I'm posting this with apologies to Man in the Moon over at Democraticunderground.com. Over at Jessie Jackson's anti-gun rally last week protesters called for the murder of the shop owner as well as any congresspersons that support gun rights. For those of us who are democrats who oppose murder and support the right to self-defense, this rhetoric is extremely disturbing.
Here's the post and link from democraticunderground.com.
"Seems there was a rally at a gun store in Illinois.
Here is what the press said went on:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-gu...
Jackson and Revs. James Meeks and Michael Pfleger encouraged the crowd to push for stricter gun laws. They vowed that the rally was just the beginning and that civil disobedience was possible.
Here is what REALLY went on:
During an address at an anti-gun rally in front of Chuck's, Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina's Church, exhorted the crowd to "drag" shop owner, John Riggio, from his shop "like a rat" and "snuff" him. Rev. Pfleger went on to tell the crowd that legislators that vote against gun control legislation should be "snuffed" as well. As many know, "snuff" is slang for especially violent murder.
And if you don’t believe a gun rights link here is an mp3 of the 'reverend' calling for the murder of a legal business owner:
http://www.isra.org/quick/pfleger_calls_for_murder_0526...
Wonder why the MSM didn’t mention the death threats?"
I call on Rev. Jessie Jackson to repudiate this kind of rhetoric and to oppose unprovoked violence rather than guns. Guns are a tool that can be used for good or ill. Unprovoked violence comes from people and can be perpetrated with a host of tools including cars, hammers, fists, and speech (as it was by Rev. Michael Pfleger at Rev. Jackson’s rally). I doubt that Rev. Jackson and his friends are prepared to illegalize these tools as they would illegalize guns.