Saturday, October 18, 2008

Republicans: The Politics Of Hate

John McCain claims that he does not appreciate his supporters calling Senator Barack Obama a terrorist, a Muslim, or any other of the usual derogatory statements the right wingers have been saying for months now. Oh really now, John? Then please explain this:



Yet, via Jason Haas, we learn that Obama supporters are getting black eyes after being punched by Palin supporters, and that a reporter was assaulted at a McCain/Palin rally.

Locally, we have Republican thug Fred Dooley and his thug buddies crowing about a guy that is threatening to kill people for stealing a yard sign, of all things. Yeah, a free yard sign is worth someone's life. OK, whatever.

And let's not forget the rabid cheering that our own local squawker, James T. Harris, got for encouraging McCain to continue this base behavior and personal assaults.

I guess this all means that if the Republicans manage to suppress enough votes, and McCain does win the election, this country will have gone from a democracy to a plutocracy under Bush to a thugocracy under McCain.

5 comments:

  1. Capper:

    Further proof that liberals have no sense of irony. If I had somebody taking anything from my property I'd be pissed too. So pissed in fact I would post a sign also.

    Hell I saw a sign that said "Support Racism. Vote McCain. I suppose that somehow is going to equal voter suppression too?

    If a sign like that "scares" ANYONE, and they don't vote because of it, then they aren't smart enough to vote anyway.

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  2. Michael,

    Stealing yard signs is wrong, and it is a criminal offense. But it is not worth making such over the top threats.

    And your example isn't oppression because it doesn't prevent someone from voting. It is just an example of an idiot practicing free speech.

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  3. Screw you Capper.

    Some guy put that up as a joke and you want to call me a thug now?

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  4. If that's a joke, it's not funny. Only a thug would think threatening one's personal safety was a joke, and call it "Classic."

    You did both. You're a thug.

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  5. How on earth is sign stealing (or annoying another blogger) equivalent to committing a violent act against another person? That seems to be what the commenters are getting hot and bothered over. But that's also a classic rightie trick: distract from the real issue, raise faux problems, steal the attention by creating noise.

    I'd invite you to attend Drinking Liberally some time. Laughter and real humor are a big part of why we get together! It's been vital during the last seven years.

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