Nutjobs add sinister side to debate
By Diane Carman
Denver Post Staff Columnist
Maybe it was just an over-the-top e-mail, a trash-talking empty threat. Then again, maybe not.
Scare tactics have become so common as the immigration debate rages, it's hard to know what to fear and what to dismiss as merely the ravings of the ignorant.
After Rep. Terrance Carroll joked that Colorado should build a wall to keep the Minutemen out, he received a barrage of angry e-mails from Minuteman supporters. But one anonymous message warning him that he was "SOOOO lucky lynching and firing squad for treason aren't available punishments anymore" was creepy enough to spur an investigation by the State Patrol last week...
Yes, it's very hard to tell which ones are the loudmouth jerks and which are the dangerous maniacs.
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