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Sept 2009: An American Lynching
Author: Raine
Date: 09/24/2009 13:05:18
Back in June, I wrote a blog about how the right wing was upping the ante. It pissed a good many people off. It was after we saw the assassination of a security guard in Washington DC. It was after the assassination of Dr. Tiller. It was 2 months after the DHS report came out that people went ballistic over. I almost could have reposted it word for word regarding the events that have unfolded over the past 24 hours. Here is part of what was written:
Well I have to give it to Glenn beck. He was right. Another person has been murdered in his culture war.
Yesterday, we found out that William Sparkman was found hanged in a remote area of Kentucky with the word 'Fed" scrawled across his chest. He was working for the Census. He was an Eagle Scout. He had just beaten cancer. Word has it they found his body on September 12. You can read about the man who was killed here. He was a decent person who had just made a career change. He was a father. Now he is dead, killed because he worked for the evil census.
Hanged. A man was lynched for working for the Census. Yes, I am making that leap. The word fed said it all. This was done by someone who was told to hate the government -- most likely it was FOX News. We have written about it many times on this blog. When one keeps fanning the flames of hate, it should come as no surprise that someone might actually kill another person.
Glenn Beck and the Right wing fanatics must be so proud today. After all they predicted more people would be murdered.
This is yet another casualty in the deadly culture war that has been waged by the right wing. How many more people need to be killed before America wakes up to what is happening? Hate speech is not free speech. Words matter. I am deadly serious.
and 
Raine
[..] Glenn Beck is out there actually telling people to not kill the messenger and that there will be more incidents like this. I kid you not - he's been doing it for a while. Yesterday, he went over the top.[...]This afternoon Glenn Beck and two of his guests argued that Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party were "leftwing"; that "political correctness" led the committed white supramacist, James Von Brunn, to shoot a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC; and that ultimately President Barack Obama is the one responsible for the violence because his "bailouts" and "Socialistic" policies are engendering widespread anger. Beck denounced those who claim he is "churning the pot" because, he says, "the pot is already boiling." Seeing this spectacle with subtitles at the gym today led me to wonder if there are any laws on the books against using the public airwaves to incite violence. Because that is clearly what Beck is doing. I only caught about ten minutes of the show (about all I can stand) and it was a white reactionary tour de force -- incendiary, stupid, and racist.
Things are getting dangerous out there. That DHS report was correct. There ARE those who would undermine this great nation and make it less secure by justifying their own violent agenda by whatever means necessary. They would seek to create terror in the hearts and minds of those they find disagreements with. I have said it before, and I will say it again, it is Domestic Terror. Those that are complicit in fanning the flames of hatred regarding this terror must stop denying culpability. Words matter.
Yesterday, we found out that William Sparkman was found hanged in a remote area of Kentucky with the word 'Fed" scrawled across his chest. He was working for the Census. He was an Eagle Scout. He had just beaten cancer. Word has it they found his body on September 12. You can read about the man who was killed here. He was a decent person who had just made a career change. He was a father. Now he is dead, killed because he worked for the evil census.
Hanged. A man was lynched for working for the Census. Yes, I am making that leap. The word fed said it all. This was done by someone who was told to hate the government -- most likely it was FOX News. We have written about it many times on this blog. When one keeps fanning the flames of hate, it should come as no surprise that someone might actually kill another person.
Glenn Beck and the Right wing fanatics must be so proud today. After all they predicted more people would be murdered.
This is yet another casualty in the deadly culture war that has been waged by the right wing. How many more people need to be killed before America wakes up to what is happening? Hate speech is not free speech. Words matter. I am deadly serious.
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:10:29
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:10:29
Morning 
Comment by 
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:15:33
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:15:33
Morning all! The headache continues.. just a constant dull annoying pain, not intensifying nor receding.
I posted this story on my facecrack before I left for work.. wonder what kind of response it got from the cons among my flist.
I posted this story on my facecrack before I left for work.. wonder what kind of response it got from the cons among my flist.
Comment by 
m-hadley on 09/24/2009 13:25:31
m-hadley on 09/24/2009 13:25:31
Excellent post, Raine 
I swear I had nightmares last night - images of hanging/lynched bodies kept floating across my mind and all the while the Fox news maroons were clapping - arghhh!! Sorry about your headache Scoop - hope that it dissipates soon. Take care everybody and keep an eye on that right wing neighbor - don't let them make an example out of you
Cheers,
mfaye 
I swear I had nightmares last night - images of hanging/lynched bodies kept floating across my mind and all the while the Fox news maroons were clapping - arghhh!! Sorry about your headache Scoop - hope that it dissipates soon. Take care everybody and keep an eye on that right wing neighbor - don't let them make an example out of you
Cheers,
mfaye
Comment by 
Raine on 09/24/2009 13:26:49
Raine on 09/24/2009 13:26:49
Funny thing... A McCain worker lies about a Black man carving B in her cheek and we have wall to wall news coverage. A teacher murdered while working for the census? .
Comment by 
BobR on 09/24/2009 13:36:18
BobR on 09/24/2009 13:36:18
This is one of the most disturbing things I've read in a while.
Comment by BobR on 09/24/2009 13:36:40
LOL - our neighbor is very nice.
BobR on 09/24/2009 13:36:40
Quote by m-hadley:
Excellent post, Raine
I swear I had nightmares last night - images of hanging/lynched bodies kept floating across my mind and all the while the Fox news maroons were clapping - arghhh!! Sorry about your headache Scoop - hope that it dissipates soon. Take care everybody and keep an eye on that right wing neighbor - don't let them make an example out of you
Cheers,
mfaye
LOL - our neighbor is very nice.
Comment by BobR on 09/24/2009 13:40:31
BobR on 09/24/2009 13:40:31
FWIW - Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution requires that a census be made every 10 years so that the number of Representatives in the House are properly allocated for each state.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, you strict Constitutionalists...
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, you strict Constitutionalists...
Comment by Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:40:37
Actually, this is the exact moment when you should engage that neighbor and pose the same question to them that I just asked everyone on FB - Will you now finally stand up and hold the people inciting such violence accountable for it?
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:40:37
Quote by m-hadley:
Excellent post, Raine
I swear I had nightmares last night - images of hanging/lynched bodies kept floating across my mind and all the while the Fox news maroons were clapping - arghhh!! Sorry about your headache Scoop - hope that it dissipates soon. Take care everybody and keep an eye on that right wing neighbor - don't let them make an example out of you
Cheers,
mfaye
Actually, this is the exact moment when you should engage that neighbor and pose the same question to them that I just asked everyone on FB - Will you now finally stand up and hold the people inciting such violence accountable for it?
Comment by BobR on 09/24/2009 13:42:09
Oh c'mon - you know very well that these are lone crazies, and the honorable FOX News has nothing to do with it...
BobR on 09/24/2009 13:42:09
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by m-hadley:
Excellent post, Raine
I swear I had nightmares last night - images of hanging/lynched bodies kept floating across my mind and all the while the Fox news maroons were clapping - arghhh!! Sorry about your headache Scoop - hope that it dissipates soon. Take care everybody and keep an eye on that right wing neighbor - don't let them make an example out of you
Cheers,
mfaye
Actually, this is the exact moment when you should engage that neighbor and pose the same question to them that I just asked everyone on FB - Will you now finally stand up and hold the people inciting such violence accountable for it?
Oh c'mon - you know very well that these are lone crazies, and the honorable FOX News has nothing to do with it...
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 13:49:19
Raine on 09/24/2009 13:49:19
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:53:28
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:53:28
THat is a sickening story and graphic.
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:54:18
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 13:54:18
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 13:58:02
I don't know. I may ask him!
Raine on 09/24/2009 13:58:02
Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
Comment by Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:59:23
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 13:59:23
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:02:42
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:02:42
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
Comment by Scoopster on 09/24/2009 14:07:08
He's got his signature on the bottom. It's disturbing yes but I think that's the point here. You're not going to get through to wingnuts who listen to these hatemongers on a daily basis without beating them on the head with a brick. And this is one big ol' red & black brick.
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 14:07:08
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
He's got his signature on the bottom. It's disturbing yes but I think that's the point here. You're not going to get through to wingnuts who listen to these hatemongers on a daily basis without beating them on the head with a brick. And this is one big ol' red & black brick.
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:08:31
I dont think it reads the way he wants it too - cause at first glimpse it looked like it was calling for more lynchings - at least to me
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:08:31
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
He's got his signature on the bottom. It's disturbing yes but I think that's the point here. You're not going to get through to wingnuts who listen to these hatemongers on a daily basis without beating them on the head with a brick. And this is one big ol' red & black brick.
I dont think it reads the way he wants it too - cause at first glimpse it looked like it was calling for more lynchings - at least to me
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 14:11:53
I think that is the point.
Raine on 09/24/2009 14:11:53
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
Comment by BobR on 09/24/2009 14:13:29
It says "he reaped what they sowed", with "they" being "Glenn Beck" et al as highlighted in the background. I thought that was pretty clear.
BobR on 09/24/2009 14:13:29
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
He's got his signature on the bottom. It's disturbing yes but I think that's the point here. You're not going to get through to wingnuts who listen to these hatemongers on a daily basis without beating them on the head with a brick. And this is one big ol' red & black brick.
I dont think it reads the way he wants it too - cause at first glimpse it looked like it was calling for more lynchings - at least to me
It says "he reaped what they sowed", with "they" being "Glenn Beck" et al as highlighted in the background. I thought that was pretty clear.
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:14:09
It took me really looking at it to realize what it was saying - just the inital image threw me
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:14:09
Quote by Raine:I think that is the point.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
It took me really looking at it to realize what it was saying - just the inital image threw me
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:15:26
my eyes weren't drawn to the bottom - it was the image, that's all
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:15:26
Quote by BobR:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
Clarification - did this "Jesus General" create the image?
I don't know. I may ask him!
I was going to report it as hate speech - the image is really disturbing
He's got his signature on the bottom. It's disturbing yes but I think that's the point here. You're not going to get through to wingnuts who listen to these hatemongers on a daily basis without beating them on the head with a brick. And this is one big ol' red & black brick.
I dont think it reads the way he wants it too - cause at first glimpse it looked like it was calling for more lynchings - at least to me
It says "he reaped what they sowed", with "they" being "Glenn Beck" et al as highlighted in the background. I thought that was pretty clear.
my eyes weren't drawn to the bottom - it was the image, that's all
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:19:39
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:19:39
Didn't they fire the workers and one of them was onto the scam and playing them like a fiddle
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 14:20:29
Ahhh.
Raine on 09/24/2009 14:20:29
Quote by wickedpam:
It took me really looking at it to realize what it was saying - just the inital image threw me
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 14:21:15
Of course. But that isn't good enough. Acorn is the worstest plague on America.
Raine on 09/24/2009 14:21:15
Quote by wickedpam:
Didn't they fire the workers and one of them was onto the scam and playing them like a fiddle
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:24:21
There are days when I'm as dumb as a box of rocks and not very observant :p
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 14:24:21
Quote by Raine:Ahhh.Quote by wickedpam:
It took me really looking at it to realize what it was saying - just the inital image threw me
There are days when I'm as dumb as a box of rocks and not very observant :p
Comment by 
livingonli on 09/24/2009 14:37:45
livingonli on 09/24/2009 14:37:45
Good morning everyone.
It's another crazy day for me ahead.
It's another crazy day for me ahead.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 14:45:04
Raine on 09/24/2009 14:45:04
A little more info about Bill Sparkman.
And for those that missed it, she interviewed the AP reporter who co-broke the story:
And for those that missed it, she interviewed the AP reporter who co-broke the story:
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 09/24/2009 15:04:17
velveeta jones on 09/24/2009 15:04:17
I had not heard this story Raine. I've been with interwebs for 2 days - seemed like a week. But I'm back. Glenn Beck should be arrested for inciting murder. Asshat.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:08:45
Welcome back Ms. Jones.
I still feel like someone punched me in the stomach when I think about this man.
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:08:45
Quote by velveeta jones:
I had not heard this story Raine. I've been with interwebs for 2 days - seemed like a week. But I'm back. Glenn Beck should be arrested for inciting murder. Asshat.
I still feel like someone punched me in the stomach when I think about this man.
Comment by Scoopster on 09/24/2009 15:16:05
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 15:16:05
Limbaugh Party Rep says same sex marriage is part of the "socialist agenda"
Pleease excuse me as I yawn at this played out socialism meme. It's older than Keyboard Cat.
Pleease excuse me as I yawn at this played out socialism meme. It's older than Keyboard Cat.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:24:30
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:24:30
I have noticed that the SMS has been silent on the hanging story.
Comment by 
starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:25:12
starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:25:12
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
Comment by Scoopster on 09/24/2009 15:26:13
He's a former DNC chairman and apparently was close to the Kennedy family. He was even suggested by Patrick & Teddy Jr.
Scoopster on 09/24/2009 15:26:13
Quote by starling310:
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
He's a former DNC chairman and apparently was close to the Kennedy family. He was even suggested by Patrick & Teddy Jr.
Comment by starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:27:23
hmm...interesting.
Well, we will see I suppose.
starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:27:23
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by starling310:
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
He's a former DNC chairman and apparently was close to the Kennedy family. He was even suggested by Patrick & Teddy Jr.
hmm...interesting.
Well, we will see I suppose.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:29:22
Oh dear. I did not know that. I did find this though: (and even tho the link says Fox it is an AP story. )
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:29:22
Quote by starling310:
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
Oh dear. I did not know that. I did find this though:
Kirk is a Kennedy family friend who served on the late senator's staff for eight years and is chairman of the JFK Library Foundation.
Kennedy's widow, Vicki Kennedy, and son Edward Kennedy Jr. had urged Patrick to pick Kirk.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 09/24/2009 15:32:30
You know I find this rather amusing. it is further proof that the wingers haven't a clue about "socialism" (what they are really saying is communism). In the USSR they were proud to have rid the country of the bourgeois decadence that is homosexuality.
Mondobubba on 09/24/2009 15:32:30
Quote by Scoopster:
Limbaugh Party Rep says same sex marriage is part of the "socialist agenda"
Pleease excuse me as I yawn at this played out socialism meme. It's older than Keyboard Cat.
You know I find this rather amusing. it is further proof that the wingers haven't a clue about "socialism" (what they are really saying is communism). In the USSR they were proud to have rid the country of the bourgeois decadence that is homosexuality.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:33:21
I am pretty sure they would pick someone who will carry thru what Teddy Wanted.
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:33:21
Quote by starling310:
hmm...interesting.
Well, we will see I suppose.
Comment by starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:35:05
I hope so. Being on the Board of THe Hartford Insurance Group makes me wonder what interests he will protect. That being said, I know nothing about him and will be hopeful that he will follow in Teddy's footsteps.
starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:35:05
Quote by Raine:I am pretty sure they would pick someone who will carry thru what Teddy Wanted.Quote by starling310:
hmm...interesting.
Well, we will see I suppose.
I hope so. Being on the Board of THe Hartford Insurance Group makes me wonder what interests he will protect. That being said, I know nothing about him and will be hopeful that he will follow in Teddy's footsteps.
Comment by BobR on 09/24/2009 15:39:45
You work for Hartford, yet you want Health Care Reform. Yet....
BobR on 09/24/2009 15:39:45
Quote by starling310:
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
You work for Hartford, yet you want Health Care Reform. Yet....
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:44:06
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:44:06
Right now I just want a viable public option. *sigh*
Comment by velveeta jones on 09/24/2009 15:47:56
velveeta jones on 09/24/2009 15:47:56
Comment by starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:48:11
I work there for da paycheck!
;)
starling310 on 09/24/2009 15:48:11
Quote by BobR:Quote by starling310:
I just got a News Alert at Work that Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk to Ted Kennedy's seat. I don't know anything about Kirk, except that he's on the Board of Directors at my company, Hartford Life. I can't imagine that will be a boon for Health Care Reform.
You work for Hartford, yet you want Health Care Reform. Yet....
I work there for da paycheck!
;)
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 15:50:03
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 15:50:03
Isn't that anaolgy that frogs jump out when you throw them into boiling water but they will stay put if you turn up the heat slowly?
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:50:04
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:50:04
HEre is the Video they are playing.
So It is ok to kill frogs as long as you can blame President Obama.
So It is ok to kill frogs as long as you can blame President Obama.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:50:46
It is.
He didn't even get the analogy right.
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:50:46
Quote by wickedpam:
Isn't that anaolgy that frogs jump out when you throw them into boiling water but they will stay put if you turn up the heat slowly?
He didn't even get the analogy right.
Comment by Raine on 09/24/2009 15:51:20
How are things there these days anyway?
Raine on 09/24/2009 15:51:20
Quote by starling310:
I work there for da paycheck!
Comment by wickedpam on 09/24/2009 15:57:37
Ya there's a DJ here that claims to know Glenn Beck personally and says its all an act
wickedpam on 09/24/2009 15:57:37
Quote by Raine:It is.Quote by wickedpam:
Isn't that anaolgy that frogs jump out when you throw them into boiling water but they will stay put if you turn up the heat slowly?
He didn't even get the analogy right.
Ya there's a DJ here that claims to know Glenn Beck personally and says its all an act