Showing posts with label racial violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racial violence. Show all posts

Monday, March 29, 2010

Reaction to Health Care Reform is Looking a Lot Like the Reaction to Civil Rights Reform 45 Years Ago

For OpEdNews: John Basel - Writer

For those who are old enough to remember the 60's the violent reaction of those opposed to health care reform to the passage of such legislation is like deja vu all over again. While we haven't seen riots in the streets, the reaction coming from the new radical right has gone beyond threatening violence with incendiary rhetoric and open displays of guns to actually carrying out acts of violence.

Basel's column continued at OpEdNews