| richardhutnik said: When such is done to get votes, what does that say about the nature of things? |
It says that a lot of people harbor an intense distrust of the government. With good reason, I'd say.
Why is everyone suddenly wetting their pants over incivility now when:
1. the shooting had nothing whatsoever to do with incivility?
2. many of the same people who are presently clutching their skirts and shrieking, "Eek! An incivility!" were going on TV and calling Bush a fascist on a nightly basis (Olbermann), having a good chuckle that some people were disappointed about Cheney not being killed in a suicide bombing and even seeming to justify their feelings by saying that if "he had died, others would live" (Bill Maher), comparing U.S. soldiers to Nazis and the Khmer Rouge (Dick Durbin), and publicly masturbating to death porn (seemingly every leftist who saw Death of a President) just a few short years ago?
Kinda reminds me of that chick at Jon Stewart's rally who was all aghast that people are depicting Obama as Hitler. When the Reason guy sarcastically agreed and remarked that no one ever compared Bush to Hitler, she said without a hint of irony, "Oh, yeah. Well, I hate to say it, but if anyone was ever like Hitler it was him."
So, yeah. Pshaw, speech is free, and civility is a two way street.
