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Throwback Thursday: What rock did these guys crawl from under?

Looking back at some of my old blog posts from years ago, I came across this one which is just more evidence that there is nothing new under the sun. Intolerance and hate have been with us forever and were alive and well nine years ago - as they are today.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

What rock did these guys crawl from under?

I don't even know how to begin to say anything sensible about this state legislator from Virginia:
State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas says disabled children are God's punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy.

He made that statement Thursday at a press conference to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood.

"The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children," said Marshall, a Republican.

"In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There's a special punishment Christians would suggest."

So children that are born with disabilities are God's punishment on the mother.

And then there was this statement by a member of the House of Representatives from Iowa:
Steve King To Conservatives: 'Implode' IRS Offices

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told a crowd at CPAC on Saturday that he could "empathize" with the suicide bomber who last week attacked an IRS office in Austin, and encouraged his listeners to "implode" other IRS offices, according to a witness.

That suicide bomber with whom Mr. King "empathizes" murdered one innocent American citizen whose only crime was to go to work that day. He also seriously injured several others who committed that same crime.

I guess the only thing I can possibly say is, thank God they are not from Texas.
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  1. Judy KruegerFebruary 22, 2019 at 12:28 PM

    Yes this stuff is not new at all. I am reading the second volume of Taylor Branch's Martin Luther King biography. The things the southern racists say, the KKK, the political maneuvering. It all sounds exactly like what those people say today. All I can hope is that someday those ignorant views will die out through the generations to come.

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    1. Dorothy BordersFebruary 22, 2019 at 4:42 PM

      One can only hope, but I must admit I am not optimistic.

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  2. CarmenFebruary 24, 2019 at 4:10 PM

    And to think they represent an electorate! :-o

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    1. Dorothy BordersFebruary 24, 2019 at 5:34 PM

      The people who manage to get elected to public office in this country never cease to amaze. And Steve King is still being elected although his margin of victory has declined. One can only hope for the best in 2020.

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    2. CarmenFebruary 25, 2019 at 8:59 AM

      Indeed.

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