After it started getting media attention last weekend, commenters on tea party websites have threatened to publish her home address and some have threatened violence.The Cherry Hill Courier Press reports that others "threatened violence, including rape" and that "several commenters threatened to publish the Myers' home address." Amy's school has reportedly also received "threatening mail." The newspaper had planned to do a video interview with the girl, who is running for a student government position, but "a somewhat panicked-sounding Wayne Myers phoned to cancel, citing the alleged threats." "They're targeting me just because I'm challenging Bachmann," Amy said. A Facebook group called "Ask Rep. Michele Bachmann to Debate Amy Myers" already has over 7,000 supporters.
The 16-year-old from Cherry Hill says several commenters have called her a "whore."
Her father, Wayne, says he's concerned for his daughter's safety.
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Behind the supposed rationality of the politicians, their financial allies in business and banking, and their apologists and advisers in academia, the basic irrationality of these various games of power once again peeks out.
People are being led to believe that their lives and their futures totally depend on which belief system can be forced into dominance. The sane and workable approach of the common man cooperating with his neighbors and being tolerant of imagined differences is slowly being bashed into oblivion by a "new" culture of never-ending militarism and secrecy.
Signs of the TImes: Please dig as hard as you can to expose this betrayal of trust! Awareness is the first step towards reasoned action.