Conservative Kristallnacht

[CommonMan]

mrstickball said:

CommonMan said:

I really don't like the idea that is being put forth (whether it's the intent of the posts or not) that because "everybody does it" this is somehow okay behavior. It's not. Manus is clearly a left-leaning guy, it's completely his right to be upset about his side being attacked, why does he have to be fair about it? How is this situation fair to anybody no matter who is attacking who? Don't tell Manus that he has to do the same thing for the other side, that is your job. Shouting someone down doesn't make you righter or smarter, it makes you louder.

Edited for clarity.

Yes, but comparing attacks to Krystallnacht is a bit different, no?

If ManusJustus wants to deride people for making threats against left-leaning congressmen, that is certainly fine. He doesn't have to be balanced on that. But when he decides to entitle it, likening these attacks to the atrocities of Krystallnatch is quite a bit different.

'Attacks of Democratic congressmen is bad! They need to stop!' is fine.

'Conservative Kristallnacht' which started the holocaust of the Jews, resulting in the murdering of 6,000,000 innocent Jews and Gypsies is a bit different, is it not?

I agree with what you say here. Kristalnacht is unneccesarily inflammatory language, and it was dumb of him to put it there because that will then become the focus of the replies. I take issue with the "well everyone does it *shrug*" kind of attitude. This behavior is never, ever okay no matter who is doing it.

 Famousringo had a good point that this is fueled as much by people being out of work and pissed as by anything else, but as the Palin thread indicates, party leaders putting out maps of congressional districts with ACTUAL TARGETS drawn over them is not going to help the situation. That kind of behavior should be called out. I have only gotten into politics recently, so I can't tell you much about whether Democrats have done the same (I would guess they have though), but it doesn't make this "okay".