That's What I Thought They Were Saying, Too!

Jeffrey Feldman has a brilliant post on Alter Net entitled, "The Violent Language of Right Wing Pundits Poisons Our Democracy," in which he states:

Most right-wing pundits see the power of the state as residing ultimately in the monopoly over violence, an idea that comes from the writings of German philosopher Max Weber. This, however, is not the political philosophy that guided the framers of the U.S. Constitution. In other words, violent rhetoric is not just a question of linguistic style, but a sign that a political philosophy in conflict with American deliberative democracy has captured the imagination of many right-wing pundits.

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