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After all, his screed demanded that Discovery show its "commitment to save the planet" by, among other things, dropping shows that encourage "the birth of any more parasitic human infants."
"Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what's left of the planet with their false morals and breeding culture," the manifesto states.
Hey, haven't some environmentalists warned in the past that overpopulation fosters global warming? And didn't Lee himself say he experienced an "awakening" when watching Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"?
Lee's tract also called for strict immigration controls, leading Think Progress' Andrea Nill to warn ominously that it "bears troubling resemblance to views and policies espoused by anti-immigration groups."
Seriously?
It's an unfortunate reflex these days among pundits and politicians trying to score cheap political points against their ideological opponents. Just find the thinnest thread to tie them to the actions of some deranged nut job who happens to espouse somewhat similar views. See how dangerous and extremist their positions are?
So, liberal talk show host Keith Olbermann once blamed competing talk show host Bill O'Reilly for the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller.
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Conservatives once tried to draw parallels between the Unabomber and Gore.President Bill Clinton attempted to connect the horrible Oklahoma City bombing to the rhetoric coming from right-wing talk shows.
It's all bad logic of the reductio ad absurdum variety. And we'd all be better off if everyone took this opportunity to forever swear off this pathetic rhetorical device.
Yeah, I know. That's just crazy talk.
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