Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:37:47 AM
Remember the heady days when political speech, especially leftist political speech, was the "highest form of patriotism", "thie highest form of dissent"?
Remember there were no catcalls from the Left about all of the nazi imagery and rhetoric directed at President Bush? "Bushitler!", "Chimpy McBushitler!" or just the plain "Bush is Hitler!"?
How about the imagery:
It appears the Left was perfectly happy being the vanguard of the nazi imagery when aimed at their adversary Bush. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, they don't like what they are seeing. Amazingly (but not surprisingly) there is no mention of (nor showing of) the myriad examples when the Left did the very same thing.
Personally I feel the use of this imagery is adolsecnet to say the least. The use of this imagery as it has been continuously used also detracts from the true horrors of what the Nazis actually did during their reign in Germany. It desensitizes people to the actual atrocities. It converts an actual symbol of terror to a 'snappy' campaign slogan. It's use also underscores the misunderstanding, intentional or not, of history and purposefully attempts to persuade addle brained, non-informed people there is some actual connection between Hitler, the Nazis, and people who have what used to be known as a simple political disagreement. Whether from the Left or the Right, the use of the swastika is simply stupid. Obama (nor Bush) are Nazis.
Of course anyone regardless of their political stripes is free to use said imagery, the 1st Amendment protects it after all. People should exercise a bit more sense in the exercise of their rights however. We expect such behavior from Lefties. Those of us on the Right should be more aware of what we're doing.