Michelle Goldberg published a great piece today, one you’ve got to read.  A couple of her quotable quotes:

“Naturally, all this has led to lots of pained disapproval from self-appointed guardians of civility. A Washington Post editorial urged the protesters to think about the precedent they are setting. ‘How hard is it to imagine, for example, people who strongly believe that abortion is murder deciding that judges or other officials who protect abortion rights should not be able to live peaceably with their families?’ it asked.

Of course, this is not hard to imagine at all, since abortion opponents have assassinated abortion providers in their homes and churches, firebombed their clinics and protested at their children’s schools. The Roman Catholic Church has shamed politicians who support abortion rights by denying them communion. The failure to acknowledge this history is a sign of the reflexive false balance that makes it hard for the mainstream media to grapple with the asymmetric extremism of the Republican Party.”

And…

“But unless and until that happens, millions and millions of Americans watch helplessly as the president cages children, dehumanizes immigrants, spurns other democracies, guts health care protections, uses his office to enrich himself and turns public life into a deranged phantasmagoria with his incontinent flood of lies.”

There’s a time for anger – and THIS is it.

UPDATED:

As we are all acutely aware, the NRA came out with guns blazing today (no pun intended) blaming gun violence on everything but guns.  Wayne LaPierre, chief propagandist, blamed everyone from Nancy Pelosi to Hollywood stars for mass shooters killing hundreds of people with the AR-15, the Official Rifle of Angry White Men.

With all this noise, I believe you might be a bit discourage and feeling helpless.  Well, you’re not.  Remember how we virtually put Rush Limbaugh out of business by shaming his sponsors into dropping out?  You can use that same tactic again, this time against the NRA’s business partners who provide all kinds of discounts to the mouth breathers who are members.  Here’s a handy list to help get you started:

• Hertz
• Avis and Budget
• Lifeline Screening – a preventative health testing company
• Symatec – Norton anti virus software
• Allied Van Lines
• North American Van Lines
• Simplisafe – home security
• Starkey Hearing Technologies
• Manage UrID – personal privacy
• Life Insurance Central
• Medical Concierge Network – doctor care
• eHealth – insurance
• Teladoc – telemedicine service, whatever that is
• FedEx
• LifeLock
• Wild Apricot – whatever that is
• First National Bank of Omaha – issue(d) the official credit card of the NRA.  As soon as Think Progress published their name, the bank dumped the card.  One down.
• Enterprise, National, and Alamo – the conglomerate who owns these three major brands dropped the NRA today.  Two down.

Keep those cards and letters going out, kids, the evil cyclops is starting to stagger.

UPDATE:

As of this evening, here’s who’s dropped the NRA like a hot potato:

• Hertz
• Symatec
• Lifelock
• Simplisafe
• North American Van Lines
• MetLife (not originally listed by us)
• Chubb Insurance (not originally listed by us)

Keep up the pressure, especially on Amazon to drop NRATv.  We’re getting results.