Types of Insanity Defense and Tea Party Messages

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Types of Insanity Defense and Tea Party Messages

First we had on the grounds of our nation's Capitol the shouts of '******' and 'faggot' directed at Congressmen from Tea Party rally attendees.

These were excused by Tea Party defenders as merely the shouts of 'individuals' with no accountability towards Tea Party leaders or their hateful messages. Hateful messages Tea Party leaders and followers have uttered and supported against any and all Americans who disagree with them.


Then we witnessed the shooting of a US Congresswoman by a man who is supposedly/allegedly mentally unbalanced (how many Tea Party Shouters fit this image?) and who uttered/wrote messages against government similar to those brought into the mainstream by Tea Party rallies.

Now we have yet another man who threatens a US Senator (a woman), who probably supports the Tea Party message(s), and whose weird hatefulness is most likely validated by the vile utterances from Tea Party Comrades...who's defense is he has a 'condition'


How many Tea Party people suffer from these 'conditions'?


links to some stories below...

Dupnik blamed, in part, gun laws that allow "everybody in this state to carry weapons whenever they want and that's almost where we are." He also said that "when the rhetoric about hatred ... about mistrust of government" gets heated, it inflames "the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

Giffords expressed similar concern before the shooting. Last March, shortly after the House passed health care legislation, Giffords' congressional office in Tucson was vandalized. Afterward, she referred to the animosity against her by conservatives, including former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's decision to list Giffords' seat as one of the top "targets" in the November midterm elections.

"For example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list, but the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have to realize that there are consequences to that action," Giffords said in an interview with MSNBC - Rep. Giffords still critical after deadly shooting spree - USATODAY.com

A Northern California man remained in jail Sunday after he was arrested for threatening the life of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, official said.

Police in San Rafael, California, said they received a report that someone had left death threats in the office voicemail of Boxer, D-California. The messages were left after-hours last week, police said.

The investigation led officers to San Rafael resident Kevin Joseph O'Connell, who was arrested Saturday morning, said police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher. - Man Arrested For Making Threats Against Sen. Barbara Boxer - News Story - KRXI Reno

Marin County prosecutors say 47-year-old Kevin Joseph O’Connell will appear in court on Tuesday, a day after he was charged.

O’Connell’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Bonnie Marmor, says her client suffers from a condition although she did not specify what that condition was. She says he had no intention of acting on the threat. - Man Charged With Making Threats Against Senator Boxer « CBS Sacramento