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Saturday, March 07, 2009
  When Wingnuts Crack
I hear caterwauling about liberal professors "punishing" conservative students for their views all the time, but never see any evidence. On the other hand....
Dunkley and his father Daniel Reddy, who live in Tulsa, went to Broken Arrow Tuesday night for a hunter safety course normally required to get an Oklahoma hunting license....

But when father and son arrived at the lesson, the volunteer instructor, Kell Wolf, asked if any of the students voted for President Obama.

Reddy, a transplanted Californian - and ex-Marine - raised his hand.

According to Reddy and others in the room, Wolf called Obama “the next thing to the Anti-Christ” and ordered Reddy and Dunkley from the room. When Reddy refused, Wolf said he would not teach “liberals” and would cancel the course if Reddy didn’t leave.
It's just one case of some poor schmuck losing it, but I have a suspicion that we'll be hearing more and more about incidents like this.

UPDATE: Like most things, the firearms instructor above did not evolve his thoughts in a vacuum. It looks like Oklahoma really has some problems with reality:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

THAT the Oklahoma House of Representative strongly opposes the invitation to speak on the campus of the University of Oklahoma to Richard Dawkins of Oxford University, whose published statements on the theory of evolution and opinion about those who do not believe in the theory are contrary and offensive to the views and opinions of most citizens of Oklahoma.

THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives encourages the University of Oklahoma to engage in an open, dignified, and fair discussion of the Darwinian theory of evolution and all other scientific theories which is the approach that a public institution should be engaged in and which represents the desire and interest of the citizens of Oklahoma.
"Dignified," indeed.

UPDAT Part Duex: My sister-in-law reminds me that liberal echo chambers can have the same effect. Minneapolis on election night:
An Augsburg College student and Sarah Palin supporter from Alaska was beaten on election night while walking to her dorm and was called a racist by a group of four young women because she had on a McCain/Palin presidential campaign button, authorities and the victim said.
 
Comments:
It's always sad to see a state go completely insane, but let's look at some facts:

(1) Oklahoma has elected the likes of Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe to the US Senate.

(2) Oklahoma is the home of Oral Roberts.

(3) Every county in Oklahoma supported McCain/Palin in the last election. No other state can claim that.

So for my money, OK is certifiably looney-tunes.

WF
 
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