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Boortz Defends “More Dead Thugs” Comment: “Self-Defense Is Not Stupid”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 06/20/11 1:38 PM EDT

From the June 20 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:

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Related:

MSNBC's Schultz on Boortz' Racist, Violent Rhetoric

Previously:

Neal Boortz: “We Got Too Damn Many Urban Thugs, Yo ... We Need More Dead Thugs” In Atlanta

Fox News: Where Reckless Rhetoric Is Welcomed With Open Arms

Boortz: "[P]rimary blame" for Katrina goes to “worthless parasites who lived in New Orleans”

Boortz: “I know I'm wrong,” but “I ought to be able to shoot” an intruder and leave body for garbage collector to “dump... into a landfill”

Boortz: Rep. Waters is an “idiot” who “should be cleaning restrooms”

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