So more and more often, Digg is being linked to by a conservative blog called "The Free Republic". The Free Republic is rather notorious for some rather awful things (such as promoting death threats against the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against the Iraq War, and making personal attacks against people, including Obama's 11-year-old daughter whom they called "ghetto street trash")... So every once in a while, you'll go to a Digg post, and find very very right-wing comments that have become popular, because all of the users on that particular Digg post are from Free Republic. What I've noticed is a massive amount of immaturity in these comments. There's a ton of ignorant jabbing and hate-mongering. The comments made by some of these "Freepers" (Free-Republic users, respectfully) are arguably less logical than those of Digg users, who are largely liberal, and are, themselves, known for being a little immature. I found this thread here, and I found myself agreeing with "bringitontimx." While "Georgeford" and others who love to boast that Obama-joker image, are exercising their right of freedom of speech, I do think it's rather pointless and immature. I also find these comparisons of the Obama Administration to Nazi Germany highly disrespectful towards those that suffered the wrath of Nazi Germany during the Holocaust and WWII. I also agree that an argument can be made against a public option. But it seems that the conservative base in the United States isn't interested in making an argument. Instead, like bringitontimx said, more people are instead devoted to equating President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, in response to the federal government (no, not just "Obama" himself) proposing possible programs for a public option in American health-care. I find it asinine that people so self-righteously imply, and often times, publicly state, that the Holocaust is... the same(?) as... American health-care reform proposal. I also agree with bringitontimx's other point about socialism. People don't exactly know what it is, and they don't realize how socialized the U.S. already is. To add to that, I find it rather humorous how the same people who chant "socialism" are calling Obama a "Nazi" (fascist)- not realizing just how contradictory and nonsensical it is. But the Republican base doesn't care. They don't care to argue properly, or defend their position logically. Instead, slander, name-calling, and insult ensues. The Obama-Joker image vs. similar things against Bush struck me. I have never seen a "Kill Bush" bumper sticker either. I've seen some political cartoons and "comparisons to ape" pictures, but i've never seen them plastered on everything like this Obama-joker picture, and I don't remember Facebook advertisements saying "Should Bush be killed?". I don't remember this much senseless disrespect and childish slamming of Bush by liberals. Do you?
Politics is nothing more than a **** slinging competition. I must admit that the liberals do it just the same amount but I think the difference here is the fact that the protests are a bit more belligerent and more anti-gov/anti-obama than the ones in the past.
It was extreme, but not as irrational. Most of the oppositon to Bush's policies was based on fairly concrete factual objections, and while I admit to seeing the current situation through a political lens, I don't think that the objections to Obama's policies is as well rooted in reality. As for the bumper stickers, I saw a lot that said "BUCK FUSH", but I don't remember any that advocated killing the man. While I'm sure there are exceptions, I think most of us on the far left wanted to see bush impeached, tried, and convicted, not merely killed.
If you want to see an example of some ****ed-up Right-wing reasoning, check out the last pages of this thread. Note also that the sore loser hasn't been back on these forums since he lost the argument. People will believe what they want to believe, irrespective of the facts. Moreover they will actively prevent themselves from being exposed to contradictory evidence.
I've noticed a trend, and I may be wrong (so please correct me if I am). But the average Bush/Republican supporter/Obama attacker in the US tends to be more religious, more extreme in their views, less educated, less informed of the facts. Even funnier they blame Obama for the current economic problems when a lot of them can be lain squarely at the previous administrations machinations....
we have these button pushers on the radio.. the tea parties are generally older folks (retired), they have been through the carter years and remember the 75% taxes.. people are pretty fed up with government spending right now, and only the really extreme don't pin any blame on bush/cheney think we need republicans in the senate anyways, the majority democrat is so big a filibuster isn't even on the table, just for the sake of debate might not agree with everything they say.. but at least there will be more talk
