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To get back in the bottle. it is one thing to pump people up and quite another to say i was only just kidding. this was rhetoric. let's calm it down and return to democratic discourse. the upshot though is real damage is being done to our democracy and to the democratic process. >> and to the individuals involved as well. mark potok of the southern poverty law center. as always we appreciate your insight and your time. thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. senator tom coburn and david fromm rip fox news. i'm not kidding about this. gene robinson joins me to assess the implications. new dev...

This is all put up somehow. this has been created by the quote/unquote liberals in order to attack conservatives. so we'll see. i think probably the most radical among the angry people will take this as part of a plot, sort of a setup by the government, but as i say, hopefully more responsible heads will prevail. certainly in certain quarters. >> those people, if everything were repealed tomorrow they would think that is a setup to pass a more changing law. ultimately, mark, just for this topic the idea of threats and the idea of the white-hot rhetoric of health care reform, what calms this si...

It is remarkable how people on the right are now coming out with the kind of theory that this is all put up somehow. this has been created by the quote/unquote liberals in order to attack conservatives. so we'll see. i think probably the most radical among the angry people will take this as part of a plot, sort of a setup by the government, but as i say, hopefully more responsible heads will prevail. certainly in certain quarters. >> those people, if everything were repealed tomorrow they would think that is a setup to pass a more changing law. ultimately, mark, just for this topic the idea of...

Put my life at risk, some bureaucrat is going to determine my health care, your life is at risk, dear. a federal agent called wilson, engaged him in a 14-minute conversation. he agreed to have the call recorded. he told the agent that he hated the law, admitted to repeatedly calling senator murray's office to complain and said that the democratic senator from washington, maria cant well, quote, need to be strung up, and i mean, put in the gallows. joining me now is mark potok. mark, thanks for your time again tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> wilson had allegedly been calling the office ...

This is a very difficult genie to get back in the bottle. it is one thing to pump people up and quite another to say i was only just kidding. this was rhetoric. let's calm it down and return to democratic discourse. the upshot though is real damage is being done to our democracy and to the democratic process. >> and to the individuals involved as well. mark potok of the southern poverty law center. as always we appreciate your insight and your time. thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. senator tom coburn and david fromm rip fox news. i'm not kidding about this. gene robinson joins me to ass...