U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she fears the Obama administration will create “re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.”While wingnuts like Michelle Malkin are enjoying playing victim and whining that the left is "blaming them" for recent tragedies such as the Pittsburgh shootings, this type of hysterical, eliminationist crap obviously is fanning the flames. This is completely irresponsible, and feeding violent, reactionary paranoia. It's time the Republicans realized the real-world implications of these goddamn lies and stepped forward to condemn Bachmann and others that are doing nothing but creating more fear and violence.
More at C&L and FactCheck.org. Tip of the energy dome to everyone on the planet.
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