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The New Push to Criminalize Dissent

Paul Krugman, Economist & New York Times writerThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its controversial report on “Right Wing Extremism” (PDF) as a terrorism threat back in May, but now left-wing media pundits say it’s time to bring back the report that tarred all U.S. military veterans and any political conservative as potential terrorist threats.


Krugman’s column was followed by his New York Times colleague (and predictable conservative-hater) Frank Rich, who wrote that animated criticism of the Obama administration, such as a political speech by actor John Voight’s to “bring an end to this false prophet Obama,” constitutes language that incites people to terrorist violence. “This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-Scriptural call to action, is toxic. It is getting louder each day of the Obama presidency. No one, not even Fox News viewers, can say they weren’t warned.”