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Brain -> Tea Party brews terrorism | Capitol Hill Blue (3/25/2010 12:58:25 PM)
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I agree with the author: these actions can be classified as terrorism. Ironically, I bet the same teabaggers, who are responsible for this vandalism, also support water-boarding, Guantanamo, and torture.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/03/fbi_investigating_the_severing.html?wprss=virginiapolitics
Bo Perriello confirmed that a line to a propane tank on a gas grill was cut at Bo Perriello's Charlottesville house Tuesday during the day when no one was home. When Bo Perriello returned home, he smelled gas in the house and saw the severed line.
An activist angry over Perriello's vote Sunday published what he thought was U.S. Representative Tom Perrielllo's home address on a blog if any readers wanted to "drop by" and provide a "personal touch" to their views. But the address was his brother's, Bo Perriello's home, where four children under the age of 8 live.
Tea Party brews terrorism | Capitol Hill Blue
Tea Party activist Mike Troxel of Lynchburg, VA, decided it would be cute to post what he thought was Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello’s home address on his blog after the Congressman had the gall to vote for the health care reform bill that passed the House of Representatives Sunday night.
But Troxel got it wrong. The address was that of Perriello’s brother, not the Congressman and his actions resulted in vandalism of Bo Perriello’s home in Ivy, including a cut gas line from a propane tank along with an anonymous, threatening note. Bo Perriello is home to his 4 children, all under the age of 8.
Troxel, a 2005 graduate of Liberty University, the right-wing religious school founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, admitted to Politco he posted the address and said he would not remove it, even though it was wrong. Troxel wrote:
"Just in case any of his friends and neighbors want to drop by and say hi and express their thanks regarding his vote for health care, I personally believe it’s so important for representatives to remain fully grounded and to remember exactly what it is their constituents are saying and how they are telling them to vote. Nothing quite does that like a good face-to-face chat. It has a much more personal touch to it."
Sadly, Troxel’s actions are not atypical of Tea Party shenanigans. Participants in the Tea Party-organized protest over the weekend in Washington hurled racial epithets at African-American members of Congress and shouted homophobic insults at gay Congressman Barney Frank. Others have waved threatening and derogatory signs at Tea Party gatherings.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/26695/comment-page-1
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