[url=http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/27/yee-limbaugh-death-threat/]Think Progress[/url]
[release]Last week, California State Sen. Leland Yee (D) called on right-wing hate radio host Rush Limbaugh to apologize for mocking Chinese President Hu Jintao and the Chinese language by speaking gibberish “ching chong chang” Chinese on his radio program. Yee, who is Chinese-American and chairs the state Senate Select Committee on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, said Limbaugh owes the Chinese-American community an apology for his “pointless and ugly offense.” Naturally, Limbaugh did not apologize, and instead railed against Yee the following day on his radio, calling him out repeatedly by name.
Yee’s call for civility did not sit well with one Limbaugh fan, who responded by sending several racist death threats to Yee’s office this week. “Rush Limbaugh will kick your chink ass and expose you for the fool you are,” the faxes read, threatening him with “death” (warning, contains racial expletives):
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As the San Francisco Chronicle notes, “The faxes include a drawing of a U.S. flag-adorned pickup truck towing a noose that is looped around what appears to be a caricature head of President Barack Obama.”
The state Senate sergeant-at-arms and the California state police are investigating the threats. And yesterday, Yee called for an advertising boycott of Limbaugh’s show.
The faxes contained “similar graphics and language” as faxes Yee received in April, after he sought to expose how much former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was being paid to speak at a state university and whether tax-payer dollars were being used to pay her fee.
UPDATE: Asked about the seriousness of the threat, Yee spokesperson Adam Keigwi told ThinkProgress today that while the state senator's office has been targeted before, "in light of what of what happened in Arizona, we have to take these things seriously now." Yee has begun an online petition to support Limbaugh boycott effort, and has already attracted over 500 signatures. Keigwi also forwarded an extremely offensive voicemail left at Yee's office strewn with racial slurs and expletives in response to Yee's boycott call. Listen here (warning: contains very graphic language):[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe11RRTpbag&feature=player_embedded[/media][/release]
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Did they seriously put Achtung on the paper
seriously
neo-nazis are so unoriginal
someone call the cliche police
'Jobama'? What's that even supposed to mean?
I am no longer surprised by the far right's antics.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;27696477]'Jobama'? What's that even supposed to mean?[/QUOTE]
Joe Biden + Obama = Jobama
At least I think so.
Hahaha it even has a pickup. :911:
It has to be just someone getting the lols out of it
Oh yeah Marxists are bad but Nazism, racism, and death threats are a-okay.
[QUOTE=Leaf Runner;27696521][img_thumb]http://trolledbot.net/pix/618.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
As nice as that would be
Sadly these people actually exist, some of them live around here
[QUOTE=TH89;27697484]As nice as that would be
Sadly these people actually exist, some of them live around here[/QUOTE]
There are regular Klan meetings about fifteen minutes from my home. No one ever does anything about them :smith:
is that a pickup truck hauling a fetus from a noose?
[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;27699081]is that a pickup truck hauling a fetus from a noose?[/QUOTE]
It's supposed to be obama's head.
seriously?
my second guess was skull and crossbones or something
[QUOTE=cheesedelux;27696811]Hahaha it even has a pickup. :911:[/QUOTE]
Needs more guns, nascar, and moonshine
[QUOTE=Bombardier.;27697433]Oh yeah Marxists are bad but Nazism, racism, and death threats are a-okay.[/QUOTE]
? Marxist are more rare then racists and I would say racists are worse.
I was expecting glaber to come in and defend Limbaugh.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;27698286]There are regular Klan meetings about fifteen minutes from my home. No one ever does anything about them :smith:[/QUOTE]
Nothing they can do. 1st Amendment rights allow them to say whatever they want. It's not until they start making direct threats that the law can be called.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;27699189]? Marxist are more rare then racists and I would say racists are worse.[/QUOTE]
Sarcasm, sorry :shobon:
I hate racists so fucking much. In a perfect society, racists would be enslaved.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;27701889]I hate racists so fucking much. In a perfect society, racists would be enslaved.[/QUOTE]
Or there would be no racists. You are being a bigot to racist.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;27701920]Or there would be no racists. You are being a bigot to racist.[/QUOTE]
Its okay to hate racists. its normative moral relativism.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;27701935]Its okay to hate racists. its normative moral relativism.[/QUOTE]
Once you understand why hes a racist (having racist parent and living in an environment that doesnt like thinking) then you look at them as problems. Not monsters.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;27701889]I hate racists so fucking much. In a perfect society, racists would be enslaved.[/QUOTE]
i dont think a society that condones slavery could ever be called perfect!!!
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;27696483]I am no longer surprised by the far right's antics.[/QUOTE]
I stopped reading when it got to the "naturally" part.
That article is dripping with bias.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;27701935]Its okay to hate racists. its normative moral relativism.[/QUOTE]
Hate who hates?
You must hate yourself.
[QUOTE=Jiyoon;27701889]I hate racists so fucking much. In a perfect society, racists would be enslaved.[/QUOTE]
Or there would be no slavery...in general, especially not for someone's opinion
seriously that is the worst perfect society ever
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;27698286]There are regular Klan meetings about fifteen minutes from my home. No one ever does anything about them :smith:[/QUOTE]
Well, like it or not, they fully have, and deserve, the right to hold meetings and protest.
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