There have been a multitude of diaries about the killing of three police officers in Pittsburgh on Friday.
Like many people, I've seen both the good and bad of police - I've had a professional officer in Kearney, Nebraska, help me out when I got into an accident on I-80 in the middle of the night. I've also seen officers pepper-spray lawful protesters for no reason and blatantly lie on their police reports.
But for a growing number of conservatives, police are the first contact with the authority they felt they lost with election of Barack Obama. And if you're worried about gun-grabbing, taxes, or the things Freepers and Dittoheads are worried about, they're going to perpetrate those evils.
But after Friday's massacre, I have three words for Beck, Hannity, Liddy, and Limbaugh: KNOCK IT OFF.
You do not "surround anyone".
You are not special little flowers.
You are part of a society that has people of many different backgrounds that have to live together. We're not an isolated homogenous tribe; we're one of the largest and most diverse countries in the world.
It is not 9/12. Nor is it 8/30 (the day after Katrina). It is now, and you have to live with the world as it is, not the way you wish it was.
Broadcasting disagreement with the Obama administration or with a particular state, city, county, or local government is fine. I don't think giving money to failing banks without restrictions similar to debtor-in-possession financing in bankruptcy is a good idea, either.
But when you use the rhetoric of revolution on the air because you disagree with policy, or when you suggest that people shoot law enforcement officers in the head, don't be surprised if a someone follows your advice and does exactly that to three police officers in Pittsburgh.
I want Glenn Beck to disavow the shooter on the air and disband "We Surround Them" and the 9/12 Project. I want Hannity and Limbaugh to also disavow the shooter.
I want G. Gordon Liddy to totally disavow his statement about shooting law enforcement in the head.
I want all of them to think before they speak in the future. The blood of at least three public servants is on their hands.