First, read this excellent post by my good friend Lori: Guess it was OK to be an “angry mob” and “Nazi-like” in ‘06; if you are a Democrat, of course.
Great post and a great point, and it spawned the following comment which is pretty much must read:
In the past, I would’ve chalked this whole thing up to typical party politics played by both sides: back and forth they go and little by little the principles of the Constitution are eroded by the tide of an expanding government and a more corrupt and incestuous party system.
But this is different. This is our own government enlisting it’s union muscle (a convenient tool) to suppress and intimidate common citizens of this country. They reply that it’s the “brownshirts” (typical liberal imagery of anyone not agreeing with them being nazis)who are intimidating elected officials and stifling dialogue. What dialogue? They don’t want a discussion of two different positions. They seek only a debate as to what degree their agenda gets advanced. For that matter, isn’t it better for the politician to be intimidated by the people rather the alternative…regardless of the “party”? These folks at the town halls are not singling out and attacking individuals, they are acting against a government. Well, Newton was right: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The government and it’s actions against individuals have proven it.
The saddest part of all this, and maybe this is what has me so concerned, is that these newly engaged (newly awakened) citizens are me, my friends, my mom and my dad. People who have done nothing their whole lives but do what is right (and in some aspects what they were told). People who have worked hard without complaint, without expecting anything in return. People who never once thought about not paying their taxes. People who served their country the best they could in the fashion they saw fit. People who only want to live their lives without somebody looking over their shoulder.
People who the government took for granted and never once dug in their heels and slammed down their fists and said “NO MORE. NOT ONE DAMN BIT MORE!”…until now.
I see the direction this is going. And I hope it changes because it is very, very ugly.
I believe that was our Twitter friend @_DPunch.
Another comment that caught my attention yesterday was in reply to a Hot Air article on Gladney:
So the African-American Harvard professor, who was inconvenienced by the police (and if you prefer to insert a different word for it, go ahead) was invited to the White House by Dear Leader for a beer.
But the African-American who is unemployed and who was beaten by SEIU thugs gets–silence from the ACLU, NAACP, Jesse Jackson, Dear Leader, etc. etc.
OK, I get it.
labwriter on August 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Kinda says it all right there, doesn’t it?
Even so, here’s one more comment that caught my eye:
I wonder if the Justice Department is investigating this incident as a potential hate crime, since Mr. Gladney is black and his SEIU attackers were hurling racial slurs. Think I’ll call the Attorney General’s office (202-353-1555) to find out.
What’s that old saying about turnabout? Yeah.
These comments come from every day Americans, just like those voicing their opinions at town hall meetings across the country. Get it Democrats? You can’t silence us with mockery, with attempted shaming, or with intimidation. We’re going to keep speaking, we’re going to keep protesting, and you and your SEIU goons can’t shut us up. We are the mob. #iamthemob
