The democrats brought it on themselves. They have never stood up to the republicans, never strongly countered their lies and innuendos. In fact, the democrats are in this bind because they serve the same masters as the republicans, so they have had to tread lightly so as not to disturb the corporate money train. The right got strong during the Bush administration--and the democrats gave Bush everything he wanted. Why weren't they the party of NO during those eight years? They voted for war, tax breaks for the rich, no regulation for banks--they shifted to the right and now they have to appease their right-wing followers. The blue dogs are republicans in disguise; Obama has lost his base; and the right wingers have turned on him and the Congress. Better to have been true to democratic ideals--at least they could have counted on support from progressives. Now, they can all burn in h_ll.

For 8 years the Republican party has spread fear among the American people. Why should we be surprised at these tactics that have resulted from this base of power built on that fear?

During 6 of those 8 years, the Democratic party was asleep and let this fear foundation be built. They are slowly waking up, but still have a long way to go.

That being said, there is no excuse for this hatred that is now pentrating our political system. Boehner and McConnell need to take charge and denounce this hatred, racism, and beginning of violence that has resulted from their foundation of fear pentrated on the American people.

this is an example of the conservative mind set
they think there views are so correct that anything
they do in support of these views is also correct

you can see this in other forums where ideas in
disagreement of there views are met with personal
attacks rather than counter facts or ideas

The protests at the Democratic Convention in 1968 incited violence over the Vietnam War. That same year, students were gunned down by the National Guard at Kent State and at a black University in MS. Members of the Black Panthers were systematically targeted for assassination by the FBI (plenty of documentary evidence on the subject). I was at the 68 convention in Chicago and got clubed: it was my first arrest for civil disobeidence.

Maddow is a Dem apologist with little in common with the authentic Left. But one thing for sure, she is ignorant of the history of civil disobeidence, or simply chooses to ignore it.

When they came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

-- Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)

This is a coordinated 'psy-op' whose real target is freedom of speech. Because of this, more of the Democratic Congress members will feel they can get support from constituents when the next round of Hate Speech/Crimes legislation is once again pushed by various (infamous) lobby groups. Those who think this has anything to do with Democrats versus Republicans are being fooled.