[lbo-talk] it was punk rock that set him off

c.berlet at publiceye.org c.berlet at publiceye.org
Tue Jan 11 12:40:38 PST 2011


OK, let's attempt to do the logic

A) Loughner was in "an alternative band" B) Anti_Flag is an alternative band C) Anti_Flag is left wing D: Loughner listened to and liked Anti-Flag

E) Therefore Loughner is left wing.

If A If B If C If D

Then E

????

Corsi, is a right-wing conspiracy theorist who warned that President Bush was going to merge the U.S., Mexico, and Canada into a North American Union.

- - - For a different textual analysis by me and Mark Potok of SPLC (independently) see:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/10shooter.html?pagewanted=2

"Some people who study right-wing militia groups and those who align themselves with the so-called Patriot movement said Mr. Loughner’s comments on subjects like the American currency and the Constitution, which he posted online in various video clips, were strikingly similar in language and tone to the voices of the Internet’s more paranoid, extremist corners." - - -

Chip Berlet Possible Racist and Anti-Immigrant Tie to Alleged Arizona Assassin

Alleged assassin Jared Lee Loughner on December 15, 2010 posted a message about a "the second United States constitution" and his distrust of the current government. In another message apparently authored by Loughner on a conspiracy theory website, were these words: "Is it possible that politicians are taking advantage of the money system? It's possible to overthrow a government and change the currency."

The reference to a "second United States constitution" or a "second American constitution" on the Political Right refers to objections to the Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments) especially the freeing of slaves and the citizenship right for "All persons born or naturalized in the United States."

More: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/1/9/16240/71598/

and


> No offense to Anti-Flag, but they're about as revolutionary as a Che
tee-shirt. Still, not good.
> Joel
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
wrote:
>> [this just in from the right-wing PR machine]
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> 11 January 2011
>> CONTACT: Tim Bueler
>> media at timbueler.com
>> (530) 401-3285
>> RADICAL LEFTIST PUNK BAND INSPIRED ACCUSED GUNMAN
>> Conducting interviews on this topic is the #1 New York Times
bestselling
>> author and the Senior Managing Director in the Financial Services Group
at Gilford Securities as well as a senior staff writer for WND.com, Dr. Jerome Corsi.

<<SNIP>>



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