Monday, June 1, 2009

Right Wing Extremism?

A right-wing sort of fellow assaults a woman on a street, while calling her a "nigger," then (sort of) pleads guilty.
Tancredo staffer pleads guilty to hate crime
As so often happens, the reaction of his right-wing employers is "let's put this behind us," blah blah blah.
Tancredo’s Team America PAC backs staffer who committed hate crime
Buchanan attributed the release of court documents to “some low-life” who was acting out of spite. “Marcus is going off to law school [at the University of Virginia] at the end of the month,” she said, pointing out he had planned to leave before this case became public. “Who cares? This is something that happened two years ago that Marcus has paid a price for.”
Yes, you could call it a youthful indiscretion, like shoplifting a six-pack on a dare, or a speeding ticket or something. Except it's hitting a woman while calling her "nigger."

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