New York Times Editorial Calls Protester “A Nut”

In another example of it is being patriotic to protest the war in Iraq, and to protest every and anything about President Bush, yet you’re a “nut” or worse if you speak out against President Obama, The New York Times recent editorial by Frank Rich went so far as to remind readers of the actions of Timothy McVeigh. What Mr. Rich and so many others are not realizing is that most law abiding gun-owning citizens aren’t plotting in basements, and those that are expressing their rights – such as the man who showed up at the Town Hall Meeting in Arizona with the AR-15 – are doing so legally.

No one was hurt, no one was shot, no buildings have blown up. But instead of having a dialog with gun owners, too many in the mainstream media are trying to create a self-fulfilling prophecy by creating an environment that drives these individuals to feel that they need to be plotting in basements. Let’s just hope the dialog continues, so it never comes to that.