After the George Tiller shooting I suggested that the Department of Homeland Security report about “right wing extremism” — villified by conservatives — may deserve some newfound respect. (I also questioned why on earth mainstream conservatives felt aggrieved in the first place).
Early reports are that the man who opened fire at the Holocaust Museum, James von Brunn, also was exactly the sort of person that report was warning about — a white supremacist.
These nutcases are not mainstream conservatives. Liberals shouldn’t imply they are; conservatives shouldn’t defend them.