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SpinnerofTales -> RE: DC Tea Partyers Drown Out Live CNN Broadcast (9/13/2009 10:24:04 AM)
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Something else is, there is no end to the screams of foul if someone on the right does it but its supposed to be perfectly acceptable when the left does, just a normal part of the debate.
ORIGINAL: Sanity
I am very curious. Just what would it take, other than a complete suspension of the democratic process to place the republicans back in charge of all branches of our federal government, to stop the endless stream of "we are so put upon by the mean, evil left" cries that seem to be so attractive to some on the right?
Might I point out, that while you are bemoaning the unfairness of your treatment, I have yet to see those on the right wing:
Have congressional hearings in which members of right wing groups are forced to name other members of right wing groups or fact being put on a "black list" and suffer the loss of ability to earn their living in their chosen field as did anyone dubbed a "communist" during the McCarthy hearings
Have police dogs and firehoses turned on them during peaceful marches as did the civil rights protesters
Have the National Guard kill four students during a protest of the conduction of a war as did the peace protesters at Kent State
Be herded into fenced off "free speech" zones placed up to a mile away from the site of the activity against which the protest is being held as was done to any number of protesters during the previous administration.
In real, concrete terms, other than being dismissed as unimportant, what has been done to those on the right wing that leads to this wailing to the heavens about how their free speech rights have been abrogated, their right to protest suspended and their voice taken away? What horrors from the evil left wing have left no choice but that the debate descend to the lowest common denominator where reason is wiped out by swastikas, hammers and sickles and angry shouting?
I find it amusing that a party that speaks so glowingly about personal responsibility has not even considered the concept that if their message isn't being listened to, it is not because of some horrid plan to disenfranchise them. It is because of what they are saying.
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