I am continually shocked at how quickly Liberals lost the tone of political discourse in the country after Obama was elected. The casual use of "fascism", "Nazi", "socialist healthcare", and pictures of Nazi death camps are no longer even surprising as a tool of the Right. When confronted, individual Republican politicians claim that they don't quite support it. But by not stopping it in the act, they effectively claim it as their own. It's a little bit like file sharing, actually. Torrent sites rely on the input of individuals, but refuse to police their own populations. They only remove illegal torrents when confronted by the large media organizations or courts. Technically, torrent sites are not responsible for the input of their individuals, though they are providing a platform for the individuals' actions. Perhaps some Republicans actually do use the Internet....
Paul Krugman wrote a great NYT editorial today about how the paranoid tone of the Right could play out. It doesn't look good.
(Plus Paul Krugman saves cats from burning buildings.)
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