I’m assuming most of you have heard the story by now, but just in case you haven’t…
At a Labor Day rally yesterday Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa declared that they were ‘at war’ with the Tea Party and that union members should ‘take the SOB’s out’. (context, he did say at the polls)
Now I think his language was ill advised but I’m not going to take the leap that he was actually advocating the execution of Tea Party members.
But I can’t help but look back at when conservatives have said similar kinds of things and the immediate assumption has been that they did advocate violence. I also can’t help noticing the general lack of response from the media and the left in general.
I’m not going to assume that people on the left support violence against their opponents but it does seem hypocritical to not at least question the Hoffa remarks.