Tuesday, April 19, 2005

O'Connor says religious right hate-speech could spur violence against judges, calls her critics 'extreme'

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth: "Monday, April 18, 2005 | | by John in DC - 4/18/2005 04:49:00 PM

Wow. I'm glad our old-time liberal non-profits have NOT jumped on the anti-judge hate speech issue that I've been preaching about for, oh, a good month now. Obviously I was wrong and the story has no legs whatsoever.

From this week's Newsweek:

In a speech earlier this month at Goucher College, O'Connor herself said she was surprised at all the violent threats she received. 'I don't think the harsh rhetoric helps,' she told the crowd. 'I think it energizes people who are a little off base to take actions that maybe they wouldn't otherwise take.'

More from O'Connor's speech criticizing the conservative Christians
, who she apparently thinks are not 'thoughtful citizens' - but rather part of the 'extreme' in America:"

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