
A LANGUAGE has feelings?
2) Mocking Chinese culture.
Rush was mocking 'present day' China. You know, the Commie's??? What is not to mock?
Chang Limbang
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 7:22am.
And that's nothing! I remember when Limbaugh discovered his Chinese counterpart, Chang Limbang, back in 2001. I have to admit it left me in stitches...
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Threatening Fax
Submitted by BigAlSouth on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 7:55am.
Mr. Yee, the phone number for the fax transmission has been traced. IT'S COMING FROM YOUR OFFICE!!!! EVACUATE THE BUILDING!!!! EVACUATE THE BUILDING!!!!!
Yee should stop threatening himself.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 9:27am.
Got your 15 mins., Yee?
Consult Rosie for more info.
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 9:32am.
Poor Rush doesn't understand the only culture you can mock is white American culture. All others are sacred.
death to Marxists
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 10:53am.
Is Yee admiting he is a marxist?
Marxist would be assassin
Submitted by changein2012 on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 11:05am.
In September, Missouri's Governor Jay Nixon was the target of an assassination attempt. It would have made a great story, you see the assassin mistook the Dean of the school where Nixon was supposed to speak with Nixon and attacked the wrong man. The reason it was a non-story for the media is because the assassin was an Obama supporting marxist who wielded a knife. Thankfully the Dean survived the attack despite having his throat slashed.
What is wrong with mocking low-life, lousy, stinking commies?
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 1:45pm.
LOL - I do that around here every day.
These freedom-hating tyrannical cretins should be mocked, and as often as possible, as their ultimate goal is to turn this nation into a Marxist sewer and make government slaves of us all.
And thanks to the Kenyan comrade boy wonder in the White House, they are getting uncomfortably close to pulling it off, too.
-Dave
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Well Dave
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:06pm.
I sure dont have a problem with it, in-fact I encourage it every chance I get!
Liberal Racism: African American, Latinos & now Asians?
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 2:49pm.
Democrats never cease to amaze me. With our current POTUS, this country has become more divided than ever.
First, we had the Democrat African Americans, crying racism anytime their party or unrealistic ideology was challenged.
Then the Liberals began courting the illegal Latinos and unfortunately, most of them fell for their stupid rethoric. Remember the immigration reform debacle? I wonder what became of those college students who went on national TV admiting their ilegal status?
Now, something I never thought I would see; an Asian Democrat crying racism over a fax sent to him anonimously and he is trying to pin it on Rush because of a comment he made on his radio show? Here we go again......
Mocking a murderous dictator
Submitted by maxvolt on Fri, 01/28/2011 - 11:48am.
I read Yee's attack against Limbaugh as an attack against American Liberty and in favor of China's communist oppressive regime that makes women second class citizens and starves its people to death. So in short to me this story reveal Yee as an anti-American, communist loving, woman hating oppressor wanna be....throw him out of office....oh my bad....this is San Fransisco right?